To think kissing a family member on the lips isn't weird

[DrinkFromMyFountain]

I kissed my sister on the lips today to say goodbye in front of my friend. My friend afterwards said to me that she found it weird and almost incestuous .

It was a peck not a full on snog!

I kiss ds like this as well (although he is only a baby)

[Aroundnabout1]

Wow, a lot of family lip kissers. I find even kissing your kids on the lips a bit wierd never mind grown adults (apart from ur partner).

[GreyhoundzRool]

ZOMBIE

[Tinkerbell456]

I kiss parents, siblings, friends on the cheek. Lip for husband. Different boundaries in different families though I think.

[PumpkinChaz]

Not weird at all! It's very affectionate in my house, I'll often greet my mum with a peck on the lips, or my little sister. Not my dad or my gran though, they don't go for it and we respect boundaries 😁

[andypandy55]

Think it depends how you were brought up. For me it's lips are for lovers and cheeks for others. (face cheeks that is!!)

[mulattokid]

I get a slow slap and face pushed away if I try that with my son and we both giggle! lol

I think it's that same old issue. Some people cannot get their heads around there being a higher form of love then passion. They associate all kissing with some kind of sexual activity. Hello!? This love transcends any of that basic business. It is pure unadulterated God given love, unrelated to any kind of sexual activity. I feel sorry for those that cannot feel that kind of love, rather diminish it to a carnal level. I guess for some it is partly due to their upbringing though.

[mulattokid]

I get a slow slap and face pushed away if I try that with my boy and we both giggle! lol

I think it's that same old issue. Some people cannot get their heads around there being a higher form of love then passion. They associate all kissing with some kind of sexual activity. Hello!? This love transcends any of that basic business. It is pure unadulterated God given love, unrelated to any kind of sexual activity. I feel sorry for those that cannot feel that kind of love, rather diminish it to a carnal level.

[KayTee87]

bigfam they're scraping the barrel

[Bigfam]

KayTee87 This thread is a link on a BBC article about Victoria Beckham kissing her daughter harper on the lips on her birthday.

It's not really relevant so not sure why they've used it..

[KayTee87]

I didn't realise this thread was zombie when I commented. I'm not sure how it's turned into a thread about people kissing their children. The original thread was about an adult kissing her adult sister on the lips - it's gone off on a tangent now.

[icanteven]

I kiss my dd's (5 and 7) on the lips. 7yo sometimes goes EEEWWWW GERMS!!! but 5yo doesn't think about it, and will demand more kisses. They kiss each other on the lips or cheeks. Or run away screaming if one tries to kiss the other, depending on the mood.

My Mum kissed me on the lips when I was wee. I was about 7 when I switched to cheeks. On reflection, I hope I didn't hurt her feelings! I thought that kissing on the lips was only for little children.

It's utterly bizarre, this criticism of VB, and says a LOT more about the people criticising her and their sexual attitudes than anything else.

The picture of the father with his son in the shower, if it's the one I'm thinking of, was because the little boy had D&V and a temperature, and it was nicer to sit with him under the water to cool him off & clean off all the grossness, IIRC. The mother thought it was a very touching scene, and took the picture.

[Shazpot14]

You are a freak if you think it's weird

[Shazpot14]

And what's wrong with giving them a kiss idiot!!!!

[Shazpot14]

How stupid anyone who moans or says it's wrong you are idiots and I feel sorry for you how pathetic you are get a life you sad lonely people seriously pathetic!!!!!!!!!!

[RaskolnikovsGarret]

Didn't notice the zombie thread, sorry

[RaskolnikovsGarret]

DH and DD2.

DD1 is not a hugger/kisser, except with DD2, whom she adores. DD2 is 13, and still weirdly cute at this age, so very kissable. She initiates the lip kisses, so I'll probably continue as long as she wants.

[Bigfam]

I'm actually think it's weird NOT to kiss your child/children on the lips. It just comes completely naturally. My youngest dd will **only kiss myself dp her sisters and brother on the lips multiple times a day

[Beorach]

If you think a parent kissing their child on the lips is icky I feel sorry for you

[nc17meg]

I was gonna add my thoughts, but the post by Lsli1951 exactly sums up my feelings. Can't really add anything to it, other than to agree 100% that the people who have criticised it perhaps need to examine their consciences.

[Lsli1951]

I suggest that those who are critical of Victoria Beckham look deep into themselves - as that's where the darkness is! I and my family have kissed this way forever, along with any other style of affection that we thought appropriate: we are normal, the detractors are the ones with the problems, I feel.

[LilacSpunkMonkey]

1. Each to their own.
   

1. Zombie FUCKING thread!

[silvermantela]

Agree with cardiback - not only does it seem very weird to me, it's something I have never even heard of (or seen) until mn, which suggests it is fairly unusual. I think saying it was incestuous is rude though!

[Copy74]

I kiss my brother on the forehead when I'm drunk (a lot). Is this acceptable?

[Bigfam]

ParentsNetWithDadsToo I was just going to post this. Although I found it weird because the quote they've used from mumsnet has NOTHING to do with Victoria and harper beckham, the comment was made back in 2013 in response to the original thread about someone kissing their sister on the lips!

[RaptorInaPorkPieHat]

Seriously, at least the DM lifts current threads instead of Zombie ones.

Jeez.

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