What’s your biggest makeout pet peeve? I’m curious about the small thing that can take a perfectly promising kiss and make you suddenly very interested in the location of your shoes.
Is it too much enthusiasm right out of the gate? Too little? The feeling that you’re trying to find a comfortable rhythm while the other person has already entered the regional finals? A kiss doesn’t need choreography, but it helps if both people seem to be attending the same event.
Then there’s conversation. A little talking can be lovely. A running commentary might leave me wondering whether there will be a question period afterward. Though I can also imagine laughing at exactly the wrong moment, which is hardly a contribution to atmospheric excellence.
Picture the hypothetical pause: we’re both fully clothed, sitting on the couch, looking at each other while we figure out whether to try again. If we both want to, a quick “slower?” could do more good than an elaborate attempt to communicate through eyebrow movements.
But people’s preferences vary enough that I’m reluctant to nominate one universal offense. Someone’s mood killer could be somebody else’s favorite part.
So what’s yours—and is it something you’d mention, or would you quietly sit there hoping the next kiss came with a software update?
