The Art of Kissing

Do you kiss well?  No really.  I've been saying that the art of kissing is all but dead for years now.
Kissing is a skill.  It takes practice and it takes know-how but it also, and very importantly, takes time... you don't just plant your lips on someones and you get sparks. Kissing, if done well, can be better than sex. Yes, that's what I said. Better than sex. 

I came across the following and thought I would share it because if I had to explain a good kiss to someone, it would sound very similar.  Read it.  If you're not getting lost in your kiss, you're not doing it right (yes, there are different kisses for different occasions but you know the ones I'm talking about - the ones that make your legs jello and take your breath from you).

Let's not lose this art.  I long for it when I haven't had it for a long time (which is more often than not).  If you've never felt this way during a kiss, for the love of all that is holy - what are you waiting for???  This is one art that is absolutely worth keeping around for a long, long time.

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"It just has to be with the right person, and feel right for both parties, for it to be fantastic. In my rigorous scientific studies and exhaustive research, I have discovered that being bold, decisive and providing an element of surprise are some of the key elements of a truly great kiss.

This is tricky because you don't want to shock your lover into submission. Or perhaps you do. But if you do, you shouldn' t. A perfect kiss, basically, should be confident and come as a welcome surprise - like finding a fiver in the back of an old pair of jeans.

The perfect kiss should be like dancing a tango in Argentina - you know the steps, but there is no particular order to them. Your moves must complement your partner's. Sometimes the kisser will lead, sometimes the kissee, creating an exciting improvisational mix of form and chaos.

Cheeks will touch, shoulders be caressed, lips will brush, tongues will tease and mouths will mingle. (Obviously, don't try this with a red rose in your teeth.)

You'll know how successful your kiss is if you feel the kissee losing themselves in it. Or if they pass out through pure pleasure.

Once the lips have joined, the perfect kiss should involve tender bites, gentle sucking, the tongues should be entwined and move sensuously against each other. The tempo of movements should vary, too - a little like the percussion section of the Grimsdyke Brass Band: at one moment fast and furious, and the next soft and languid.

A kiss should give you pleasure - but you must never forget you have to give it back."