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Ask Her, Vol 5. The Importance of Kissing
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Most of the questions I receive are from men looking for advice, but this one came in from a woman in Los Angeles and it spoke to me, so I felt the need to answer it here. Guys, this one is important! It may save your relationship someday!
Dear Lea,
My boyfriend and I have been together for about 6 months, and he doesn’t like to kiss me. He says he’s never enjoyed it and not to take it personally, but I love kissing so much that I feel I’m being cheated. What should I do?
-Buffy, Los Angeles, Ca
Buffy, sometimes I have to be the bearer of bad news, and this is one of those times. I’m sorry, but if things continue like this, your relationship is doomed.
Some people don’t need kissing in their relationship, and some do. A problem arises when one partner needs it and the other is turned off by it. It boils down to this: your needs are not being met and it’s probably not your fault. Imagine if you just stopped having sex with him. His needs would not be met and frankly that is a very valid reason for him to call it quits. I’m not saying to dump him (yet), but I am saying if something doesn’t change, you may want to start packing your bags.
There are many reasons he may not like kissing you. An obvious one is your breath. Perhaps you are too comfortable and have stopped brushing your teeth on a regular basis. Gross as it sounds, ladies get bad breath too, and guys might be too shy to tell you that. Make sure it’s not your fault beforehand.
Another reason could be he is cheating on you and just doesn’t like you anymore. Your relationship is relatively young, so this seems less likely, especially if it’s been a problem from the beginning. It is always is a possibility to consider however, so keep that in mind.
Something many women don’t think about is underlying psychological reasons he may not want to kiss. Any past child abuse can be an indicator of emotional distance as an adult. Also, people with body dysmorphic disorder are preoccupied with an imagined physical or minor defect that others often cannot see, or may not even exist. Perhaps he grew up with bad teeth and his family or friends made fun of him. Even if they are fixed now, if he thinks his mouth is ugly, he may avoid kissing. This can often be treated with therapy and if he’s willing to go, you need to be supportive. If he is unwilling to try, it’s time to get out of the relationship or you will live your life emotionally unsatisfied.
Emotional Benefits of Kissing
Kissing allows prospective mates to smell and taste each other’s pheromones for biological compatibility. Women are subconsciously more attracted to men whose major complex portion of their genome is different from their own, leading to offspring with resistance to a greater number of diseases with a better chance of survival. This explains why couples are more likely to bond if they have the right ‘chemistry.’ A study at the University of Albany found that women use kissing as a tool to find the right father for their children and often judge men exclusively on the quality of the first kiss they share.
In modern Western culture, kissing is most commonly an expression of affection, unlike many parts of the world where kissing is viewed as a means of respecting others. In Middle Eastern countries, until very recently, kissing traditionally was only considered proper when between 2 men, 2 women, or parents kissing their children. Kissing was not looked upon as a sexual expression in the Middle East.
Sensations involved in kissing aren’t confined to the mouth. Your facial nerve carries impulses between your brain and the muscles and skin in your face and tongue. While you kiss, it carries messages from your lips, tongue and face to your brain to tell it what’s going on. Your brain responds by ordering your body to produce:
• Oxytocin, which helps people develop feelings of attachment, devotion and affection for one another
• Dopamine, which plays a role in the brain’s processing of emotions, pleasure and pain
• Serotonin, which affects a person’s mood and feelings
• Adrenaline, which increases heart rate and plays a role in your body’s fight-or-flight response
When you kiss, these hormones and neurotransmitters rush through your body. Along with natural endorphins, they produce the euphoria most people feel during a good kiss. Your heart rate increases and your blood vessels dilate, so your entire body receives more oxygen than normal. You can also smell the person you’re kissing, and researchers have demonstrated a connection between smells and emotions.
What this all means is that the more you kiss, the better you feel, both physically and emotionally. In fact, couples that spend at least 15 seconds kissing each other hello and goodbye every day report happier relationships, greater sexual satisfaction, and they have an 80% higher chance of staying together until one partner dies.
Emotional benefits aside, the physical health benefits of kissing are huge. I’ve compiled a list of my favorite. All of these facts were pulled from actual medical journals and research logs.
- Those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t. Kiss more, live longer.
- Kissing is great for self-esteem. It makes you feel appreciated and helps your state of mind.
- Kissing is a known stress-reliever. Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy and produces a sense of well-being, lowering your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone.
- Kissing uses 30 facial muscles and it helps keep the facial muscles tight, preventing baggy cheeks! The tension in the muscles caused by a passionate kiss helps smooth the skin and increases the circulation.
- Kissing is good for the heart, as it creates an adrenaline which causes your heart to pump more blood around your body. Frequent kissing has scientifically been proven to stabilize cardiovascular activity, decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.
- Those who kiss quite frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder and blood infections.
- During a kiss, natural antibiotics are secreted in the saliva. Also, the saliva contains a type of anesthetic that helps relieve pain.
- Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the ‘noise’ in your mind. It increases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.
- The endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.
So Buffy, if he refuses to get treatment or he won’t at least try to start kissing you, it’s time to move on.
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“Ask Her” is answered by relationship expert, TV personality, and shameless bikini bartender Lea Hatch, who specializes in picking up women, off-road Jeep tech, and relationship advice. Feel free to send any questions your heart desires to the magazine or Lea directly, either on twitter: @chirebailey or email: lea@ghostbookwriter.com.
