21 Kisses

Kya1976

Can anyone please tell me where the Irish tradition, where you get 21 kisses on your 21st birthday, comes from??

orourkeda

Kya1976 wrote: »

Can anyone please tell me where the Irish tradition, where you get 21 kisses on your 21st birthday, comes from??

beer goggles

thehairyelbow

Some oul pervy uncle

Shryke

Pervy 21 year olds. It's great to be 21! I'm passed it by a little bit, but it's a great tradition in my opinion.

Wibbs

It was the only way farmers sons got the chance of a brief clinch with a woman and not a sheep. Good question though and I honestly have no clue, nor can recall any explanation for it.

Guill

Kya1976 wrote: »

Can anyone please tell me where the Irish tradition, where you get 21 kisses on your 21st birthday, comes from??

Tradition or just drunkin ****e?

Captain_Generic

Its to test your self control around women, if you can get through all 21 without cracking a fat then you are a no longer a boy

thehairyelbow

Shryke wrote: »

Pervy 21 year olds. It's great to be 21!

this is true

For Forks Sake

21 prostitutes would be a far better (if slightly costlier) idea

Guill

If your a male it prooves your THE MAN!!!,
If your woman, it prooves your a tramp.

Kya1976

Wibbs wrote: »

It was the only way farmers sons got the chance of a brief clinch with a woman and not a sheep. Good question though and I honestly have no clue, nor can recall any explanation for it.

lol surely things can't be that bad:p:pac:

Phoenix Park

Kya1976 wrote: »

lol surely things can't be that bad:p:pac:

nope, they really are that bhaaaad

Dravokivich

Well I for 1 wasn't complaining...

orourkeda

Shryke wrote: »

Pervy 21 year olds. It's great to be 21! I'm passed it by a little bit, but it's a great tradition in my opinion.

Indeed. Especially when the birthday girl lets you slip the tongue

LETHAL LADY

Dont know but I have yet to be at a 21st birthday party where the kisses dont start to get scarce on about the 12th of 13th kiss.

For Forks Sake

orourkeda wrote: »

Indeed. Especially when the birthday girl lets you slip the tongue

or bog the hand :eek::D:cool:

Onesimus

It was invented for unattractive geeks like myself to make us feel wanted.

Lookin forward though to when I'm 30.

For Forks Sake

Onesimus wrote: »

It was invented for unattractive geeks like myself to make us feel wanted.

Lookin forward though to when I'm 30.

You get 30 slaps to the head for your 30th

Kya1976

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Dont know but I have yet to be at a 21st birthday party where the kisses dont start to get scarce on about the 12th of 13th kiss.

So the tradition is that it has to be from 21 different girls/blokes yes?

thehairyelbow

Kya1976 wrote: »

So the tradition is that it has to be from 21 different girls/blokes yes?

And sheep. Don't forget the sheep.

Kya1976

For Forks Sake wrote: »

You get 30 slaps to the head for your 30th

:eek::eek: Now I'm not looking forward to my next birthday :P:pac:

up for anything

It must be a new tradition. It wasn't around when I was that age.

parker kent

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Dont know but I have yet to be at a 21st birthday party where the kisses dont start to get scarce on about the 12th of 13th kiss.

You never been at a 21st where they sit the birthday boy/girl down on a chair and people literally form a queue to get their peck? Usually has a DJ counting them and some terrible music in the background.

LETHAL LADY

Kya1976 wrote: »

So the tradition is that it has to be from 21 different girls/blokes yes?

My best mate is a good looking woman but on her 21st she stood at the top of the room like a lamb to the slaughter waiting for the 21 kisses. Her face had turned bright red and after about the 15th kiss nobody was going up to kiss her. It slowly dragged to 19 kisses and at this stage her face was a nice shade of beetroot so me and another mate went up to give her the last 2 kisses. I would not mind but her boyfriend was too busy getting pissed at the bar to even notice. The poor girl.


ps I forgot to mention we are all members of the same family.

XxMCRxBabyxX

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

My best mate is a good looking woman but on her 21st she stood at the top of the room like a lamb to the slaughter waiting for the 21 kisses. Her face had turned bright red and after about the 15th kiss nobody was going up to kiss her. It slowly dragged to 19 kisses and at this stage her face was a nice shade of beetroot so me and another mate went up to give her the last 2 kisses. I would not mind but her boyfriend was too busy getting pissed at the bar to even notice. The poor girl.


ps I forgot to mention we are all members of the same family.

Why weren't ye going up to kiss her anyway?!

LETHAL LADY

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Why weren't ye going up to kiss her anyway?!

Brothers have seniority where I come from.

holystungun9

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Dont know but I have yet to be at a 21st birthday party where the kisses dont start to get scarce on about the 12th of 13th kiss.

Cringe. That happend to a mate of mine. It was a stupid thing to do. It was in a quiet rural pub with a small crowd of mates. Like you said, after about 12, there was just his girlfriend left who was waiting to be the big 21st snog. Some people went outside to try to 'round up' some girls, all while my mate sat there like a tool. And worse again the DJ was playing that smoochy french duet song, aaagghh, can't think of the name of it). After some looking around and shoe shuffling the girlfriend had to get stuck in early. It was a disaster.

