How to kiss

Not knowing how to kiss can be a real deal breaker. A sloppy, slack mouth that introduces the tongue two seconds into the kiss can disqualify you as someone with potential as a partner. Breath that tells your partner you have sardines between your teeth or a wispy, dry, tight-lipped tentativeness will cause your partner to think twice about you and move on down the road.

Kissing is more involved than many people think, as this excerpt from Wikipedia points out: It "allows prospective mates to smell and taste each other’s pheromones for biological compatibility. Women are subconsciously more attracted to men whose major histocompatibility complex portion of their genome is different from their own, leading to offspring with resistance to a greater number of diseases due to heterosis, and thus having a better chance of survival."

Here are some steps for making that first kiss all you want it to be. I am using the scenario in which a man wants to kiss a woman:

1. Make her feel safe and secure. Gently stroke the side of her face, look into her eyes. Don't lunge, plunge, or snatch.
2. Feel her out as you move in closer, she will give you signals, but when you go in for contact with her lips, do not hesitate.
3. Let her work with you. You're not just kissing on someone, you are reacting to what she is doing.
4. Show confidence by being comfortable and enjoying yourself.
5. Don't introduce the tongue until at least 30 seconds have elapsed.