I feel really stupid for having to ask this, but I am completely new to Poser. I can't seem to find the answer anywhere, or even the question asked, so I'm assuming it's very simple and I'm just blind to the solution.

I want to pose two figures in the same scene, but I want to save their poses seperately, independent of one another. How do I do that?

For example: A man hugging a woman. I want to end up with two saved files after I manipulate and pose them. One of the man hugging and one of the woman being hugged. Not saved together as one element, but seperately, as two. 

Help, please?

not a problem Poser only saves one figure pose at a time. so select the male figure save pose, then select the female figure and save pose, you have your two poses.

Oh, wow, it's confirmed. I am stupid. Thanks so much. lol.

It depends on what you are aiming for...

If you have substantially changed your male figure, and would like to save him for future use, and want him to retain the pose he is in...

    Select the male or female figure. With the figures drawer of the library palette open, click the "plus" sign at the bottom. A dialog will appear asking you to name the collection that you're saving. If he other "figures" have been conformed to him (such as hair or clothing), you will get a dialog box informing you that this figure is part of a compound group and asking if you wish to save the group or just the individual figure (message may vary depending on which version of Poser you're using). If you wish to save the clothing, hair etc with your figure select group, if you want just the unclothed figure, pick individual. The picture thumbnail will show everything visible in the screen, but just the selection (individual or group) that you picked is actually saved. Saving in this manner will save all things conformed or parented to that particular figure.

If, on the other hand, the character you used is easily rebuilt, you only really need to save the pose. With the pose drawer of the library palette opened, click the plus sign, a dialog will appear asking you to name the pose.  Give it a name such as hug-male (if you have the male figure selected when you clicked the plus sign), another dialog will appear asking whether you want to save morph channels and body transformations. If the morphs are affecting the pose (you've bulked him up, for instance, and that will affect the distance between the two figures) tick morph channels, tick body transformations as that will position the character as well (otherwise the pose will lock the figure at center stage and you'll have to move him into position). After the pose is saved, switch to the other figure, the female and repeat, saving in a manner that allows you to identify the pose and which figure it goes to.

I can't tell what you're doing but it sounds like you really just want to save the poses for re-use. That would be the later scenario.

Okay, it took me so long to type that... glad it's all resolved.

..and don't worry, there are no stupid questions, especially in Poser.