“I’m very maternal and caring, the person my friends go to when they need a shoulder to cry on.” Her mother wasn’t surprised she started professional cuddling and thought it suited her, she said. And her bubbly and endearing personality shone through even on the phone. “I have the personality for this from customer service and waitressing,” she said.
She found The Snuggle Buddies, a New Jersey-based company that provides cuddling services in a number of states, including New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The 33-year-old waitress, who lives in Highland, New York, stumbled onto the strange world of professional cuddling last year when she Googled ways to supplement her waitressing income. Kimberly Kilbride, a self-described 'social butterfly,' knew she could cuddle strangers for money.
