Your first "non-romantic" kiss?

Sort of parallel to the other first kiss thread, except I'm wondering about those non-romatic kisses: playing wedding when you were 5, sneaking off into corners in elementary school, spin the bottle, truth or dare...

Little kids kissing is especially comical. My roommate used to go into the corner of her Sunday school class and kiss this little boy when she was a very little kid. Another one of my friends was playing "wedding" when he got his first kiss at the age of 5.

I can't remember having a romantic bone in my body until I hit middle school. If you did kiss as a kid, what were you thinking? Were you just curious? Was it weird? Funny stories?

Edit: And on a somewhat related note, I remember when the boy next door to me explained that his "mommy and daddy put their private parts together" to have him. Being age 7 or so, I remember being totally weirded out--and being convinced that he was lying.

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I thought this would be about something else! It says "your first..." on the front page! ;o

Anyway to answer the question, I don't particularly remember doing this "pretend-kissing" at all as a kid. But I do remember "playing doctor" with the neighborhood girls and all that good stuff, and that seems pretty similar really. I do remember knowing on some level that it was naughty, although I don't know particularly what about it was bad or whatever... I certainly didn't know anything about sex. But if you lock your door, you know something's not kosher about it, right? =D

When I was a bit older (ages 8-11) I was absolutely not into girls in any way at all. I was into, like, Nintendo. Damn you, Mario!

Truth or dare didn't really occur until later when I was into girls, so by that time it was a different story.

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Yeah, I never really got into the whole "playing doctor" thing. I'm not even really sure how that works. I know I did it once with this girl from my neighborhood; the only thing I remember is me being naked and wrapped in a blanket. I don't think much happened beyond that.

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Originally Posted by blue

I know I did it once with this girl from my neighborhood; the only thing I remember is me being naked and wrapped in a blanket.

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This kid brought a box of chocolates to my house when I was about five. To this day I have no idea why. I don't think it was Valentine's Day or anything.

I remember his mother's car pulling into our driveway and me looking out the window going, "Who's that?" The next thing I remember, my mother was telling me I had to give him a kiss, so I ran out the back door and hid in a storm drain and cried. It seemed like I was in there for an hour. When they found me, they still made me kiss him. I hated that boy after that.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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I think my first non-romantic kiss was when I was like, 5 or 6. I was the ring bearer in some wedding, and they made me dance with the flower girl, and at the end, she kissed me. I remember telling everyone she was my girlfriend. I think she just used me for the "awww" factor, though. Hussy.

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Maybe it's just me but I never understood the whole kids kissing each other thing. But then again I was raised by parents who never casually kissed each other in public and never hugged me until I was old enough to demand them.

But when I was a kid I played doctor with one of my mom's friend's son and all I remember is him jabbing me really hard with the fake syringe. Almost as if he really wanted to pierce the skin and draw out some blood. Other than that, we didn't get naked in blanket burritos or explore each other's nether regions.

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Originally Posted by kat

Maybe it's just me but I never understood the whole kids kissing each other thing. But then again I was raised by parents who never casually kissed each other in public and never hugged me until I was old enough to demand them.

That's totally where I'm coming from. To this day, my parents do not show each other physical affection, even just around me. The whole "casual affection" thing was never even a factor in my life, and I too had to follow them around DEMANDING hugs.

To this day, I'm still pretty shy about public affection. And by "shy," I mean, "I've never showed it before."

Edit: Also, Alice always has such tragic stories!

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It's because she has so much more life experience. And I don't mean a little, I mean, like, a LOT. She's what, pushing 65 now?

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The ring bearer thing was also when I gave out my first non-romantic kiss, to the flower girl. I think I was 3 or 5. It was cute.

Besides that, my mother was never stingy with showing her affection towards others, usually showering loved ones with hugs and kisses was not uncommon. I used to be the same way and learned well from her in some regards. I am not sure when I first realized she would do this, as far back as I can remember most likely. If I have a very close friend, I may kiss them but some people have a real problem with it and its something that I won't do regularly.

Its good to give friends and family lots of kisses and hugs!

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When I was maybe 4 we had family friends with 2 sons my age. It was summer and our parents would put us all naked together in the blow up kiddie pool in our yard. One of the boys went to hug me for some reason, and we fell over in the pool, his lips plastered to my cheek.

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

Your parents are cruel, cruel people.

I think my first non-romantic kiss was when I was like, 5 or 6. I was the ring bearer in some wedding, and they made me dance with the flower girl, and at the end, she kissed me. I remember telling everyone she was my girlfriend. I think she just used me for the "awww" factor, though. Hussy.

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I remember kissing my "boyfriend" on the playground in the first grade. He was in second. He bought me a doll when I moved away.

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I was in kindergarten when I had my first and so far only crush on this one boy. He didn't know that I existed due to a grade difference (he was in first grade) and so I took matters into my own hands, and I attacked him. I think that is the only apt way to put it; I launched myself at him from across the blacktop at recess, and planted one on him.

I guess at the time, it was of a romantic nature, but I don't think it really counts now. Besides, I ended up kissing him on the temple or something besides the original target of his mouth.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The girls at my elementary school would play the kissing game every recess. This involved them chasing boys around the playground and kissing them. Eventually the boys would retaliate and start chasing the girls around. I never played this game, but I do remember running and hiding when the boys started chasing the girls. I was a clean freak as a kid and I didn't want their dirty faces on mine. =[

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Originally Posted by blue

That's totally where I'm coming from. To this day, my parents do not show each other physical affection, even just around me. The whole "casual affection" thing was never even a factor in my life, and I too had to follow them around DEMANDING hugs.

