I've kissed 21 people, lifetime, and half of those are blood-relatives. Including simple pecks. So kissing is proportionately a big deal for me... with significant emotional content.
An interesting topic. Actually, Brian, I find 20 to be a fair number. I am very conservative about who I kiss too. Let me think...... lifetime total? uh...... I can think of 15....... and I don't kiss blood relatives that way. ;) I can relate to the way you feel about kissing. It is no casual thing.....but I realize a lot of folks DO approach it in a more 'freindly' manner than I do. Thus, the thread about me declining a kiss from a man I had just met... in another part of your journal. :)
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Date: 2003-09-06 12:44 pm (UTC)Actually, Brian, I find 20 to be a fair number.
I am very conservative about who I kiss too.
Let me think...... lifetime total?
uh......
I can think of 15.......
and I don't kiss blood relatives that way.
;)
I can relate to the way you feel about kissing.
It is no casual thing.....but I realize a lot of folks DO approach it
in a more 'freindly' manner than I do.
Thus, the thread about me declining a kiss from a man I had just met... in another part of your journal.
:)
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Date: 2003-09-06 12:51 pm (UTC)Well, I don't kiss blood relatives *that* way, either! (grin) (images of elderly aunts...)
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Date: 2003-09-06 12:55 pm (UTC)I don't give blood relatives 'pecks on the lips'.
My mom was a germ-o-phobe and taught us kids growing up
not to kiss anyone on the lips.
:)
So we're a family of cheek kissers......
;)