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Monday, August 18, 2014

GIVE US A KISS




The other day, I saw a movie. Whoa, you say, this is not earth shattering news here. I watch movies all the time. So much so that, in the older movies especially, I can spout a lot of trivia. But, I digress. In this movie, there was a scene where the heroine practiced for a date. She watched her movements in the mirror, talked to herself, checked out how she looked during conversation, smiled, flirted and kissed the back of her hand. All to practice.

This got me to thinking - a scary proposition on a good day. Plus, I was probably sleep deprived much as I am right now. Have I lost you? Are you still with Me? Oh, good, because you'll be asked to participate later on. So, anyways, that movie brought back a flood of old memories for me.


All of us receive our first kiss from our mother and, a wild guess here, our second kiss we get from our father. Nice. We rock along through the years being kissed by our grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings. In this last case, the sibling kiss is dreaded and only given/received under duress by direct orders from the mother or parental unit. We've all heard at one time or another, "Kiss your brother/sister right now and tell him/her you're sorry. You know you love each other." I can't tell you how many times in those formative years, I would've rather taken a beating than to have kissed that chubby cheek. Love him now, back then it depended on the day. <G>

What I'm really talking about is that first boy/girl kiss. My first one came from the boy who lived next door to my grandmother. His name was Mike (first names only given here). We became fast friends the summer I was eight and he was a much older ten. We always played Gunsmoke in his front yard. He was the very handsome, Matt Dillon, I, of course was, Miss Kitty, and my brother was either Chester or the villain depending on which part was needed at the time. Mike played the roll of the sheriff very well and saved me multiple times, so naturally I received many kisses from my first hero. We became so close he wrote me a letter after his family moved away. That letter had smoochy lips, professed I love yous and a Dime Store diamond. Yes, Matt Dillon asked me to marry him. My mother nearly hyperventilated.

My second kiss came during a multi-family get-together. My parents bowled on several leagues back in the early sixties and on weekends they would have parties at the various houses. While the parents played cards, dominoes or listened to party records, us kids were relegated to the back rooms. The one evening that stands out in my mind was in winter and school was in full swing. A couple of girls and myself were thirteen, a couple girls were freshmen in high school and Rusty was also a freshman. He was tall, cute and we were giggly and we were playing spin the bottle. My knees turned to jelly when he kissed me. I made gagging noises as was expected, but  being kissed by a freshman football player - yowza!

For a few years after that, I did a lot of practicing. Unfortunately, I didn't kiss anyone else until I met my future husband. Was he the brave one? The stupid one? He says he'll never again pick up a girl at the A&P. Well, duh. There's simply no need, is there?

Ok, that's my story. Here's where your participation is needed. Tell us about your first kiss. We're all dying to hear your tale.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you got a chuckle or two,
Carra


  

8 comments:

  1. My first kiss was in the second grade. At recess James told me he was going to kiss me and I said no he wasn't and started running. When the bell rang at the end of recess, I stopped running. We were under the swing sets when he kissed me!

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    1. Ah, Karren, those were the innocent times. We all have to stop running at some point, huh?

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  2. Cute post! I had a couple of kisses in the kindergarten/early grade school days.

    But the first "grown-up" kiss that stands out is the one during Spin the Bottle - probably because I was more nervous since we had an audience!

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    1. Hi, Barbara, great to see you here today. Spin the Bottle will get us everytime!

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  3. Cute, but I don't kiss and tell. *g*

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    1. Not even for the sake of the blog, huh, Joan? How admirable yet still somewhat disappointing. Lol You get a pass this time. *g*

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  4. My first kiss was in first grade. My "boyfriend" Carl took me to the hedge separating the first grade and kindergarten playgrounds and introduced me to his younger brother as his fiancé. Then he kissed me. I think we'd seen too many movies, don't you?

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  5. My first 'real' kiss was when I was fourteen. It came from my now-husband. He was sixteen, and I had a terrible crush on him. Still haven't gotten over it after nearly fifty years of marriage. :)

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