kissing

[faceless_wonder]

from the Captain Obvious Newsfeed: a recent study has shown that if you suck at kissing, you're probably not going to get any further with a person. they probably won't sleep with you, and they're liable to not even call you again the next day.

duh!

good kisses feel good. bad kisses, however, are just a mockery of all that is good in this world. i'm definitely guilty of not going out with someone again just because of the way they kissed...it has only happened once, but the guy was such an awful kisser that my lips were sore for days. i felt like i was kissing a vacuum cleaner. if i wanted to kiss a vacuum cleaner, i'd kiss an honest-to-god vacuum cleaner--my lips would feel the same way afterwards, and i wouldn't have had to go through the formalities of buying it a drink or two before initiating any kissing.

it makes me wonder why they needed to fund and conduct a study to find out that kissing mattered a lot. anyone who has ever dated or even just fooled around knows that.

Comments

[the-pending.livejournal.com]

...Do you read Jezebel.com too? Or is this obvious study just getting a lot of attention?

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

i don't read jezebel, although it appears that i should start. i am pretty sure i saw the link on fark (http://www.fark.com).

[hilabeans.livejournal.com]

Agreed. My shortest relationship, back in high school, lasted for all of five days, and the reason I ended it was because he was a bad kisser. Actually, it wouldn't have lasted that long if I hadn't had very limited experience with bad kissers and I kind of felt guilty dumping him for that.

In all fairness, though, some people who are bad to mediocre kissers can be taught... but that requires the teacher to care enough about the person that they feel it's worth the time. And requires that the bad kisser not get offended when told so. I've managed it with two guys, but both of them were willing to admit to limited experience.