the lip kiss.

is it a sign of intimacy, or a way to impose intimacy? are people lip kissers because they are genuinely affectionate, or do they do it because it's cool to seem intimate with other cool people?
and how does a lip kiss work - do you invite it yourself because you subconsciously offer your lips to meet theirs?

or do you reach up/down and find your lips make contact with theirs?
coming from a family who doesn't even hug, kissing is a big thing. some people lip kiss their family, regardless of gender. i find that really strange. so maybe i read a bit more into the lip kissing that i should.

the one who got away lip kisses me. but i know i'm not the only one. it's just a sign of friendship.
so i should stop thinking about it. because it means nothing. americans do it all the time. my girlfriends and i do it.

but lately it seems to be a trend that's catching on in this town. half of the men i know now lipkiss me. and i'm sure they do it to a whole lot of other women - instead of notches on bedposts, the new way is lipkissing across genders.
it's the new way of saying i'm hip, i'm cool, and i'm really intimate with my friends.

i had a friend who was a lip kisser wannabe. it just seemed wrong for him to lipkiss. maybe because he wasn't a social person, had a strange sense of humour, worked in a field where people don't even cheek kiss hello. it felt like he was um, 'coping a feel' as the australians would say. poor guy.

and i'm way too judgemental.