Thoughts on a Cuddle Buddy

I'm going to be leaving my husband but because we are both on disability it's going to take me at least a year while I squirrel away $50 a month. It's already been 10 years since he's offered me any kind of physical intimacy and the thing that I find so devastating is never being held. Right now I'm not interested, at all, in a sexual connection with anyone. I have too much work to do on myself before that can happen. I can't help but feel that this next years would be so much more bearable if there were just someone that I could curl up next to and watch a movie with, maybe even doze off in their arms before going home to my "battery operated husband".

Last night I Googled "no sex cuddle buddy" not really thinking it was an actual thing, but I found not only a subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/cuddlebuddies/, but a few websites as well. I'm seriously considering posting for my very own, platonic, cuddle buddy. I'm wondering if anyone has considered or done this, and if so how did it work out, or not. I'm sure there are some pitfalls that I can't yet see as well and I'm interested in any feedback on that front.