Yes and Yes….I have awesome parents and they kissed me…Mom and Dad. Super loving family and has made me the affectionate person i am. I kiss my kids and they love it…although my 11 year old isn't so down with it right now. It might not be the "coolest" thing in the world to kiss Dad.
Yes and yes. I wasn't raised in a Christian home, but I was raised by two parents that weren't shy about showing affection and it rubbed off on me. I am always hugging and kissing my kids. My son is 12 so like Jake's son, mine doesn't like to do it anymore too much but when I ask sometimes and he's cool with it. Not in front of his buddies which is fine by me. I get it. My daughter is the mushy one. She always wants hugs, is always willing to give Dad a kiss on the cheek and doesn't mind me planting kisses on her all the time.
My parents were lip-kissers and that made me profoundly uncomfortable. I’m more of a hugger, myself. I love a good hug or six. If and when I have kids, I may give them a kiss on the head, ocasionally, but I imagine I’ll mostly stick to hugging. Because, personally the idea of kissing someone with whom I am not romantically involved kind of freaks me out.
Parents kissed us. I remember kissing my mom on the lips until I was a teenager. I think I stopped that when I started kissing boys. My parents and us kids all still kiss on the cheek. We are ages 39-47. We all kiss our kids often.
Definitely not kissers, and hardly huggers. We only hug on special occasions or holidays. Weird, I know.
My my fiance is very affectionate … and his family is more affectionate than mine, so when we have kids we plan to be kissers and huggers with them too!
Yes and yes…very huggy and touchy all the way around. My husband's family, too. Even if you aren't in our family, when we meet you we are liable to give you a hug, esp if it's likely we will be seeing you on an ongoing basis. Thankfully my daughter-in-law's family is the same way so none of them were scared away by our 'advances'.
soo, my family totally smooches. and it's totally not weird to me for me to get a kiss from someone in my family… even on the lips. people think i'm weird for that but i don't think twice about it. it's not like we go around kissing each other on the lips all the time but if it happens, no biggie- especially w/ my grandparents.
My husband's family is French. When we went to visit them in Verdun I soon lost count of how many strangers I kissed. You kiss when you say hello….you kiss when you say goodbye. I was on lip-rest after that visit.
I do kiss my kids. I mean, they're just so stinkin' adorable how could I NOT? And I came from a pretty affectionate family too…
We were never lip kissers with our parents, but got tons of hugs and smooches on our checks, heads, etc. I kissed and hugged my kids like crazy, but no kissin' on the lips. Our kids are young adults and they hug us and we smooch their heads, cheeks almost every time we come and go from home. Very expressive without excessive kissing!
Smoochies. Love that word. My parents were very affectionate, and I am – definiately. And my kids are super affectionate. My 9 yo son isn't real keen on kisses in public anymore. He'd much rather go for the pat on the head. Depending on who is around, I may or may not embarrass him
Yup…our family was huggers and kissers…no lips, of course. that's just a little weird. And now that i have my own son (20 months), my motto is that 200 kisses a day keeps the doctor away!
The only time I 'remember' kissing my dad is in a photograph when I was about 3. Kiss mom all the time (always on the cheek). Lips are for my wife only (although I can't say no to my 3 year old when she puckers up
I remember with the great aunts etc having to do the last min head twist so that they could not land those sloppy wet ones anywhere but my cheek *shudder*
No smoochies in my family of origin – but I do kiss my kids. One son in particular likes to give kisses ON lips – the other, baby = kisses non stop, and the teenager doesn't want smoochies so much now-a-days.
No, there were no kisses or hugs in my family. My parents were very affectionate with one another, kissing and hugging each other, but it did not extend to us.
It has affected me profoundly in my life, as one can imagine. I've learned about love and affection from my heavenly Father since becoming a Christian.
I broke the chain with my daughter, we kiss and hug all the time.
Weird. This morning I was at the gym and saw multiple parents kiss their teenagers. One teenage dude even kissed his dad on the cheek. I thought this was strange.
