I kiss my kids on the lips. Apparently, that puts me squarely in the minority, along with Nastia Liukin and her dad. Their mouth-to-mouth displays during the Olympics didn't squick me out a they did a lot of people, but then again, I can't imagine kissing either of my kids on the lips at that age. At what point will we transition from mouth kissing to cheek kissing? As with many things, I will take my cues from my kids--like my cue to stop walking around my room naked when they're around will be when they say, "gross mom, can you please put some clothes on?"
Speaking of kisses, the whole hug or cheek/air kiss thing can be really awkward sometimes. In NY, everyone cheek/air kissed, so that's what I did and when I went in for the lean, it was always a smooth smooch. Here in Chicago, most, but not all, people hug, so the landing can be clumsy when one party kisses and the other party hugs. It just happened to me yesterday when I saw an old friend who just moved back here after a stint in NY. I went in for the hug, she was expecting a kiss, so we ended up with my cheek pressed awkwardly against somewhere between her cheek and lips. I'm thinking I should always lean in with an authoritative and definitive intent to kiss to set expectations.
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