The Perfect Kiss

Is there such a thing as the perfect kiss? Or is it just that the timing, the situation, and the other person can make it seem like such a thing exists? And what about the times you think you’re about to have the most perfect kiss, only to find yourself disappointed?

The first time I ever kissed a boy, I remember not being all that impressed. This is what everyone thought was so great? Where were the fireworks? The music? Turns out those things were still in Hollywood and had neglected to make the trip to my backyard. Despite not being all that impressed, I elected to give kissing another shot as the years passed. That turned out to be a great decision, because I’ve decided that kissing is like wine, it just gets better with age.

Throughout life we get to experience all kinds of kisses, the good, bad, and disgusting. Lucky me, I’ve had my share of all of them. When I was in college, my girl friends would do the hook up with a new guy every weekend thing. Not wanting to feel left out (but not wanting to be completely slutty), I attempted to kiss a few strangers at parties. Unfortunately, I managed to find all the bad kissers. This really slows down any motivation for kissing, let me tell you.

Eventually you find some decent kissers in life and you start hoping for what even a slightly romantically inclined girl does – the perfect kiss. I personally am a big fan of the perfect kiss. Not the kind that you set up in your mind with the powerful music and slow motion like in the movies, but the kind that just happens spontaneously. Clearly since Hollywood didn’t make the trip out for my first kiss, I’m not expecting them to make the trip for much less significant kisses.

What I’ve decided is that there are many versions of the perfect kiss. There’s the perfect first kiss with a new fellow kisser (which is rare but can happen), there’s the perfect break up kiss, and even the perfect spontaneous kiss in the rain (I’m still waiting for this one), etc. The most perfect kiss in my mind? Remember when Ross kisses Rachel at the end of Season 1 in FRIENDS? I like to refer to it as the no handed swoop. As far as TV kisses go, that one is my fav.

The best perfect kisses are the ones you aren’t expecting and therefore, have no expectations for. The ones you build up in your mind are never as good as you hope they are and you’re somehow left wanting. I recently was at the airport and had to get on a plane. I was trying to get my suitcase off the stupid shuttle bus, trying to figure out where I was going and turned around for a quick goodbye hug/kiss, my mind being completely elsewhere. Instead of the hurried, distracted, and unfulfilling kiss I’d been expecting, I found myself on the receiving end of the perfect good bye kiss. I have no idea if it was a good bye for now or good bye forever kiss, but as kisses go, it definitely gets a place on the perfect list. And that is what gives a girl the inspiration to keep on kissing.