My family was big on Hugging. We hugged all the time. No kissing though. Too much into our personal space. I used to hate when my Dad's best friend wanted to kiss everyone on the lips. I vowed I would never do that to people. Now, both my husband and I kiss our daughter on the lips and it is the most WONDERFUL thing in the while world. I am constantly hugging and kissing my daughter because I love her to pieces. Every night, it is a kiss on the lips before bed. When did this happen to me? Will we always kiss on the lips? I don't know if my daughter knows how to kiss on the cheek. It's AWESOME!
lots of hugs and kisses….not on lips…that feels like crossing a line to me….I remember getting a kiss or two from my dog…not so fun…..though it was funny…
Yep! Both our families were smoochers so we are too! My boys are 15 and 13 and still kiss dad and mom and grandparents! I likey the steering wheel cam!
Yep!! My family totally smooched each other, still do…as I got older stopped kissing my parents on the lips, but still do cheeks! In my opinion, there is nothing sweeter than kisses from family..when I have them, I plan on kissing my kids until they get embarrassed, and maybe still steal some smoochies after that
Hello. My name is Marcelo, and I am a kisser.
Brazilians have about -7 feet of physical space. So yes, we hug, 'kiss-hello', 'kiss-goodbye', etc. We actually give 2 or 3 kisses on the chick for each hello (so do the math). My mom kissed all her 15 children. I'm the youngest and the cutest, so I grew up being kissed by almost 20 people in a daily basis :0) My dad wasn't a kisser. I was the first one to start kissing, and he loved it.
@usacris and I kiss our son a lot!!!! I believe it takes me about 3-4 days to make the rounds kissing every little inch of @davidsilva09 head/neck/belly. He loves it!
‘Kiss’ in Portuguese = ‘Beijo’. Sounds like bay-joo (the ‘j’ sound is the same as in Dijon mustard)
There you have it.
Let me clarify something. We Brazilians are kissers alright. However, we don't walk around lip-kissing total strangers.
This is a link to a Brazilian prank show with 2 police/actors giving tickets to 2 drivers. The woman in green is an actress too. She gets out of the ticket by lip kissing the cop/actor. The cop/actor with the real driver offers him the same deal… check what happens:
My mom and dad were both kissers–not on the lips but on our cheeks and our foreheads and noses and they'd try to tickle us by kissing us on our necks…if we had a "boo-boo" we got kissed to "make it all better." My mom and dad both came from affectionate families (hey, we're Italian what'd you expect, right?) and I'm so glad they freely loved on us that way. I do wonder though if there's a difference between men and women and who was kissed more/less growing up and how it affects them now in their friendships and marriages. Certainly girls are more "kissy" when it comes to displaying affection because if two guys do it (within the confines of our social norms) they're "gay." Anyway….
This is a great post because as you know, in addition to "singing over" us God "kisses" us with his presence and I love that imagery because it is an intimate way of asking for and receiving his tangible presence on our lives.
Yes, mostly dad. I still give my dad a kiss. And you know I'm all about smoochin my boy now. But this brings me to another thought. I used to be a big friend cheek kisser. It was just like the "hey how are you hug," for me…but then I entered into christian side hug world. ugh. It's just awkward and sad. Occasionally, I still by reflex do the cheek kiss…it's kind of an air kiss, I don't aim or anything. But I get some really funny reactions. The pull away and furrow your brow….the giggle…the delay pull back in and try to give a cheek kiss in return. Try it, sometime. It's good fun.
We all kiss but not on the lips. My hubby's mom wants to kiss on the lips and I am tellin you she better back up before she gets hit. i don't need no kisses on the lips from her!. My man does that just fine all by himself!! I kiss my kids constantly, we are a very affectionate family.
Slurburts on the belly are teh kids fav from Daddy though.
Oh and I like how at the beg. you were doin a little dance and your wife was laughin at you. No we didn't see it but I know it was goin on. Your smirk tells all.
