It’s happening already.
My son is three and he had a classmate kiss him at preschool — full on the mouth! Apparently she went in for a second smooch but the teachers intervened. He likes her. Her name is Lillian (although he calls her “Wooweewan”) – Blasted L’s.
The best part of this story is my son’s response to the kiss. He said “NO Wooweewan! Only my mama kisses my mouth.” Good for him for defending himself against that little cutie patootie, but I admittedly sort of cringed when I heard he said that.
Why? Because I’m trying to teach him NOT to kiss me on the mouth. For one, he’s full of those extra-special preschool germs and I don’t want to get sick. For two, he is all into the sloppy wet kisses, and while it’s so sweet that he wants to love on his mama, I would prefer he love on my cheek.
I kissed him on the mouth a lot when he was a baby and I kiss his sister on the mouth all the time. Infant smooches are the best! But since he’s getting older, I just am not uber comfortable with him laying one on my lips. I don’t know why; I’m just not.
I know a lot of families kiss on the lips all through life. My grandmother kisses everyone on the mouth and I have a few friends who greet their family members that way. There’s nothing wrong with it at all…I just don’t care for it. And I’m a kissy person. I kiss my kids constantly, but I feel like the only person I should be kissing on the lips is my husband.
So I’m curious…do ya’ll kiss your kids on the mouth? Am I alone in this desire to be loved on my cheek only? Do you think there is an age where it no longer becomes appropriate?
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