Why Bad Kissers Don't Get To Second Base
Written By Gary 'JM' Gentles 12/20/2007
Do you remember your worst kiss? Some of us have locked lips with lizards, washing machines, cannibals, snakes, etc. Hey!, even you could be all these things!
I remember kissing this girl that I’ll call deep throat because I swear her tongue was massaging my tonsils. Her tongue was so damn big and she loved to kiss, I felt like I had the dentist in my mouth the whole time. One time she was so forceful with it, that I started choking. So as you can guess that little fling ended where it started.
What’s This All About
I really didn’t think about that girl until the other day I red an article that says “bad kissers have little chance of getting to second base.”
In a study recently published in the scientific journal "Evolutionary Psychology," 59 percent of men and 66 percent of women said they've been in the position of being attracted to someone -- until they kissed the person.
"At the moment of the kiss, there's a very complicated exchange of information ... that may tap into underlying evolved mechanisms" cluing us in on whether we're genetically compatible, explains Gordon Gallup, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Albany. "A kiss can be a deal-breaker in terms of whether a relationship will flower or flounder, so to speak."
Why do we kiss?
Gallup's research suggests that men and women have different agendas when it comes to kissing.
For men, she says kissing is more often used as a means to an end -- namely, to gain sexual access. Men also are more likely to literally kiss and make up, using kissing to attempt reconciliation. I personally disagree with this sentiment a bit, because sometimes I just wanna kiss a girl ‘just cause.’ To make her feel special, to show her that I care, or whatever.
Women on the other hand use kissing as a bonding gesture, as well as to monitor the status of the relationship. If her partner's kissing frequency or technique suddenly changes, that perhaps is a sign of his interest. Is this true ladies?
Other gender differences uncovered by Gallup's research:
• Men show a greater preference for tongue contact and open-mouth kisses.
• Men are more willing than women to have sex with someone without kissing, as well as to have sex with someone they are not attracted to or consider to be a bad kisser.
• Women place more importance on kissing throughout a relationship, whereas men place less importance on it as the relationship progresses.
Improving your kiss
If you’ve ever heard the words…what the bleep! After kissing that certain someone, fear not. Like many things in life, one's kissing technique can be improved.
Try these techniques:
• Vacuum kiss, in which you suck the air out of your partner's mouth while kissing
• Neck kiss, in which you kiss up and down your partner's neck
• "Lip-o-suction," in which you kiss the upper lip while your partner kisses the lower lip, and then you reverse.
Spontaneity also can help you get out of a slump. Over the years I’ve learned that an accidental kiss is less stressful.
Have you ever had a bad kiss? Tell us you story. (No names please, we don’t need any overprotective daddies doing bodily harm to anyone)
With my 1st love as a teen. If I would've known then, he wouldn't have never made it out of the dugout. From the bottom of my nose to almost my chin was inside his mouth. Can u imagine the spit ring around the face...Ugh!!!! My motto: If u can't kiss, then u can't f*ck. It's been truthful so far. Kissing is a quick way to turn me on, so if u don't have skillz the bus stops here.
dey
12/20/2007 3:57:16 PM
awesome article
ti
12/20/2007 5:19:35 PM
my first kiss that i can remember was this guy who had the skinnyiest lips,i felt like i was kissing a chicken
uluvit
12/21/2007 12:17:02 PM
I had a b/f who was a terrrrible kisser. I dunno why I stayed w. him as long as I did..but you live and you learn. He had THE DRYEST LIPS EVER and would suction my lips like a vaccuum. Now if he did it rite it culda been sexy but it was just stupid and a turn off. He never switched it up..same ol dry lip suctioning:(
edmund
12/22/2007 11:09:28 PM
to join ...
Kim
12/26/2007 10:20:47 AM
I enjoyed this article. It was a fun read. Good job guys.
Lady Valentin
12/27/2007 3:42:40 PM
My first kiss was HORRIBLE. His breath was just STANK! You know you have bad breath when you are chewing on not one but 2 pieces of winterfresh gum and your breath stil stinks. Lets just say that was our first kiss and our last kiss. UGH!
I also had a guys who lips were so damn big *and Im a fan of big juicy lips* that it just sucked like half my face. No reason the bottom of my nose should have saliva on it...nor my chin. Just gross.