First, no my parents did not kiss me and still don't. Hugs are even a stretch in our family. However, now that I am a mom, I hug and kiss my spouse and children every day.
Second, my two year old watched the video and cracked up when Los imitated Losiah's open mouthed kiss. She just went crazy, laughing and shrieking! Too cute!
This is from ragamffin's mama. I would kiss him goodbye in front of his friends and he was not embarresed. Then I found out that his one particular friend (very shy friend) started kissing his mama.
Oh yes they are kissers and huggers. My whole family still kisses cheeks (extended fam too) everytime we see each other. I have found though, that Georgians (or at least the ones around me) are not so kissy. I'd greet everyone with a kiss, but I'm pretty sure that would just freak everyone out.
I'm pregnant with our 1st and it will receive lots of hugs and kisses. I pretty much kiss any and all babies so stay away from me with your kid if that makes you nervous!
We are freakky kissers. My mom and dad both were big kissers, we are even more so. I call it "Lovin" when I tell my kids to give me some "lovin" they know I want hugs and kisses. I grab them all randomly and kiss them. My kids kiss each other all the time, we kiss on the mouth even,which freaks some peole out. Our new son from Ethiopia, he's 7, and he likes the kissing…good thing.
My Father was tough as nails….Never kisses or hugs…My mother…a big kisser and hugger…I take from my mom. PS My son kisses with open mouth too….it's hilarious!!!
By the way ( I might be wrong But) Isn't Losiah's seatbelt buckle a little too far up. It seams like it's too close to his throat.
nope. and i gotta say, i can't recall the last time i kissed anyone either. i am big on hugging. lots of hugs. but that didn't happen in my family either. i adopted that on my own.
my mom used to kiss me and I hated it. dad? no way. now that I think about it i think my mom said something like "you need to close your mouth when you kiss" once. I don't think i reciprocated a kiss after that.
kiss my kids? … cheek or top of the head at bed time.
My parents weren't big on kissing us, but they kissed each other all the time. A great example for me to know what to expect out of a husband. I kiss all my kids according to their comfort level. Smooch the husband as much as possible, making my 16 year old say, "ewww"
I saw something on TV that said research indicates that the more kids are smooched on, the more immunities they have! In my family, we were huggers, and in my husband's southern family, "Gimme some sugar!" indicated a big hug. Our children were kissed often and much, and were seldom sick! Maybe that research is valid!
Blessings,
Mary http://onewhitetree.wordpress.com http://strength4fear.wordpress.com
It's ok to have sex with your kids, just don't make love. That's just sick, like pissing in the kitchen sink, that's what the bathroom sink is for. Seriously though, I believe Jesus was an ALien but I think people who kiss family members on the lips are just nuts. Yes, I'm talking to you little wayne.
huh.
Kisses on the head… cool. Kisses on the lips… nah
No. And I don't know what I think about it either. But I kiss my kiddo.
They didn't.
I wish they did.
Me & my husband do now.
Mine was not a kissing family – I remember kissing my dad once when I was about 12 and I thought he was going to slap me. He ain't havin' nun a'that.
But I still kiss my kid all the time.
my mom gives kisses.. on the cheek. my dad doesn't.
Parents were really Chinese. Kisses didn't happen for us. But there was always good food.
No they didn’t. We werebnot an affectionate family at all.
I wish we would have been.
Yes, it effects me daily.
Yes, my family did and we still do now. Husband and I smooch our kids. My husbands family weren't smoochers but he still smooches our kids.
Yes and Yes….I have awesome parents and they kissed me…Mom and Dad. Super loving family and has made me the affectionate person i am. I kiss my kids and they love it…although my 11 year old isn't so down with it right now. It might not be the "coolest" thing in the world to kiss Dad.
Both my and my wife's parents were/are smoochers. We're adopting later this year (hopefully b4 summer ends!) and can't wait to carry on the trad!
