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Are you a cheek kissing or lip kissing family?
I grew up in a family where we kissed on the cheek, DH in a house where you kissed on the lips until you were old enough to find it 'uncool'. I realize it's not sexual, but it still weirds me out when my 3 yo niece and nephew kiss me on the lips. I had never even heard of it until we moved south of the Mason Dixon line. I'm curious about what others are doing/have done. Mostly I'm really uncomfortable with the idea of my FIL kissing DD on the lips, innocent as I know it is.
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Re: Are you a cheek kissing or lip kissing family?
I kiss my uncles/cousins on the cheek.
DHs family kisses on the lips- I see his 37 yr old sister kiss her aunt on the lips...I think, gross.
DS kisses family (grandma, grandpa, aunts, etc) on the lips. I kiss my niece (who is almost 3) on the cheek).
For me- I am more of a cheek kissing person. I don't know how you change DHs family- I would prefer my DS kiss other family on cheek - but not sure how to bring that up.
Cheeks!
On my side of the family, most of us don't do kissing at all--just hugs. DH's family does the one kiss on each cheek.
Family kisses on the lips make me uncomfortable, and luckily I have only one family member who does this.
I'd be telling him where to shove it. I hate ILs.
I will kiss my mom and dad goodbye on the lips when I'm visiting them, although if I think about it, that's much more with my mom than with my dad (and interestingly enough, my mom is southern). Other than that, I guess we're a cheek-kissing family. DH's family is definitely cheek-kissing. I've never even thought about what to do with my kids!
With my family we do the cheek kiss. With DH's family/friends, we do the double cheek kiss (they're European). Going to a party or event with his friends means a lot of cheek smooching!
My nephews and nieces used to do lip kisses when they were really young, but they stopped doing it once they got older. I didn't mind when they were younger, although I'm sure that's how I got sick a few times... ;-)
My mom's side of the family is Italian and they'll kiss you on the mouth and both cheeks, so you better plan on holding still for a while. My dad's side of the family are cheek kissers. DH's family does not kiss at all.
I grew up kissing family members on the lips until I was too old for it to be "cool". DD gives lip kisses to my family and tries her hardest to do it with the IL's but, like I said, they aren't kissers. They'll offer her a cheek.
My family just hugs, we don't really kiss. I think my dad gave me a kiss on the cheek on my wedding day. We don't have any children on my side of the family that we are close to.
On my husband's side, the adults hug. My SILs kids give the grandparents kisses on the lips, but I'm a cheek kisser. I've seen what those kids put in their mouths, so I avoid the lips at all costs.
I think I would prefer if our daughter was a cheek kisser, with the exception of maybe my husband and I and the grandparents. My SILs husband creeps me out, I do not want her kissing him on the lips.
My DH and I were just talking about this the other night.
My mom's side of the family are cheek kissers and huggers. My dad's are just polite huggers, nothing more. Both sides are Southern and neither lip kiss.
DH's family hugs, no kisses.
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for little kids, kissing on the lips. as they get older and it is uncool then cheeks.
Definitely cheek kissing. Kissing family/friends on the lips creeps me out!
I'm not a fan of the lip kissing thing. My niece and nephew always try to kiss me on the mouth and I kiss them on the cheek or forehead. When I was a kid my family didn't kiss on the lips but lately my Aunt has been trying to go the lips route and I'm not a fan.
I really hope my inlaws don't try to kiss LO on the mouth... the thought skeeves me out (my in-laws are disgusting).
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I thought we were a cheek kissing family, but in the last couple years my mother has been kissing me on the lips. I'm not a fan.
And I'm REALLY REALLY not a fan that certain people on DH's side kiss me on the lips. It grosses me out.
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My family and DH's family are huggers, definitely no kissing on cheeks or lips. However, with DS, he loves giving kisses. He really only kisses myself, DH, my sister, my mother, and my ILs and it is usually on the lips. At daycare, he will kiss his teacher on the cheek.
Sidenote, at first DH felt weird about kissing/being kissed by DS on the lips so they started doing a loud "Mwwwah!" sound when they kiss and it makes him somehow feel less weird about it.
Other than DS though, I would definitely feel weird about kissing anyone but DH on the lips.