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To think its not that weird to kiss your mum on the lips?

208 replies

altctrldel · 18/02/2016 22:38

So theres been articles in the DM about Sam Fairers boyfriend kissing his Mum on the lips and "how gross it is"

I always have. Still do and im 28.

AIBU to think its not that weird?

OP posts:
Sparklingbrook · 19/02/2016 19:33

That's the way you do things and you are happy with it Koala.

I have no problems at all with the way things have worked out here, as everyone has their privacy and I love locking the bathroom door. Grin It doesn't mean I don't see nudity as natural though. As long as everyone's happy.

Sparklingbrook · 19/02/2016 19:34

And YY back to the kissing.....

phequer · 19/02/2016 19:36

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MrsKoala · 19/02/2016 19:36

I have toddlers Sparkling, i'd sell my soul to have a lock on the bathroom door! Grin

wigglybeezer · 19/02/2016 19:37

gruntfuttock, only very old friends husbands and only on special occasions like celebrations ( and being Scotland alcohol has usually been consumed).

Sparklingbrook · 19/02/2016 19:37

Sparklingcat often comes in before I lock the door. She has no nudity issues. Wink I don't kiss her on the lips either.

tomatodizzy · 19/02/2016 19:39

I don't know what was happening in the video or why she was crying, but she was clearly emotional. I don't suppose this is an everyday occurance type of kiss but I have seen people in times of high emotion kissing like this, not couples. I have seen, here in south America people kissing dead people on the lips. I feel the pearls being clutched but it is what it is!

squoosh · 19/02/2016 19:40

Oh my word, the very idea of me bumping into my naked father on the landing is horrifying.

I think we'd both need to be revived with smelling salts.

KeepitDown · 19/02/2016 21:39

I once accidentally kissed my gran on the lips (I'd just been visiting beforehand with my then boyfriend and think my brain got confused).
Was absolutely horrified, as I've never kissed family on the lips and it just felt so wrong.
The worst part is that she now obviously thinks this is 'how I do it' and tries to kiss me on the lips every time while I do an awkward face-squirm away.

Lovelydiscusfish · 19/02/2016 22:17

Oh, kissing to me, on the lips, is absolutely normal, for close family and friends. Having said that, I've done accidental near-snog, around Christmas, on one or two occasions, with close friends' husbands (no ill intent on either part, I promise. Much embarrassment all round).
I'm starting to worry Hmmthat dd doesn't buy into this, as when her close friend kissed her on the nose today, after a play date, I noticed dd sneakily rubbing the kiss off.

itsbetterthanabox · 19/02/2016 23:02

I don't do it. My parents never kissed me on the mouth.
I would with a small child but I can see it naturally phasing out as they get older.

Orda1 · 19/02/2016 23:03

Very weird.

slithytove · 20/02/2016 00:41

We are a kissy famiiy! Puckered mouths, but yes we kiss our kids and I kiss my parents, plus friends and other family who are comfortable with it

Rearoftheyear · 20/02/2016 03:40

DH and I both kiss our DC on the lips (four yo) but I can't remember ever doing the same with my parents. DH didn't either.

But bloody hell I've just watched that video and that is some messed up shit! Definitely a snog rather than a perk Envy

Rearoftheyear · 20/02/2016 03:41

And that was absolutely a vom face and not a jealous face

FastWindow · 20/02/2016 03:48

Ill kiss my dc on the mouth as long as they will let me. Ill be that old woman with the 'pucker up' face, they'll hate me.

Nah, not really. I think it phases out. I do the cheek kiss with my own parents , but its heartfelt, not a peck. Its really not an LA kiss 'mwah' its a real kiss. Like I'm pleased to see them. Smile

cornishglos · 20/02/2016 07:29

I kiss my kids on the lips. But I won't when they are adults.

scarednoob · 20/02/2016 07:38

For me personally, YANBU, it's weird to kiss anyone on the lips unless it's a snog or mini snog!

scarednoob · 20/02/2016 07:39

Meant YABU, sorry

RichPetunia · 20/02/2016 07:46

I think it's an age thing. I am now in my 50s and always kissed my family on the lips. Nothing weird about it. When the 'continental' cheek kissing started to be popular, that felt strange, but only because it was something new. If I had been brought up with cheek kissing, then kissing my family on the lips would perhaps have been a bit strange. I still kiss my parents on the lips. Always have done. Always will do.

allnewredfairy · 20/02/2016 07:59

I dont kiss any of my family at all. Lip kissing would be a total no-no.

jadorecakesnbiscuits · 20/02/2016 08:10

If you haven't seen the clip please watch it, stills won't do the clip justice for how uncomfortable and weird it actually is

Focusfocus · 20/02/2016 08:32

Simply don't get it.

aurynne · 20/02/2016 11:03

No lip-kissing in my family. If a friend of my husband's tried to kiss him in the lips, she would get a warning. One. Grin

Highsteaks · 20/02/2016 11:27

Apart from the weird mum snogging, Sam's bloke came across as a controlling DICK HEAD on that show. I feel quite sorry for Sam and baby Paul now Sad

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