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)

[justmuddlingthroughit]

I'm another one who finds lip-kissing with anyone other than your partner a bit odd, but am fully accepting that not everyone is like that! I'm from a very non-demonstrative family indeed. My fil tends to lip kiss which I really don't like, and have to turn my head to get the cheek instead; it just feels far too intimate.

[Szeli]

I think I kiss my sister on the smackers but I actually don't know - which would suggest I don't find it odd.

Don't kiss my brothers on the lips tho and I would find that odd. No idea why the double standard!

[atrcts]

I don't like it for adults, as lips kissing to me seems sexual and not platonic. It's different for snotty little kids though, they're just so innocently different - In the same way I can comfortably share a bath with my son but not my father in law, for example!

[Burmobasher]

I find it a bit icky. Cheek fine, lips no. Not sure why.

[itsallshitandmoreshit]

I think it's normal. I personally find it strange but married a normal bloke who does this with his family members. They all kiss on the lips and for a few seconds more than's comfortable.

The first few kisses with his dad were excruciating. Also watching my own DH kiss my mum and sister on the lips was weird too initially.

[chocoholic05]

Not odd at all! I kiss my brother mum and dad and grandad and dh and both my little boys on the lips. However if my fil tries to kiss me on the lips I always turn my head!

[candycoatedwaterdrops]

I have to admit I do get a bit upset when people on here call it odd or weird, I am close to my family and adore them. There's nothing weird about how we express our closeness and I accept that it's not for everyone.

[Dillydollydaydream]

I think it's normal wouldn't think anything of it I'd I witnessed a family lip kissing. My family are very non touchy feely so just cheek pecks here.

[PenguinBear]

YABU, I find it weird.

I was brought up being taught lips are for romantic kisses with your dh.

I don't kiss anyone apart from dp in the lips an don't let the dc. Think of all the germs you're spreading!!!

[hashtagwhatever]

bar dh and dc I would not kiss another on the lips

[dementedma]

not normal here - weird, weird, weird

[jamdonut]

I don't find it at all weird, but I am not close to my sister ,so I wouldn't do it!

And I wondered how long it would be before someone brought 'germs' into the equation

[Mrsdoasyouwouldbedoneby]

I don't like it myself but don't find it odd. I don't like to kiss the children on the lips. Actually I am not very touchy feely and dislike even cheek kisses but will tolerate them now. I wouldnt think you were odd... But mentally I always think (to the family member who lip kisses), not me. Not me... I usually find coughing a little or wiping my nose on a tissue results in a cheek kiss or more often a hug.

[Bluestocking]

It's odd that in the UK there doesn't seem to be any kind of agreement on what's "normal" re lip-kissing, cheek-kissing, etc. My family are not particularly huggy and kissy but do French-style double cheek kisses. I'm sure it was never discussed but I grew up thinking that kisses on the lips were only for lovers. So I was very surprised when I acquired a best female friend, also British, whose standard greeting is a smacker on the lips (definitely a Mwah not a Nom-nom-nom). She kisses her children on the lips too. My own DS (9) has always kissed me on the lips so I've got used to that. Kissing my parents or sisters on the lips would feel very odd to me though.

[Ragwort]

I am not at all touchy/feely/kissy so I wouldn't like it at all; my DH is the only person who I would kiss occassionally on the lips . I think my 12 year old DS would be horrified if I kissed him on the lips.

I don't much like hugging either.

What's wrong with shaking hands .

[catgirl1976]

Normal.

[WayHarshTai]

I have a lovely photo from my wedding day of me and my Dad lip-kissing. People have ewww-ed at it but it's just normal in our family.

[LouiseD29]

I'm from a tactile family and hug and kiss my loved ones quite happily and often. Never on the lips though - I find it really odd! For me kisses on the cheek are about affection, kisses on the lips are reserved for DH!

[Alisvolatpropiis]

It's normal to do it and normal not to.

Your friend saying it was borderline incestuous is weird.

[MamaChubbyLegs]

My mum is a lip kisser, so it's not as though I've been brought up not to be, but I'm really not. It feels icky to me. I'm not a fan of kissing or hugging at all(unless it's DP or DC). I am an ice queen

I don't think it's weird though. Each to their own. WayHarshTai, I bet it is a lovely photo. People who "eww" openly are rude. Who are they to judge what is normal or not? Personally, I think I am the abnormal one

[FamiliesShareGerms]

Direct relatives (ie not in laws) and partners = fine

Others = a bit too intimate for me, but horses for courses

[juneybean]

I don't find it weird, but I'm a bit of a head turner if people come in for a kiss.

[FoundAChopinLizt]

I've never seen anyone do this.

[Harrin]

Lip kisses for all children in our family, probably up until they leave primary I think then it phases out although my 13yr old dsis still gives lip kisses and you get no choice! Other than that lip kissing for dp only but I wouldn't judge another family, it's just not what we do

[BackforGood]

Weird. Never seen anyone do it in real life, only ever heard of it on MN (and I know a LOT of people).
Kissing on the lips is something you do with your partner only in my world. It's a sexual thing.