This article was funny thought, brought back some funny memories.
jaie
1/1/2008 7:57:24 PM
i believe everything in this article. i was hanging out with this guy for a few months b4 we kissed we have never took it farther but mainly because there was absolutly no chemistry. i have another guy friend of two yrs that ive been the whole 9 yrds w/. the guy of 2 yrs is now my bf and we have chemistry all over the place and the day he decided to be with me his entire style of kissing changed. you can really tell alot about a person through a kiss
L.[Dot]Random && L.[Dot]Killa
1/4/2008 9:08:00 AM
<3 L.[Dot]Killa --->> sum manz just cant lipz.... dey go on like they are they are the best at lipsin but then whren it gets to it, its a diifreent story, dis one boy i went out with had sum DRY lips boii..... his breeff STANK!!! i dont know wot it was coz boi i offerd gum... didnt help.... bt i geuss dere always someone out dere......
<3 L.[Dot]Random...
dat renminds me of some boii i new innit ..he was buff but was somee nasty lypser breath stank bt yet he bosted like he was god to all gals even when i was goin out with him..he couldnt get enouff of huis breath man GOSH!!! ..
Deres alwayz sum betta boi innit xx
Big
1/4/2008 12:20:49 PM
my first kiss was bad. thankz for having this artile to help people out because they need it
liyah
1/5/2008 1:05:10 PM
all my kisses were good. my first kiss was da sexiest. it was nice and slow, jus how i like it. ive tried da lip-o-suction b4, and someone gave me da neck kiss 2, but it wasnt as good as my first though.
DUDE
2/7/2008 9:38:16 PM
MAN DOG. i HAD LiK THE WORST KiSS EVER CUZ HiS LiPS WERE ALL OVER MiNE i COULDN"T MOVE iT WAS DiSCUSTiNG THEN i THOUGHT ABOUT LiK FUNGUS OR SOME SHiT N i GAGGED... i MEAN iT WAZ THE WORST
Minnie Ma
2/13/2008 10:23:27 AM
My first kiss was nice but I'm still a virgin at the age 15 and I'm proud
c-him
2/22/2008 1:26:09 PM
i gotta be honest, my first kiss was like a class event. I was in 5th grade and 1st kisses were the new trend, so under pressure i folded and ended up kissing this girl i really didn't like and whats worse is she slobbered me, anybody who's ever gone swimming knows what i mean!
MIZZ CAM CAM
3/3/2008 5:03:42 PM
MY DIST KISS WAS SO AMAZING EVEN DOUGH I WASNT REALLY READY BUT IT WAS AMAZING
dezzie
3/4/2008 3:57:35 PM
one time i was kissin a guy and his breath stinked really bad so when we finished my whole top lip was stinkin i was pissed
BLACKBEAUTY
3/4/2008 4:52:24 PM
Yes I had a bad kisser a few actually and they always try to blame you when they cant kiss themselves ..but I later married and had a beauiful child with my bad kisser so hope is out there ladies bad kisser can get better ..or just dont kiss them ..there are always other things to do if you know what I mean ??
BLACKBEAUTY
3/4/2008 4:57:14 PM
never kiss someone after eating period especially a hot dog i had a guy kiss me once after eating a hotdog lets just say NASTY I almost throw up in his mouth..then there was the other that was all TONGUE it was a very wet kiss NASTY #2 I had two Tongue PEOPLE IN MY LIFE ..then there was another guy the kiss was just all wrong never should have went there what can I say I had a lot of experience with BAD KISSERS that is why I dont kiss anymore ..good luck to those peop;e that still do ...
beat em up and leave em down.
4/11/2008 10:43:40 AM
i can remember one out of the couple of my worst kisses.everything was great until he wanted a kiss. it was horrible. he should've just spit on me and it would've been no worse or no better. he "tongue kissed" me everywhere from my chin to my nose. to my cheek and it was disgusting. i seriously thought i was being licked all over my face by a big dog. i stayed with him after that for who knows why? but i was young. now if that was to ever happen to me. idc how cute he is.its over!
Kay
4/13/2008 4:42:32 PM
I recently had a boyfriend who had no clue what he was doing. The first kiss was terrible. His lips were all sticky and not soft. Then the second kiss I decided to lead him to see if he'd get the hint. He didn't pay attention to my pace at all. He just smashed his lips to my face and moved them around. Ew.