To this day, I'm still pretty shy about public affection. And by "shy," I mean, "I've never showed it before."

I'm probably way too affectionate because I over compensate for the lack of casual love in my childhood. In actuality, I have an easier time showing physical affection rather than real love (but that's another thread)

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I recall there was this girl in school when I was about 8 that I kissed. I really liked her, in a kind of innocent way... but obviously I was way too young to understand or do anything about that feeling. The next one would have been when I was about 12, and there was a girl in my class I had a serious crush on. She was already dating older guys though, so while she thought I was OK, I was never in the running. She did kiss me a couple of times though. Then there was another girl when I was 14, exact same story. Dating older guys, not interested in anyone her own age. She kissed me a few times, it still wasn't anything romantic.

It took me until college before I even had a romantic kiss, or any reason to have one. Mind you, until then I would have had no clue how to behave in a romantic way. It still took me a good few years even after that to get any good at it.

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Mine was with a guy. At five. Like, three times.

=( I'm really gay, apparently.

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Mine is pretty embarrassing... mainly because I think it was supposed to be kind of a "romantic" kiss, but I wasn't having none of that. (How romantic can you be in grade 9 or 10?)

There was a pretty preppy group I used to hang out with when I was in grade 9 and 10. All of them except two were female. You could think we were like the TV show "Friends." with all of it's immature and stupid drama.

Anyways, one night we all got together at this one girl's house. She lives two doors down, and had always had a slight crush on me. I figured she was pretty randy, especially after she just started dating everyone in our group. I don't know what game we were playing, but it was something like Spin the Bottle. I honestly don't know why we would be playing a dumb game like this in grade 9 or 10. :/ Somehow I got paired with my neighbor, and I was pretty dorky. She had to chase me all over her house until I fell down the stairs on my ass. She just told me to close me eyes so I did.

Technically, that's my first and only kiss on all accounts, though I wouldn't really count it since I didn't kiss back.

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Originally Posted by Render

You could think we were like the TV show "Friends."

Did you have poorly-written punchlines, unlikely scenarios and bad acting? =D!

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Yeah, I never really got into the whole "playing doctor" thing. I'm not even really sure how that works.

Thinking back to it, I have no idea either. But then I am also continually amazed by the fact that kids play the same games during recess throughout time (my mom's a teacher and she's seen the same games being played for nearly 30 years). What is this? Viral marketing?

What's also interesting is there's a point where we stopped playing doctor. I don't know when exactly this happened, but I do remember that as I got older (and I mean like seven, not an age at which it turned into anything that you could call sex) , the wrongness of the situation became more profound. It's kinda weird.

My parents are affectionate in a sort of implicit way. My dad brings my mom flowers, but then he'll complain about it, and my mom makes coffee in the morning, and gets sort of upset if my dad doesn't join her in drinking it (my dad works from home so sometimes he just can't due to having a deadline). They seem to be really happy with eachother from what I can tell, though I've never heard them say "I love you".

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Originally Posted by CJizzle

The girls at my elementary school would play the kissing game every recess. This involved them chasing boys around the playground and kissing them. Eventually the boys would retaliate and start chasing the girls around. I never played this game, but I do remember running and hiding when the boys started chasing the girls. I was a clean freak as a kid and I didn't want their dirty faces on mine. =[

This happened occasionally at my primary school, and I always avoided it too. One time though this boy decided to chase after me. I ended up legging it through the school until the headmaster broke it up.

I don't think I've ever had a non-romantic kiss. I remember when I was about 7 I had a boy as a best friend. We were hiding under my coat for some reason I forget and all the other kids started saying we were kissing. That's about the closest I've got.

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I was 5 years old, at daycare. There were two boys in my class with the same name (i think it was like Chris or Kevin or something...started with either a C or a K). One of them was my best friend in the class, the other was the class bully.

We had a concrete culvert pipe out on the playground, tipped up so it was kinda like a cup that everybody played in. The three of us had a little pretend wedding with the bully as the priest (or what ever they are called), my best friend as the groom, and me as the bride. I was kissed on the eye.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I don't remember kissing or getting kissed at all when I was a little kid. I had a girlfriend in the second grade, but I don't even remember holding hands with her much.

On the other hand, I was more into computers and video games then I was girls, I didn't get my first real kiss until I was 16...

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At the end of third grade we were moving to San Diego. This girl Caroline had been one of the ones who hassled me throughout the school year, from what I remember. I was saying good bye to the teacher and students etc on the last day. Actually, we must have left just before the school year ended, because I was leaving, but everyone else was still in the class. Regardless, she said goodbye and kissed me on the cheek.

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My family went camping for several summers in a row when I was five-six-seven. One of the other family's sons was, I thought, pretty cute. So I kissed him. He didn't take it well.

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Kindergarten, semi-crush thing. All I did was kiss his shoulder, but now that I look back on it, it's kind of embarrassing... That was also the guy, who, one year later, promised me he'd marry me.

I've seen him around recently, and it's kind of scary to think about those earlier times...

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