Do you enjoy kissing? Vote again, I ruined the poll.

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Do you enjoy romantic kissing?

A lot
20
43%
Yes
9
19%
Slightly
3
6%
Don't care about it
5
11%
Hate it
0
No votes
Not enough experience to know
10
21%
 
Total votes : 47

Do you enjoy kissing? Vote again, I ruined the poll.

Postby Tesseracts » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:34 pm

Here is an interesting and counterintuitive fact about humanity: only about half of cultures practice romantic kissing. Affectionate kissing, like mothers kissing babies, is universal to humanity. However, kissing as a sexual activity is not.

Some of the researchers interviewed for his analysis, Jankowiak says, have explicitly asked the people they studied about sex. One ethnographer told Jankowiak that "people told him the position they were in when they had sex and that they would nibble each other's eyebrows." But when asked about kissing, they said the equivalent of, "Gross!"


I find this interesting because although I have little experience with romantic kissing, I didn't like it that much. It's also not something I fantasize about.

Edit: Sorry everyone, I added an option to the poll and I didn't realize that would reset everything. I blame Trump for this.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby Malfeasinator » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:43 pm

It can be hot. If not for the kiss itself, for what it represents. It's one of the first ways someone lets you physically know that they want you. It can be warm and tender and make you feel good, especially if someone you like just kind of plants one on you out of the blue.
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Postby Paradox » Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:12 pm

I pretty much only know how to express affection physically. So yeah, it's important to me.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby Aquila89 » Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:20 pm

There is no option for me in the poll: I don't know, because I never had the opportunity to try. (Well, romantic kissing, that is. I know that I don't like kisses of the cheek.)

The natural assumption is that I would not, because I have trouble with physical contact. I certainly can't imagine myself doing it. But who knows. I didn't like hugging either, but recently when I was in distress, I hugged my mother and found it calming.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby Australia » Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:30 pm

Where's the 'my usual hookers don't let me kiss' option?
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby Anglerphobe » Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:46 pm

Before I did it, I expected I would not enjoy it. I guess I didn't really, at first. Didn't mind it, but didn't really enjoy it. Now, though, I think my opinion is sufficiently described by the 'Yes' option. It's also highly practical, because it doesn't take time out of your day and you can do it almost anywhere (within reason, of course).
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby KleinerKiller » Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:35 pm

Having not had my first romantic kiss until this year, I expected I would either like it a bit or be uncomfortable with it.

After thorough experimentation, I can confirm that it's actually great.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby NathanLoiselle » Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:39 am

Oh boy do I!? Well, I, umm, dunno. Do I?? Help a guy out here and tell me.
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Postby DamianaRaven » Sun Dec 17, 2017 2:26 am

I'm a fan of the practice.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby Anglerphobe » Sun Dec 17, 2017 2:28 am

I prefer the theory, myself.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby DamianaRaven » Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:38 am

Anglerphobe wrote:I prefer the theory, myself.


Well, everything looks better on paper and kissing is no exception. I can't say I enjoy the tongue-jousting sort of kisses, but a bit of slippery lip action can be VERY sensuous.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing?

Postby Tesseracts » Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:27 am

Aquila89 wrote:There is no option for me in the poll: I don't know, because I never had the opportunity to try. (Well, romantic kissing, that is. I know that I don't like kisses of the cheek.)

The natural assumption is that I would not, because I have trouble with physical contact. I certainly can't imagine myself doing it. But who knows. I didn't like hugging either, but recently when I was in distress, I hugged my mother and found it calming.

I added an option for limited experience. I'd probably choose this one myself.

I do fantasize about romantic cuddling and hugging, which kissing is probably a part of, but kissing doesn't come into my mind. I don't have a problem with hugging people although I often feel awkward like I do in any social situation. I can barely manage to shake hands.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing? Vote again, I ruined the poll.

Postby Tuli » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:07 am

I think it's something that is super hyped-up in our culture, like your *first kiss* is supposed to be some kind of milepost and there's all these epic kisses in the movies and books and so on. So I had some high expectations. And then it was just weird and slimy and not pleasurable at all. I thought, well maybe I just need to try more... nope, still the same. Of course, I've never really been *in love* with any of those people either, so maybe that's a factor. Anyway, I figured out that kissing as purely a physical sensation is totally pointless for me. Maybe it would be different if I had deeper feelings for the person, or maybe not.
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Re: Do you enjoy kissing? Vote again, I ruined the poll.

Postby AboveGL » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:58 am

I've only had experience with one person, but I can confirm it's pretty much great. Maybe more experience under my belt with people I had stronger feelings for would upgrade my answer to "a lot".
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