A different kind of kiss
At church on Sunday, a woman I had met the week before came up to me and gave me a huge kiss on the cheek. It was weird because it is SO uncommon, but also very nice and friendly. She was so natural and warm about it, that I began to think about why I didn't kiss more of my friends. It is such a cultural thing in America only to kiss family/kids, or our significant others. I obviously don't mean on the lips or anything with tongue, but why don't we kiss our friends on the cheek more? It is such an intimate, loving, way to greet or to part with friends that I think I am going to start revving up the ol' pucker.
Those of you in Minnesota got nothing to worry about until my next descent upon the city, but I may try my new experiment on my friends out here and see how they react. I will make sure to pop an Altoid first, although that is the beauty of cheek kissing--the breath is not nearly as vital to the success of the kiss as it would be for a plant on the lips.
4 Comments:
When I lived in D.C., a kiss was just a greeting. I kissed 10-15 people a day, men and women. Kiss on the cheek to say hello. I loved it. I knew it would be gone once I moved back to this State Where People Are Totally Awkward About Their Bodies and Don't Like To Touch.
Maybe you and Carla should kiss? She'd tell you it would be more passionate than our wedding kiss in any case.
OK, so am the only one getting turned on by this blog? Well I guess I am the only one who SHOULD be getting turned on by this blog-because Rachel is a great kisser!
I could get in trouble for reading this at work.
I thought of you during church last night. We gave each other silent blessings and there was a lot of kissing going on. I got one from Thom and Colleen and KP. Jimmy gave Jenell some inappropriate affection, and all in all it was lovely. I wish you could have been there. Consider yourself blessed with a kiss! Carla
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