3 Mistakes to Avoid on International Kissing Day

These kissing faux pas will make your romance peter out when you pucker up

Kiki Wellington
Sex…With a Side of Quirk

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Today is International Kissing Day — a celebration of kissing that encourages us to revel in the joy of puckering up. However, you’re not going to enjoy kissing today, or any other day, if you make certain mistakes that turn off your partner and ruin the mood. If you don’t want to take the romance out of your kisses, avoid the following faux pas.

“You can make verbal communication really sexy when it comes to kissing.” — Pamela Regan

Tongue Mistreatment

We consider French kissing to be the most romantic kissing we can engage in, but in order for it to deliver on the intimacy it promises, we must do a delicate dance with our partner. Don’t open your mouth enough and your partner may end up licking your face. Open your mouth too much and you may get the tonsil massage you never wanted. But the absolute worst, says William Cane, author of The Art of Kissing: The Truth About What Men and Women Do, Think, and Feel* and Kiss Like a Star: Smooching Secrets from the Silver Screen, is when someone’s tongue is so curious that it feels like they’re digging for buried treasure in your throat and that…

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