Family members kissing on the lips

cesc77 · 02-05-2011 09:48PM

phasers wrote: »

It's ok to kiss your parents on the lips until you're about 8 or 9, after that it's creepy.

My 2 year old Nephew kisses me on the lips though, I think nothing of it cos that's just what 2 year olds do.

8 or 9 you say?so at the age of 10 its creepy?Interesting.

Who decides this age when creepiness kicks in?

One may guess that you find it creepy beyond a certain age?I judge not on this, only that I find it weird altogether

Pherekydes · 02-05-2011 09:51PM

I think it's great! I often kiss the wife on the lips.

phasers · 02-05-2011 09:53PM

cesc77 wrote: »

8 or 9 you say?so at the age of 10 its creepy?Interesting.

Who decides this age when creepiness kicks in?

One may guess that you find it creepy beyond a certain age?I judge not on this, only that I find it weird altogether

Yep, because at around ten or so children start to become curious about sex, relationships and the like. It can depend on the emotional maturity of each individual child, but generally speaking I think nine is the limit.

Deus Ex Machina · 02-05-2011 09:55PM

cesc77 wrote: »

Not meaning to be inflamatory

I don't mean to be inflamed either, I just can't help it reading threads like this.

cesc77 · 02-05-2011 09:59PM

Beyond that wee weird area there are people that kiss their kids on the lips as adults.Im interested to know where the fook this came from and why it continues through childhood

Violafy · 02-05-2011 10:04PM

I think it's weird, especially if over 3 years old. I cringe anytime I see someone doing it.

Compak · 03-05-2011 12:03AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-iV2q-W9BE

Dang ive no idea how to embed you tube clips

but Seinfeld and kissing is appropriate here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-iV2q-W9BE

mconigol · 03-05-2011 09:54AM

Nod of the head from me. That's all your getting. I don't care if I haven't seen you for 6 months or not!

Krusader · 03-05-2011 10:12AM

St.Spodo wrote: »

I'd take any sort of physical contact nowadays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS164Gn1FS8

NothingMan · 03-05-2011 10:16AM

I don't see why it freaks so many people out. It's just a show of affection and a greeting for someone you're happy to see. It's nothing sexual or sordid and people who see it as weird probably have more to ask themselves than people who see it as the innocent gesture it is.

MagicSean · 03-05-2011 10:46AM

cesc77 wrote: »

What is with it?Why the lips? (just seen it on Eastenders)

It creeps me out especially when parents do it to kids.Kiss on the cheek is sufficient,no?

They aren't actually family. They are actors.

pragmatic1 · 03-05-2011 10:56AM

Kiss on the cheek for mother, granny, sister, aunts, etc. Handshake for the males or a hug if they're ill.

BizzyC · 03-05-2011 11:52AM

I'd never kiss an adult member of the family on the lips, but I wouldn't think twice about giving one of the children (all under 3) a kiss, that's the only way they give kisses.

It only becomes awkward when it stops being cute....

MagicSean · 03-05-2011 11:55AM

Statistically a womans mouth is the most germ ridden place on the planet.

grenache · 03-05-2011 12:07PM

strobe wrote: »

This whole 'kissing hello' thing in general I find odd and unwelcome. Unless we are going to be having sex at some stage in the future it's a handshake for you. You're not French and you're not 16th century aristocracy. Accept that.

kissing somebody upon greeting them is hardly aristocratic. Its traditional in Southern Europe. I live with an Italian and when i greet his friends i'm happy to kiss them twice. It shows warmth and a healthy respect towards a fellow human being.

Nothing wrong with it at all. There should be more of it amongst Irish people.

Azureus · 03-05-2011 12:58PM

Its fine with the parents/young kids thing.
Hell my boyfriends two year old sister always gives me a cuddle and a kiss on the lips when im leaving, its just cute. I agree it should phase out as they get older though, I always remember kissing my mam/dad on the cheek goodnight when I was a kid.

Stuff like this is when it gets proper creepy
http://cdn.crushable.com/files/2011/02/Sibling-Smooch-Angelina-Jolie-Kisses-Brother.jpg

OutlawPete · 03-05-2011 01:43PM

Stephanie Seymour recently got criticized for kissing her son on a beach.
Apparently she has recently "defended" the kiss on Oprah, doesn't seem to be online though.

Joey the lips · 03-05-2011 01:53PM

k_mac wrote: »

Statistically a womans mouth is the most germ ridden place on the planet.

I wonder do women use this for reasons to get oral....;)

BizzyC · 03-05-2011 02:32PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Stephanie Seymour recently got criticized for kissing her son on a beach.
Apparently she has recently "defended" the kiss on Oprah, doesn't seem to be online though.

I read somewhere that the son was failry pissed off at all the talk about him getting a stiffy from his mum, cause he's actually gay...

stoneill · 03-05-2011 03:34PM

Kissing on the lips is fine - it when the rimming starts, well that just a bit too far. In public anyway.

strobe · 03-05-2011 04:12PM

grenache wrote: »

kissing somebody upon greeting them is hardly aristocratic. Its traditional in Southern Europe. I live with an Italian and when i greet his friends i'm happy to kiss them twice. It shows warmth and a healthy respect towards a fellow human being.

Nothing wrong with it at all. There should be more of it amongst Irish people.

Hey, Southern Europeans can tickle each others genitalia when they greet each other for all I care, let them at it, more power to them. But you're not Southern European. It's pretentious and cringe worthy when done by Irish people.

Family members kissing on the lips

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