Think you know a thing or two about kissing? You probably do. But the facts below are so off the beaten path, we’ll bet you don’t know them all — and they could come in handy. Not only could they provide some steamy “Did you know…?” small talk, but they’ll help you see all the benefits a satisfying liplock can bring into your life. Happy smooching!
Please note that not all points may be true for our Zambian culture.
1. Two out of every three couples turn their heads to the right when they kiss.
2. A simple peck uses two muscles; a passionate kiss, on the other hand, uses all 34 muscles in your face. Now that’s a rigorous workout!
3. Like fingerprints or snowflakes, no two lip impressions are alike.
4. Kissing is good for what ails you. Research shows that the act of smooching improves our skin, helps circulation, prevents tooth decay, and can even relieve headaches.
5. The average person spends 336 hours of his or her life kissing.
6. Ever wonder how an “X” came to represent a kiss? Starting in the Middle Ages, people who could not read used an X as a signature. They would kiss this mark as a sign of sincerity. Eventually, the X came to represent the kiss itself.
7. Talk about a rush! Kissing releases the same neurotransmitters in our brains as parachuting, bungee jumping, and running.
8. The average woman kisses 29 men before she gets married.
9. Men who kiss their partners before leaving for work average higher incomes than those who don’t.
10. The longest kiss in movie history was between Jane Wyman and Regis Tommey in the 1941 film, You’re in the Army Now. It lasted 3 minutes and 5 seconds. So if you’ve beaten that record, it’s time to celebrate!
[Article courtesy of Happen magazine]
I don’t like kissing. I really don’t know whats all the hullabaloo about exchanging saliva though.
@Mable Mwaaah!!
Somone bring mable (#1) to me for some fyomping session and she ll change her views on kissing
@Mossad…mwaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
Kissing is disgusting. i cant imagine exchanging saliva with a foreign tongue.
hmmm…kapoli n mable same person.
#1 Mable, I’m with u on this one. I thought its bcoz I’m inexperinced! gud u brought that up. I think for most part, it more psychological than actual pressure, ni mind set, its becoz the entertainment industry potray it as a nice experince, o boy, its all dirty.
9. Men who kiss their partners before leaving for work average higher incomes than those who don’t……………………true true
8. The average woman kisses 29 men before she gets married…………Booza
another fact: people close their eyes when kissing
No Katalina I’m not number 4 the US is a big place.Can someone please give me step by step instructions maybe I’m doing it all wrong.I mean using all 34 facial muscles! I guess my forehead muscles should also be working? and do you chew ?-surely if my jaw muscles should be working there must be some chewing going on.
Mwaaaaaaaaaaah LT bloggers on this one..I do kiss my wife everyday but i dont think if im average higher income earner?
Kissing a foreign to ZambiaN culture. Some pipo bring out a very strong stench from their mouths. Imagine a man or woman kissing a partner who has been drinking Kachasu or Tujilijili or Shake Shake or stuff like that. The issue of toothache etc. I may sound ancient but prevention is better than cure. Kissing in public or in front of children or parents is bad manners in our culture. I remember my old church CMML I never witnessed a newly wed couple kissing in church as a sign of union. It never happened yet the church originated from UK. It was taboo. ISHIDI YAMANENI NANKASHI. BIG SIN. For those who think they are modern there is nothing wrong but at the end of the day we still remain african and its better to embrace our culture.
I hope LT got permission to put up that picture there.
#12 Africa is a big place. Maybe in Zambian cultures kissing in public is frowned upon but that is not the same all over Africa. I know that Eritreans and Ethiopians kiss each other on the cheek 3 times as a form of greeting.
A KISS MUST BE VERY PRIVATE IN AFRICAN CULTURE.A WOMAN WHO ACCEPT A KISS HAS REALLY COMMITTED HER SELF TO THAT MAN. WHY? A KISS IS A TRIGGER INTO THE LOVE AREA OF THE BRAIN.MY GRANDFATHER HAD THIS VERSION ABOUT KISSING IN PUBLIC: THE MAN IS TELLING THE LADY THAT ,FROM THIS DAY THIS MOUTH IS MINE! HOW? IT SHALL ONLY PRAISE ME.EVEN IF YOU SEE A HANDSOME MAN BETTER THAN ME, PLEASE SAY AM BETTER. EVEN IF THE “NEIGHBOR HUSBAND” IS WELL DRESSED YOUR MOUTH SHOULD NOT SAY SO. FOR ME A KISS IS COVENANT BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS WOMAN. EVEN IF THE MOUTH IS SMELLING LIKE NOBODY’S BUSINESS LOVERS MUST FIND SPACE TO KISS.YOU ONLY KISS ONCE IN PUBLIC AT YOUR WEDDING DAY THE AFRICAN VERSION. DON’T KISS ICI-KISSE KISSE.
