ExH kissing DD15 on the lips

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I know there's been a lot in the press recently about "celebs" kissing their young children on the lips, but what about older teenagers?
ExH turned up to pick up DD15 yesterday and kissed her on the lips as they walked to the car. The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I am with it. I love my Dad with all my heart, but kissing him on the lips would just seem wrong.
AIBU to think it's weird or is it quite normal?

Ugh - I had no idea so many people apparently do this. Never seen this in public

All that happens on these threads is people who kiss their kids on the lips say it's fine, and people who don't say it's weird. And never the twain shall meet!

(For the record, it's weird and creeps me out).

I think it's weird to find it weird. Seeing creepiness and sex in everything! We didn't do lip kisses past childhood but I don't think it's odd that others do. If she doesn't like it then that's different.

Maybe it's pictures like this I find uncomfortable.

US baseball coach kissing daughter after a win.

We are kissy and huggy, so is my DH and his family. I kiss cheeks and hug ILs whenever I see them. No longer have DM but we kissed on lips(a peck) as I do with DF. I mis my DDs (16 &13) on lips and obis DH all over!

Thing is Cail that's a frozen moment. Makes it look different.

That photo is disturbing.

Oh and Cail we do wander nude or semi nude, DDs walk into the bathroom when I'm in the bath.(they are teens) It's no big deal. As i said before , if you did it when they were little, why would you stop? It's not done on purpose , just maybe from bathroom to bedroom for example. I think it's quite healthy that my DDs see normal bodies!

My DS15 and I kiss on the lips .. he (and i) also think nothing of us chatting while I'm in the bath.

As i said before , if you did it when they were little, why would you stop?

Because they are uncomfortable?

My 12 yo son would be uncomfortable walking around naked in front of the family- my 17 yo DD would be uncomfortable at having her father walking around naked- is that not a valid reason to stop?
Nudity was fine when our kids were 2 years old, but not now.

It's only healthy if they are happy with it.

Quite frankly if my DD saw my OH walking around upstairs she would be mortified. Who is to say her feelings are wrong?

Loads of things are natural but I don't want to see them!

Weird. Never seen in real life, only on MN!

I come from a very tactile family and have brought up my adult dc to be same
I kissed my 91 year old DF on the lips a couple of days ago I also gave him a massive hug told him how much I loved him and blew him extra kisses from my car as I backed out of his driveway! Does that make me odd??

My dad still kisses me on the lips sometimes, I'm 36.

As long as

1. you didn't see tongue
2. your daughter is okay with it

It's fine.

Nothing to see here.

I think it's disgusting. Yuk.

Thankfully it's not something I see in real life.

I think it's odd, I don't kiss my 5yr old or 6 week old on the lips. Only DH sometimes...

I recall a thread years ago where (as memory serves me) a poster stated that they didn't think it was appropriate for a mother to kiss her own small child on the lips as she may have used those same lips to give her husband a blowjob the night before.

Wouldn't having a small child make the chances of her husband having had a blow job the night before fairly low? Or is that just me?

In our family we all have a hug and a kiss on the lips hello and goodbye. There are a number of children ranging in age from 1 - 22 and then there's Mum and my siblings (all adult) and everyone gets their wee kiss regardless of age. We're just a tactile bunch within the family group, we love each other and a kiss and cuddle is one of our many ways of saying "I missed you since I saw you last and love you"

If it's just a quick peck it might not be everyones cup of tea but I don't see that there is anything untoward about it.

I think it's personal preference. I don't kiss DD (10) on the lips, never have, I think it feels weird. I don't judge parents who do though, if he has always kissed your DD on the lips then it's fine, not creepy. He's her dad!

Kissing a parent on the lips, as in a peck on the lips, is perfectly fine!! Good grief.

The kiss being described is different from the sort of kiss you might give your partner. Honestly, I am amazed that there are those who cannot see the difference.

My family all kiss each other on the lips, it's different to kissing a partner.

It's a way of showing love whether that's your partner you parent your grandparent you kids doesn't matter. A general kiss on the lips is a lot different to a passionate kiss on the lips! I kiss all my family whether it's on the lips or cheek! My dh kisses our girls on the lips and he will do until they don't want to anymore. I think it should more weird that people seem to sexualise family kissing family! I think the issue is with the person sexualising it more than the kiss itself. For whoever it was who wrote "who knows what goes on behind closed doors) is absolutely ridiculous! Wtf. So dads can't kiss their children now because they are deemed to be a peadophile!