Ask Her, Vol 4. Sexy Bedroom Role Play
2My wife just told me she wants to role-play in the bedroom. I’ve never done this and think it’s a little weird. Is she the weird one or am I?
Phillip L. –Hollywood, CA
Oh Philip, I envy you right now. You have a unique opportunity to take your relationship to an entirely new level. People who role-play in the bedroom are committed to making their relationship fun and exciting for the long haul. It also shows that they are a team. Two people in agreement to do amazing things to mind play themselves into spicing up life. However, neither one of you is weird. It takes bravery and a bit of imagination to put yourself out there for the one you love, and if you can pull it off, your relationship will blossom.
I fully recommend role-play, and NOT just in the bedroom. Have you seen Four Christmases? That opening scene gets me wet every time. You can begin by going out on the town using fake names. Have her dress wicked sexy and hit on her in a bar. Go to the Renaissance Faire and rent costumes and spend the day as M’Lord and M’Lady. Tie her up and demand she tell you the location of the rebel base, or you will extract the information forcefully… (One of my favorites). I spent this last weekend tied up with my head bowed to my “Master,” and I fell deeper in love with him for allowing me to serve him in that way. I can’t recommend it enough. It will truly spice up your marriage and your life.
While researching role-play, I came upon a counter argument against it that I would like to address. The author writes, “You should love me for who I am. Whatever attracted you to me to begin with should be enough to turn you on.”
I feel this is the writings of an insecure person whose marriage will likely fail. That’s like saying “I’m never going to shower because you should love me for who I am” or “I made out with your sister, get over it, because that’s who I am.”
Boredom breeds contempt. If your wife wants you to dress up as a plumber and “fix her pipes” then you should make the attempt to do it. If it’s something you aren’t comfortable with, (She wants to hang you upside down with a candle in your ass) then talk with her openly about compromises that you ARE comfortable with. Start small, work your way up.
Note that in most porn movies, the pizza delivery guy and photocopy fix-it dude always seem to be getting all the action. Baffled? It’s because women love a man in uniform… no matter how much authority is associated with his particular threads. Here are some of our favorite scenarios to bring costume and role-play into the bedroom.
Teacher and Student
This one is a staple, and it can work both ways. You can be a stern professor and she the innocent schoolgirl. She can be the headmistress and you a petulant schoolboy. It is a naughty turn-on to re-enact something that is a social taboo. Costumes usually involve a plaid skirt or dress for her, a shirt tucked into a pair of shorts for him… all dependent on who is the teacher and who is the student. Possible scenarios could be an after class tutorial session with an emphasis on sexual education, or a failing student willing to do anything to get a passing grade.
Doctor and Patient
There’s not a single woman I know who hasn’t had a crush on a doctor at some stage… fictional or otherwise. If you can score yourself some scrubs, that’ll help the authenticity of the scenario. Or you might have to resort to wearing nothing but a stethoscope. Focus this scenario on having her show you where it hurts and then you can do whatever you like to make each sore spot feel better. And what if insurance doesn’t cover the appointment? I’m sure the patient can work something out for payment.
Cop and Law-Breaker
Imagine it. You catch her speeding and she has to do everything she can to make it up to your… long arm of the law. In this game of role-play, the key themes are power and punishment. Whoever plays police officer is the one who decides whether or not the law-breaker gets redeemed for their bad behavior. It’s more than possible that a strip search will be required. Police costumes are relatively easy to come across and the handcuffs come in useful long after you’ve finished acting.
Stripper
Whether she’s pretending to be Demi in Striptease or you’re taking your inspiration from Danny De Vito in that episode of Friends… stripping scenarios are a great way to make undressing last longer than usual. This scenario is also a great one for utilizing props. Set up the bedroom with a good sound system, a chair and some 5-dollar bills and let the gyrating begin.
Spy and Interrogator
This one is one of my favorites. Perhaps she is undercover KGB, and you are a CIA interrogator. This one takes trust. You both dress in business attire, and the interrogator has to extract the secret information by any means necessary. Once the information is extracted, the game ends. Do you seduce it out of her? Do you tie her up and sexually torture her? The sky is the limit, but respect her (or your) boundaries. Bringing out the battery and jumper cables might seem fun, but remember to have a safe word in place just in case.
Sexy Bitch and Ladies Man
This one works best OUT of the bedroom. Have her dress like a slut (or at least uber sexy) and head to a bar. Let her flirt with the guys a bit, getting them to hit on her, and watch her blow them off. That’s when you walk in and pick her up smoothly. Use fake names. Take her home and never break character. Have a backstory. Watch Four Christmases again to get a good feel for this one. Hot.
If you’ve never engaged in this activity before, it might seem a little silly at first, but remain straight-faced and really commit to it and you might find you’re really enjoying yourself. There is something about the guise of being in character that allows couples to open their mind to things they might not have considered before. If you still can’t get into it, pretend you are Brad Pitt or George Clooney. They act every day, and it’s totally normal in society. Acting is just on screen role-play.
I promise you will take your relationship to an amazing level.
Have fun!
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“Ask Her” is answered by relationship expert and shameless bikini bartender Lea Hatch, who specializes in picking up women, off-road Jeep tech, and relationship advice. Feel free to send any questions your heart desires to the magazine or Lea directly, either on twitter: @chirebailey or email: lea@ghostbookwriter.com.











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