Yes and yes. I wasn't raised in a Christian home, but I was raised by two parents that weren't shy about showing affection and it rubbed off on me. I am always hugging and kissing my kids. My son is 12 so like Jake's son, mine doesn't like to do it anymore too much but when I ask sometimes and he's cool with it. Not in front of his buddies which is fine by me. I get it. My daughter is the mushy one. She always wants hugs, is always willing to give Dad a kiss on the cheek and doesn't mind me planting kisses on her all the time.
My parents were lip-kissers and that made me profoundly uncomfortable. I’m more of a hugger, myself. I love a good hug or six. If and when I have kids, I may give them a kiss on the head, ocasionally, but I imagine I’ll mostly stick to hugging. Because, personally the idea of kissing someone with whom I am not romantically involved kind of freaks me out.
No smooches from my parents but smooches and hugs for my kids. They don't like it as much anymore. They're 23 & 21.
Parents kissed us. I remember kissing my mom on the lips until I was a teenager. I think I stopped that when I started kissing boys. My parents and us kids all still kiss on the cheek. We are ages 39-47. We all kiss our kids often.
Definitely not kissers, and hardly huggers. We only hug on special occasions or holidays. Weird, I know.
My my fiance is very affectionate … and his family is more affectionate than mine, so when we have kids we plan to be kissers and huggers with them too!
Yes and yes…very huggy and touchy all the way around. My husband's family, too. Even if you aren't in our family, when we meet you we are liable to give you a hug, esp if it's likely we will be seeing you on an ongoing basis. Thankfully my daughter-in-law's family is the same way so none of them were scared away by our 'advances'.
soo, my family totally smooches. and it's totally not weird to me for me to get a kiss from someone in my family… even on the lips. people think i'm weird for that but i don't think twice about it. it's not like we go around kissing each other on the lips all the time but if it happens, no biggie- especially w/ my grandparents.
My husband's family is French. When we went to visit them in Verdun I soon lost count of how many strangers I kissed. You kiss when you say hello….you kiss when you say goodbye. I was on lip-rest after that visit.
I do kiss my kids. I mean, they're just so stinkin' adorable how could I NOT? And I came from a pretty affectionate family too…
We were never lip kissers with our parents, but got tons of hugs and smooches on our checks, heads, etc. I kissed and hugged my kids like crazy, but no kissin' on the lips. Our kids are young adults and they hug us and we smooch their heads, cheeks almost every time we come and go from home. Very expressive without excessive kissing!
Smoochies. Love that word. My parents were very affectionate, and I am – definiately. And my kids are super affectionate. My 9 yo son isn't real keen on kisses in public anymore. He'd much rather go for the pat on the head. Depending on who is around, I may or may not embarrass him
Yup…our family was huggers and kissers…no lips, of course. that's just a little weird. And now that i have my own son (20 months), my motto is that 200 kisses a day keeps the doctor away!
exactly
Mine is a super huggy/kissy family. But no kissin' on the lips. I think that's just better for the mommies and daddies
i kiss my youngest son and daughter on the cheek, the 14 yr old son doesn't go for it.
The only time I 'remember' kissing my dad is in a photograph when I was about 3. Kiss mom all the time (always on the cheek). Lips are for my wife only (although I can't say no to my 3 year old when she puckers up
I remember with the great aunts etc having to do the last min head twist so that they could not land those sloppy wet ones anywhere but my cheek *shudder*
No smoochies in my family of origin – but I do kiss my kids. One son in particular likes to give kisses ON lips – the other, baby = kisses non stop, and the teenager doesn't want smoochies so much now-a-days.
My family was very affectionate. My hubby's was not. But we are both very affectionate with each other and our children… I love it and they do, too!
No, there were no kisses or hugs in my family. My parents were very affectionate with one another, kissing and hugging each other, but it did not extend to us.
It has affected me profoundly in my life, as one can imagine. I've learned about love and affection from my heavenly Father since becoming a Christian.
