Upon watching my week old son cry for food I think I figured out why humans kiss they way we do. As the baby boy cries he begins working his mouth in an opening and closing motion, not all the way closed, just part of the way. His tongue hangs part of the way out and slowly moves into his mouth and back out, looking to latch onto my wife’s breast. He doesn’t open his eyes looking for the breast as one might think, instead they are squeezed shut. Additionally, a newborn will move their hands up to their mouth and grasp their face. These signals are common as it is a sign that the baby would like to feed.
If you stop and think about the motions we go through while kissing, the process is similar. We move toward our beloved and reach up to place a hand on his/her cheek. Instead of looking longingly into our lover’s eyes, many people close their eyes. As our lips touch we work the kiss, moving our mouth slightly open and close and allow our tongues to enter the intimate ballet. In so many ways his search for food and a human kiss are almost identical.
While my wife prepared to receive the squalling kid, I came to this stunning realization. Subconsciously, while we are more than happy to go through the motions of kissing, all we really want is a face full of booby.
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