A hug, kiss, saying I love you, I miss you and any action or words of affection will make sure to make someone you love really happy. There should be no problem showing those kind of affection to those who are used to it.

Saying and showing to your boyfriend/girlfriend, partner or husband/wife should be no problem. How about showing affection to your family member like your parents or siblings. Other family are used to it but others are not, just like our family.

In our family, we were not used to saying I love you to each other or hugging and kissing our parents or siblings. Maybe, we are not just used to it since we're not trained to be affectionate. There's this awkward feeling when I tried to do so and I know my siblings feel the same. Nevertheless, we still love and care for each other. I myself love and care for our father so much even I can't show it to him.

Now that I have my own family and have my own kids. I am trying to train them to be affectionate to each other. I always say how much I love them, hug and kiss them so when they grow up, they would not feel the same awkwardness I felt before whenever I try to be affectionate to my family.