I broke the chain with my daughter, we kiss and hug all the time.
Yes, both me and my husband's family both kissed us (and still do) on the lipp-os! And we do that with our kiddos as well.
Weird. This morning I was at the gym and saw multiple parents kiss their teenagers. One teenage dude even kissed his dad on the cheek. I thought this was strange.
My family was big on Hugging. We hugged all the time. No kissing though. Too much into our personal space. I used to hate when my Dad's best friend wanted to kiss everyone on the lips. I vowed I would never do that to people. Now, both my husband and I kiss our daughter on the lips and it is the most WONDERFUL thing in the while world. I am constantly hugging and kissing my daughter because I love her to pieces. Every night, it is a kiss on the lips before bed. When did this happen to me? Will we always kiss on the lips? I don't know if my daughter knows how to kiss on the cheek. It's AWESOME!
lots of hugs and kisses….not on lips…that feels like crossing a line to me….I remember getting a kiss or two from my dog…not so fun…..though it was funny…
Thanks! Vid made me smile.
Not a lot of mouth kisses as a kid. Cheek yeah.
Now, daughter's 2 1/2 and there's lots of kisses!
Yep! Both our families were smoochers so we are too! My boys are 15 and 13 and still kiss dad and mom and grandparents! I likey the steering wheel cam!
Yep!! My family totally smooched each other, still do…as I got older stopped kissing my parents on the lips, but still do cheeks! In my opinion, there is nothing sweeter than kisses from family..when I have them, I plan on kissing my kids until they get embarrassed, and maybe still steal some smoochies after that
Hello. My name is Marcelo, and I am a kisser.
Brazilians have about -7 feet of physical space. So yes, we hug, 'kiss-hello', 'kiss-goodbye', etc. We actually give 2 or 3 kisses on the chick for each hello (so do the math). My mom kissed all her 15 children. I'm the youngest and the cutest, so I grew up being kissed by almost 20 people in a daily basis :0) My dad wasn't a kisser. I was the first one to start kissing, and he loved it.
@usacris and I kiss our son a lot!!!! I believe it takes me about 3-4 days to make the rounds kissing every little inch of @davidsilva09 head/neck/belly. He loves it!
‘Kiss’ in Portuguese = ‘Beijo’. Sounds like bay-joo (the ‘j’ sound is the same as in Dijon mustard)
There you have it.
Let me clarify something. We Brazilians are kissers alright. However, we don't walk around lip-kissing total strangers.
This is a link to a Brazilian prank show with 2 police/actors giving tickets to 2 drivers. The woman in green is an actress too. She gets out of the ticket by lip kissing the cop/actor. The cop/actor with the real driver offers him the same deal… check what happens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBoRYs9CPU
BTW, do not offer to kiss your way out of a ticket in Brazil… or here. ;0)
Yes and Yes!!! My parents smooched all the time and I try and continue that trend with my wife. Very funny to see the two different styles hahaha
Opps! By "chick" I meant "cheek"… phuahuauha.
My mom and dad were both kissers–not on the lips but on our cheeks and our foreheads and noses and they'd try to tickle us by kissing us on our necks…if we had a "boo-boo" we got kissed to "make it all better." My mom and dad both came from affectionate families (hey, we're Italian what'd you expect, right?) and I'm so glad they freely loved on us that way. I do wonder though if there's a difference between men and women and who was kissed more/less growing up and how it affects them now in their friendships and marriages. Certainly girls are more "kissy" when it comes to displaying affection because if two guys do it (within the confines of our social norms) they're "gay." Anyway….
This is a great post because as you know, in addition to "singing over" us God "kisses" us with his presence and I love that imagery because it is an intimate way of asking for and receiving his tangible presence on our lives.
