No, but I think it's because my family (i.e. the family I grew up with) are people with substantial noses. You have to really mean it to kiss on the lips. Cheek or forehead are much quicker.
I do. My now 16yo SS hasn't for years, but my 9yo and 7yo still do. The 7yo is very affectionate and won't let me put him to bed without a kiss on the lips and a hug. The 9yo is definitely less often, and I let the kids take the lead on it.
I do not lip kiss anyone else though (besides H). I'll kiss my mom or friends on the cheek.
I have an aunt who INSISTS on kissing people on the lips and she was so awkward at my dad's funeral a few months ago, even if they're clearly uncomfortable with it. Like, it's COVID. Calm down.
I have to lol at the "no because cavities." Do you also never share food/forks/a sip from a cup? I honestly don't have strong feelings on it either way but that seems like a bizarre rationale. "I'd rather not" is an ok answer.
With my kids, they take the lead because I really don't care. My son stopped somewhere around...6? My daughter is 5 and I feel like she will forever lip kiss, lol.
When I was a kid (I can't remember how old but based on the house we were in it would have been 8 at the earliest), my dad told me I had to stop kissing him on the lips and I do remember it hurt my feelings. Not like soul crushing wounded, lol, but I was definitely sad and I think I felt like he thought I was gross or something. I'd be willing to bet the delivery had something to do with it since he didn't think it was a big deal.
I never share food, drinks, or used utensils.
Wow. I don't even know how I'd have managed that when my kids were very young. Like, never by choice, but I'm pretty sure I'd have died of hunger and dehydration if I'd abandoned all food and drink my toddlers touched.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on Mar 27, 2023 16:49:58 GMT -5
Yes, I think so? Not often, but if one of them (most likely my 9 year old) were to go for a quick kiss, I feel like it would be on the lips? I mostly kiss their cheeks just because they still have cute kissable cheeks.
Growing up, my dad's family all kissed on the lips and my mom's emphatically did not. I remember when I was young thinking how weird it was that no one in my mom's side would kiss hello/goodbye. Then I got older and found it weird that my grandma on my dad's side still kissed us hello/goodbye on the lips. I haven't seen my aunt (dad's sister) in years, but now I'm wondering if she'd still greet me like that!!
Wow. I don't even know how I'd have managed that when my kids were very young. Like, never by choice, but I'm pretty sure I'd have died of hunger and dehydration if I'd abandoned all food and drink my toddlers touched.
She was taught early not to share food or drink. It has never been an option. My food and drink are not an option for her just like her food and drink are not an option for me. If she wants a drink she needs to wait for a place to refill her water bottle, a drinking fountain, or place to buy a water. If she doesn’t have a snack she doesn’t have a snack. She knows not to touch food that is not hers.