| | What's in a kiss?
“No woman wakes up and says to herself, ‘God I hope I don’t get swept of my feet today!’” -Hitch
We all want to be kissed. Most of us have been by this point in life. Those of us who have all have experiences to tell. Some good, and some not so good. Funny stores and stories that’ll make your knees week. So just what is it that makes our pulse quicken, our palms sweat, and our stomachs flutter? What’s in a kiss?
All of our fairytale princesses’ get them. They are the antidote to any evil spell. Even to a boring Saturday night: add one prince charming, a pint of Ben&Jerrys, some girlfriends and a ‘happily ever after’ kiss and, poof, the spell is broken! You’ll be happy again by midnight.
Or, ladies, how about after you meet the ‘guy of your dreams (#532)’? That night you lay hopelessly awake until daylight thinking about the first kiss, and, lets be honest, the making out to follow. You girls know what I’m talking about. All that needs to happen is to have the briefest of moments where our eyes meet in passing, or heaven forbid, a “hi, how are you” and we are planning everything from what to wear on the first date to the seating chart at the wedding reception. (I’m joking, but the truth isn’t that far off – just ask my mom, haha).
What makes kissing so much more intimate than hugging, or cuddling, even spooning? What makes the touching of two people’s lips so sacred? Why not touch elbows, or foreheads. That just sounds silly, but why lips? Why mouths? A mouth in and of itself is not sensuous … at least that I know of ☺ (bet Freud would have something to say about that).
Kissing is something that most of us long for. (Especially those of us who aren’t getting any ;).) Why? Is it just the fact that we can do it outside of marriage? On that note: is it something to be thrown around so freely? Is there more to kissing than the romance of it?
Most of the time I think that women look for the romantic kiss, the sweep you off your feet and transport you to another world kind of kiss… but it seems to me that that effect is more than just the act of kissing. It is the intent behind it, the actions that precede it and lead up to that moment of impact.
By that note, is kissing what we are longing for, or is it that intimacy of a close friend? One who knows us inside and out and would still feel utterly incomplete and alone if we were to vanish.
I have certainly kissed and been kissed in my life… but have I really ever been kissed, in its full meaning? There has to be more to kissing that two lips touching. Romance is such a fickle thing. We think we find it in ‘Mr. Right 532’, but it is so much more. It is not breathlessness; it’s not lying awake at night wishing he were kissing every part of your body. At least I hope not, because that doesn’t last - Trust me. True romance, at least I hope, stretches far beyond that. And is a lot harder to come by.
I was once told, and not too long ago, that what I’m looking for doesn’t exist and that my sights are too high…. God I hope not, ‘cuz that’s what I’m waiting for.
…Waiting is a bitch…
…Let’s hope it’s worth it…
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| | Posted 9/25/2006 5:56 AM - 2 views - 1 comments
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