Kissing Matters

Have you ever kissed anyone? – It is a common question among teens. More teens have kissed someone by the time they reach their early 20s than not, according to a University of Connecticut study. Only 14% of 17 to 19-year-olds hadn’t yet achieved this milestone. Older teens cite a variety of reasons for delaying…

If you’ve ever visited a friend’s house and been fascinated by its filthy, here are some ideas to impress your friends and make you feel good about yourself! What is the dirtiest thing you’ve done at a friend’s house? What do you touch every day that you don’t clean? What do you use to wash…

Why do people close their eyes when they kiss? Who invented this custom? When you don’t keep your eyes closed you’re violating a sacred principle. It’s like eating cereal with your hands when nobody’s around. Nobody sees you, but you still feel weird and like you’re violating the natural order. If you need a reason to…

And all this time I thought Spiderman invented this suave upside-down move:

Where did the tradition of kissing on New Year’s come from? Historians date this practice back to the Ancient Romans who would throw a big party every New Year’s Eve called the Festival of Saturnalia where they would kiss and generally debauch one another as much as possible. Later on, the English and Germans would celebrate…

After returning home from a tour of duty at sea, Life Magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt took this, perhaps the most famous photograph of two people kissing. The kiss symbolized so many emotions — an emotional release through which the entire nation could vicariously rejoice. The soldier and the nurse, in the middle of Times Square in…

As it turns out, humans aren’t the only animals accustomed to planting kisses on one another. Check out the following photo compilation for ten different species who also get caught up in the moment! 1. Squirrels!Photo credit: creativity+ http://www.funnypicturefunnyphoto.com/ Squirrels “kiss” as a way of identifying one another, sniffing his partner’s neck gland for a familiar…

Let me start this article off by admitting how petrified I am of spiders. Every man in my life has been transformed, at some point, into an all-powerful spider warrior. It goes like this: my fiancé will be working quietly in our home office when, suddenly, he’ll hear a shriek from the kitchen; he’ll fall…

Are you afraid to say the three words that will change your relationship forever? Even if you really really are dying to say them? Well, never you worry. Here are five ways to express the sentiment without actually going out on a limb: 1. Shave Your Body Hair into a Heart Shape. If you’re a…

Sure, kissing is an engaging activity, but did you know you can do other things WHILE kissing to broaden the experience? Here are a few ideas: 1. Hum. Humming while kissing causes a vibration in both partners’ mouths. And who doesn’t like vibrations? 2. Blink your eyes. When you do this it looks like you’re kissing an…