Yes, mostly dad. I still give my dad a kiss. And you know I'm all about smoochin my boy now. But this brings me to another thought. I used to be a big friend cheek kisser. It was just like the "hey how are you hug," for me…but then I entered into christian side hug world. ugh. It's just awkward and sad. Occasionally, I still by reflex do the cheek kiss…it's kind of an air kiss, I don't aim or anything. But I get some really funny reactions. The pull away and furrow your brow….the giggle…the delay pull back in and try to give a cheek kiss in return. Try it, sometime. It's good fun.
Mom and Dad both gave kisses… on the cheek!
We all kiss but not on the lips. My hubby's mom wants to kiss on the lips and I am tellin you she better back up before she gets hit. i don't need no kisses on the lips from her!. My man does that just fine all by himself!! I kiss my kids constantly, we are a very affectionate family.
Slurburts on the belly are teh kids fav from Daddy though.
Oh and I like how at the beg. you were doin a little dance and your wife was laughin at you. No we didn't see it but I know it was goin on. Your smirk tells all.
First, no my parents did not kiss me and still don't. Hugs are even a stretch in our family. However, now that I am a mom, I hug and kiss my spouse and children every day.
Second, my two year old watched the video and cracked up when Los imitated Losiah's open mouthed kiss. She just went crazy, laughing and shrieking! Too cute!
This is from ragamffin's mama. I would kiss him goodbye in front of his friends and he was not embarresed. Then I found out that his one particular friend (very shy friend) started kissing his mama.
Oh yes they are kissers and huggers.
My whole family still kisses cheeks (extended fam too) everytime we see each other. I have found though, that Georgians (or at least the ones around me) are not so kissy. I'd greet everyone with a kiss, but I'm pretty sure that would just freak everyone out. 
I'm pregnant with our 1st and it will receive lots of hugs and kisses. I pretty much kiss any and all babies so stay away from me with your kid if that makes you nervous!
We are freakky kissers. My mom and dad both were big kissers, we are even more so. I call it "Lovin" when I tell my kids to give me some "lovin" they know I want hugs and kisses. I grab them all randomly and kiss them. My kids kiss each other all the time, we kiss on the mouth even,which freaks some peole out. Our new son from Ethiopia, he's 7, and he likes the kissing…good thing.
my mouth hinges agape
as i watch you mistake
eros for agape
My Father was tough as nails….Never kisses or hugs…My mother…a big kisser and hugger…I take from my mom. PS My son kisses with open mouth too….it's hilarious!!!
By the way ( I might be wrong But) Isn't Losiah's seatbelt buckle a little too far up. It seams like it's too close to his throat.
Big smoochy kisses in my family! Hubs & I kiss the 5 boys often!
nope. and i gotta say, i can't recall the last time i kissed anyone either. i am big on hugging. lots of hugs. but that didn't happen in my family either. i adopted that on my own.
my mom used to kiss me and I hated it. dad? no way. now that I think about it i think my mom said something like "you need to close your mouth when you kiss" once. I don't think i reciprocated a kiss after that.
kiss my kids? … cheek or top of the head at bed time.
kiss my wife? … yes, duh.
anyone else? … nooo way. creeps me out.
My parents weren't big on kissing us, but they kissed each other all the time. A great example for me to know what to expect out of a husband. I kiss all my kids according to their comfort level. Smooch the husband as much as possible, making my 16 year old say, "ewww"
I saw something on TV that said research indicates that the more kids are smooched on, the more immunities they have! In my family, we were huggers, and in my husband's southern family, "Gimme some sugar!" indicated a big hug. Our children were kissed often and much, and were seldom sick! Maybe that research is valid!
Blessings,
Mary
http://onewhitetree.wordpress.com
http://strength4fear.wordpress.com
we're not a kissing family…
That's why I have problems… puahaha
It's ok to have sex with your kids, just don't make love. That's just sick, like pissing in the kitchen sink, that's what the bathroom sink is for. Seriously though, I believe Jesus was an ALien but I think people who kiss family members on the lips are just nuts. Yes, I'm talking to you little wayne.