Why Do People Kiss?

[belano4ka]

Her eyes are wide as they stare into yours. You wrap your arm around her waist and pull her in close. She touches your face and you lean in, tilt your head—to the right, of course—and your lips connect. The rushing sensation leaves you little room to wonder, “Why the hell am I doing this anyway?”

Of course, the simplest answer is that humans kiss because it just feels good. But there are people for whom this explanation isn't quite sufficient. They formally study the anatomy and evolutional history of kissing and call themselves philematologists.


So far, these kiss scientists haven't conclusively explained how human smooching originated, but they've come up with a few theories, and they've mapped out how our biology is affected by a passionate lip-lock.


A big question is whether kissing is learned or instinctual. Some say it is a learned behavior, dating back to the days of our ancestors .. Back then, mothers may have chewed food and passed it from their mouths into those of their toothless infants. Even after babies cut their teeth, mothers would continue to press their lips against their toddlers' cheeks to comfort them.


Supporting the idea that kissing is learned rather than instinctual is the fact that not all humans kiss. Certain tribes around the world just don't make out, anthropologists say. While 90 percent of humans actually do kiss, 10 percent have no idea what they're missing.


Others believe kissing is indeed an instinctive behavior, and cite animals' kissing-like behaviors as proof. When our faces are close together, our pheromones “talk”—exchanging biological information about whether or not two people will make strong offspring. Women, for example, subconsciously prefer the scent of men whose genes for certain immune system proteins are different from their own. This kind of match could yield offspring with stronger immune systems, and better chances for survival.


Still, most people are satisfied with the explanation that humans kiss because it feels good. Our lips and tongues are packed with nerve endings, which help intensify all those dizzying sensations of being in love when we press our mouths to someone else's. Experiencing such feelings doesn't usually make us think too hard about why we kiss—instead, it drives us to find ways to do it more often.


:kiss:

[8bigwheels]

some guys can't kiss at all:( so naher foreplays, lets go to main course directly:becky: ( kiddin)

but this is really sad when you like someone and then find out that he is really just can't kiss at all, and not even able to learn:(

[Hoopy]

Kissing is the most important thing about a relationship, it shows you have feelings for the other person.
Nothing beats a big pasionate sloppy kiss

[Koshka]

Kissing is the most important thing about a relationship, it shows you have feelings for the other person.
Nothing beats a big pasionate sloppy kiss

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[belano4ka]

self-advertisement?

:lol:...nah...he said sloppy not hoppy kiss :)

[belano4ka]

some guys can't kiss at all:( so naher foreplays, lets go to main course directly:becky: ( kiddin)

but this is really sad when you like someone and then find out that he is really just can't kiss at all, and not even able to learn:(

I do agree with you....The most annoying is when giys think that they can kiss but in reality they cannot....Maybe there should be a lesson in school on "How to kiss properly" ...Training can be done on tomatoes ...:becky:

[krevedko]

I do agree with you....The most annoying is when giys think that they can kiss but in reality they cannot....Maybe there should be a lesson in school on "How to kiss properly" ...Training can be done on tomatoes ...:becky:

I understand now what I was doing wrong - I used wrong fruit and veggies to practice, bananas and cucumbers mostly. :becky:

[statajack]

I understand now what I was doing wrong - I used wrong fruit and veggies to practice, bananas and cucumbers mostly. :becky:

I do agree with you....The most annoying is when giys think that they can kiss but in reality they cannot....Maybe there should be a lesson in school on "How to kiss properly" ...Training can be done on tomatoes ...:becky:

One problem with practicing on a tomato.......... it doesn't answer back. :becky:........ so how does the kisser know if they are getting it right? :rolleyes:

[belano4ka]

One problem with practicing on a tomato.......... it doesn't answer back. :becky:........ so how does the kisser know if they are getting it right? :rolleyes:

All right then....:confused:....Hmmm...Then it's necessary to find a proper teacher :eek:

[belano4ka]

:becky:

tCITaAyJR9Y

[statajack]

All right then....:confused:....Hmmm...Then it's necessary to find a proper teacher :eek:

Does that involve testing various teachers to decide which one is "proper"? :rolleyes: :becky:

[belano4ka]

Does that involve testing various teachers to decide which one is "proper"? :rolleyes: :becky:

that a good idea....I bet the best teacher will have a line of students waiting for "lessons":eek:

[statajack]

:becky:

tCITaAyJR9Y

What a funny video.. :becky:...... I note.........

1. "Find a space to sit........."

2. "Don't forget to breath....."

:becky:

[8bigwheels]

that was tender kiss in that video, i would show you what reall pasionate kiss is. but i promissed all my ex's that i will never let other people see our video:p:rolleyes::becky:

[belano4ka]

that was tender kiss in that video, i would show you what reall pasionate kiss is. but i promissed all my ex's that i will never let other people see our video:p:rolleyes::becky:


:jester:

Yeah....I have no idea why they decided to call it "passionate kiss"... I guess kiss with real passion would be only in X-rated movies ...:eek::o:becky:

[Shadow-off]

Smooching releases mellowing chemicals — if you kiss the right person

Andrew Vaughan / AP

updated 6:44 p.m. ET, Fri., Feb. 13, 2009
CHICAGO - "Chemistry look what you've done to me," Donna Summer crooned in Science of Love, and so, it seems, she was right. Just in time for Valentine's Day, a panel of scientists examined the mystery of what happens when hearts throb and lips lock. Kissing, it turns out, unleashes chemicals that ease stress hormones in both sexes and encourage bonding in men, though not so much in women.

Chemicals in the saliva may be a way to assess a mate, Wendy Hill, dean of the faculty and a professor of neuroscience at Lafayette College, told a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Friday.