If anyone knows what song I am on about (all you mentalists out there), please tell me the name. The music is commonly used on jingles or tv ads where there is a bit of romance. A french guy singing and also a girl too. Kinda nice and kinda chessey. Slow tempo song.

Found it - Je t'aime, yuck

Mr.Crinklewood

up for anything wrote: »

It must be a new tradition. It wasn't around when I was that age.

It was. Nobody wanted to kiss you ( Apart from Mr.Perkins )

stupidusername

I didn't have this for mine is it all on the lips and all?

Kya1976

stupidusername wrote: »

I didn't have this for mine is it all on the lips and all?

Same here.:o

Onesimus

For Forks Sake wrote: »

You get 30 slaps to the head for your 30th

Better than a stab in the eye with a sharp stick :pac:

F_Fitzy

I refused to have 21 kisses at mine. Its a stupid tradition and never works well. My sisters boyfriend didnt know of the tradition, so her 21st kiss was from a friend of my dads she had met for the first time that night. Mortified. And my friends boyfriend was in the toilet during the countdown, so there was an awkward 20 second pause between her 20th kiss and 21st.

I refused... best decision ever!

Blobby George

orourkeda wrote: »

Indeed. Especially when the birthday girl lets you slip the tongue

How did your sister react when you did that?

smiley girl

I was at a 30th birthday party last week and the birthday girl got 30 kisses.

entropi

stupidusername wrote: »

I didn't have this for mine is it all on the lips and all?

Depends on how close those friends are Then again, every 21st I've been to had someone practically getting the shift on the last kiss (last kiss a girl for a lad, last kiss for a lad a girl).

Kya1976 wrote: »

Same here.:o

Never bothered with a 21st myself, you're not missing out...oh wait you are, and so did I *cries in a corner*

mrsdewinter

As well as the tradition of the quality of the kissers deteriorating as the toll gets into the teens, anyone remember the story of the girl who went through the rigmarole of the 21 kisses, then had to track down 20 of the boys a week later after some randomer who'd been dragged into the affair was diagnosed with meningitis? Or was that just a 90s urban legend?

--LOS--

I'm thankful I never had the traditional 21st

sdanseo

As meningitis isn't particularly contagious, I'd doubt it.

Edit: Meningitis can be spread by kissing or human contact. My bad.

YFlyer

holystungun9 wrote: »

Cringe. That happend to a mate of mine. It was a stupid thing to do. It was in a quiet rural pub with a small crowd of mates. Like you said, after about 12, there was just his girlfriend left who was waiting to be the big 21st snog. Some people went outside to try to 'round up' some girls, all while my mate sat there like a tool. And worse again the DJ was playing that smoochy french duet song, aaagghh, can't think of the name of it). After some looking around and shoe shuffling the girlfriend had to get stuck in early. It was a disaster.

If anyone knows what song I am on about (all you mentalists out there), please tell me the name. The music is commonly used on jingles or tv ads where there is a bit of romance. A french guy singing and also a girl too. Kinda nice and kinda chessey. Slow tempo song.

Found it - Je t'aime, yuck

lol

Creature

It didn't happen when I was 21 nor with any of my mates. Fairly sure it's a recent-ish thing. My memory from those days is a bit unreliable though so you never know!

Circus_O

Slightly off topic but in searching for 21 kisses traditions i stumbled upon this

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/821591-evil-clown-hired-for-stalking-threats-and-a-pie-in-the-face

Yes, an evil clown parents hire to scare their kids

Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes.


He posts notes warning children they are being watched, telling them they will be attacked.


But Deville is not an escaped lunatic or some demonic monster.


He is a birthday treat, hired by mum and dad, and the ‘attack’ involves being splatted in the face with a cake.

Well, glad i'm not swiss

up for anything

Onesimus wrote: »

Better than a stab in the eye with a sharp stick :pac:

That's for a fortieth.

opinion guy

Kya1976 wrote: »

Can anyone please tell me where the Irish tradition, where you get 21 kisses on your 21st birthday, comes from??

Is it particularly an Irish thing ? I don't think so

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Been at two 18ths in the last few months and they got 18 kisses. That's cheating, imo!
In fairness, I think the both of them got more kisses off the lads than they did girls.:pac:

Azureus

I didnt have a traditional 21st thank god so didnt have to endure that!
Always found it fairly cringey to be honest.

prinz

Have only seen it done once, and had enough booze on board to hijack the queue and give a mate of mine his 21st kiss. His girlfriend was none too pleased Stupid thing to do anyway. Most awkward point of the whole night.

Kya1976

Azureus wrote: »

I didnt have a traditional 21st thank god so didnt have to endure that!
Always found it fairly cringey to be honest.

Sounds like most people agree with that.:)

Cupcake_Crisis

It was done to me at my 21st, cringe worthy!!! It's a bit of a laugh...but i felt so used afterwards

FatherLen

i was in amsterdam for the 21st so didnt get to do the 21 kisses and quite frankly i'm glad. i would say it is horribly awkward.

Brendog

The tradition is the last kiss is from the mother but if you've a girlfriend/boyfriend do they give the last kiss?

kfallon

Load of bollix, my 21st was the same as any other Saturday out, one thing I would never do is a have a party to celebrate any birthday, just not my thing