In an experiment, Hill explained, pairs of heterosexual college students who kissed for 15 minutes while listening to music experienced significant changes in their levels of the chemicals oxytocin, which affects pair bonding, and cortisol, which is associated with stress. Their blood and saliva levels of the chemicals were compared before and after the kiss.

Both men and women had a decline in cortisol after smooching, an indication their stress levels declined.

For men, oxytocin levels increased, indicating more interest in bonding, while oxytocin levels went down in women. "This was a surprise," Hill said.

In a test group that merely held hands, chemical changes were similar, but much less pronounced, she said.

The experiment was conducted in a student health center, Hill noted. She plans a repeat "in a more romantic setting."

Hill spoke at the session on the Science of Kissing, along with Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and Donald Lateiner of Ohio Wesleyan University.

Fisher noted that more than 90 percent of human societies practice kissing, which she believes has three components — the sex drive, romantic love and attachment.

[Lonewolf74]

some guys can't kiss at all:( so naher foreplays, lets go to main course directly:becky: ( kiddin)

but this is really sad when you like someone and then find out that he is really just can't kiss at all, and not even able to learn:(

Revolting!!!

I would be more than happy if you want to help me improve my technique Taneushka... :lol:
Either that or Ping Pong... :rolleyes:

V.

[8bigwheels]

Revolting!!!

I would be more than happy if you want to help me improve my technique Taneushka... :lol:
Either that or Ping Pong... :rolleyes:

V.


ok, no problem i can teach you:) start with what Mr. Tsonga doing on my avatar:lol: then i will give you another exercise:peace:

[bucksbunny]

Her eyes are wide as they stare into yours. You wrap your arm around her waist and pull her in close. She touches your face and you lean in, tilt your head—to the right, of course—and your lips connect. The rushing sensation leaves you little room to wonder, “Why the hell am I doing this anyway?”

Of course, the simplest answer is that humans kiss because it just feels good. But there are people for whom this explanation isn't quite sufficient. They formally study the anatomy and evolutional history of kissing and call themselves philematologists.


So far, these kiss scientists haven't conclusively explained how human smooching originated, but they've come up with a few theories, and they've mapped out how our biology is affected by a passionate lip-lock.


A big question is whether kissing is learned or instinctual. Some say it is a learned behavior, dating back to the days of our ancestors .. Back then, mothers may have chewed food and passed it from their mouths into those of their toothless infants. Even after babies cut their teeth, mothers would continue to press their lips against their toddlers' cheeks to comfort them.


Supporting the idea that kissing is learned rather than instinctual is the fact that not all humans kiss. Certain tribes around the world just don't make out, anthropologists say. While 90 percent of humans actually do kiss, 10 percent have no idea what they're missing.


Others believe kissing is indeed an instinctive behavior, and cite animals' kissing-like behaviors as proof. When our faces are close together, our pheromones “talk”—exchanging biological information about whether or not two people will make strong offspring. Women, for example, subconsciously prefer the scent of men whose genes for certain immune system proteins are different from their own. This kind of match could yield offspring with stronger immune systems, and better chances for survival.


Still, most people are satisfied with the explanation that humans kiss because it feels good. Our lips and tongues are packed with nerve endings, which help intensify all those dizzying sensations of being in love when we press our mouths to someone else's. Experiencing such feelings doesn't usually make us think too hard about why we kiss—instead, it drives us to find ways to do it more often.


:kiss:
for africans kissing in their tradition is dirty.
now he youngest looking to american movies find it ok. but its not their stuff.

zorozoro

[bucksbunny]

my experience that I have with kissing some girls I kissed became completly wet...so from that I know I am a good kisser.. my ex wife told me she became always verry excited.I think the utherus moves while kissing.. so girls give me some feed back about that.
zorozoro

[bucksbunny]

ok, no problem i can teach you:) start with what Mr. Tsonga doing on my avatar:lol: then i will give you another exercise:peace:

get stocked with your avaratars and put a pick of you .. maybe you gonna get married one day.

zorozoro

[8bigwheels]

get stocked with your avaratars and put a pick of you .. maybe you gonna get married one day.

zorozoro

keep on naging your carrot bunny, marriage is not my goal now

[Lonewolf74]

ok, no problem i can teach you:) start with what Mr. Tsonga doing on my avatar:lol: then i will give you another exercise:peace:

I can't...fortunately... that tennisball makes it impossible :P

V.

[belano4ka]

my experience that I have with kissing some girls I kissed became completly wet...so from that I know I am a good kisser.. my ex wife told me she became always verry excited.I think the utherus moves while kissing.. so girls give me some feed back about that.
zorozoro

Oh...Dr.Carrot...How can we give you a response on the Net about that?....It's the same as beleiving in the size of Willy.

I was glad that only her utherus moved and not anything else...:yield:

PS. That was good self-advertisement...I guess it is not you but we want a feedback...:rolleyes::becky:

[belano4ka]

The most terrifing thing for me was to find out that French kiss is called just ....kiss ( I don't take slang into consideration ) in French:( I was hoping for the sexier answer...

I guess it makes sense...with Frenchman any kiss will be French :rolleyes:
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In France...
Woman: “ I’d love to have some French toast for breakfast.”
Maître d’ : “But madame, all of our toast is French.”

[Sniffer]

[QUOTE=belano4ka;59808]The most terrifing thing for me was to find out that French kiss is called just ....kiss ( I don't take slang into consideration ) in French:( I was hoping for the sexier answer...

I guess it makes sense...with Frenchman any kiss will be French :rolleyes:
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Confirmed. Only with French. We was born with it and It is TradeMarketed born with it. Like champagne, wine and smelly cheese :)

[pouffe]

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