Its amazing how we are one people and yet very different. I know that people in my grandparents time did not kiss, but i had no idea even young, enlightened people have to think twice before kissing. Doesn’t it come naturally?
#12, you are right, its not zed culture kissing (ukulya imilomo) especially in public. most of our ladies dont check their mouths before enganging in kissing, can you imagine kissing someone who had a piece of dry fish or local fruit called impundu attacking your mouth when you had a bit of whisky black. terrible combination! point #9 doesnt work.
Iyee mwe bantu!
Just KISS, Just Do It!
No 5 it depends who you are kissing. I really enjoy it when its done with the right person.
Thse in the picture above look like they are all men kissing.
Iyo palya amshilu oa blog apa. #17 you ve got a fertile mind lol
Hey ladies and getelo men…whats up? Kissing ? what type and for whom?
What I knowing is-a very good hug which rubs the matobos of the two is good enough for my friend and those I think of hunting. When I give her a kiss like in the picture above, then she is mine, yes mine in all areas…is it the 10 facial musles? ..yes ofcourse.
So, intimate kissing is only for marriend people and not those dating coz kuti wapitilisha waikata ama 10 facial muscles bane.
Be carefull.
i think kissing comes naturally. i mean, no one had to tell me that it was good or not, the first relationship i just found myself kissing the pretty queen i had. not chi kise kise. you kiss people you love. here,. in this country its hard to find a girl with a normal breath, i think its cos of the food they like eating. ask anyone who been to china and dated Chinese women. i was luck to find one! hehehehe
# 23 Bwezani,
I think you are 100 % right, even their (chinese) mouths are too large, your lips will just enter in their mouth and then when off, your two lips are gone. hehe
But man the Sweds have very nice small mouth overlaied with smooth redish lips ready for kissing…I will try one ..hehe.
the guy in the pic is really using all the muscles….
# 15 ICI KISSE KISSE, Iyeeee mwebantu muleumfwa! That is reallyt funny! Most comments above are very funny but this one is DE ONE!
I like kissing only my husband and ensure his oral hygiene is superb, just like evrything else, part of being a wife!
Now that there in the pic is a painfull looking snog. It’s almost as though the couple are inflicting pain on one another, bet they are inexperienced kissers. :)):))
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Can someone clarify which lips are disgusting to kiss? I find that kissing, even the facial lips is great! Ladies, you have kissed worse things than lips as well.
In the picture …All the named muscles are on duty. Relationship, clear!
Tentions released and triggered… the rest to be completed where it belongs.
@9, Zambia wesu… Not entirely true. Usually it is women who close their eyes, but they only do this if they are feeling you. Its not a good sign when you kiss a woman and her eyes are open! Strange but true.
#28
The issue is about imilomo not ifyo ifya mawondering walaletapo. Stick to the subject…do not confuse yourself!
#15 – I agree with you. That is what we call rational reasoning, very educative. You are an example of a true cultured Zambian. Those thinking about their husbands/wives havin drunk shake shake, kachasu, toothache etc are very backwards. If you love your wife/husband tell them to brush b4 you kiss. How can you kiss a person with toothache. People lets understand the subject. The POINT IS DONT KISS ANYHOW. A KISS HAS A MEANING PERIOD.
“DON’T TALK JUST KISS” SO GOES THE POPULAR SONG
@31 Imilomo shisa? I am truly confused!
BUT ,IT IS BETTER TO KISS THAN UKOONKA (SUCKING THE BREASTS) .I UNDERSTAND A FRIEND OF DANNY SINGER ,AOONKELE SOME DRUGS KU-SOUTH AFRICA AND WAS ROBBED OF DOLLARS.
#28 Ukutomona imilomo, naiwe…lips and its relatives.
my views kissing is a form of knowing if you have affection for that person ,not every one your going to kis is going to be the same some ppl just turn you off,so its to see how into that person you are why be with some one that you would hate to kiss :-?
# 23 did your chinese chick eat some dog food? I wonder what you mean by normal breath. By the way when kissing it is confusing whose breath you are smelling, yours or a blend of yours and hers. So ba bwezani check out your own breath, brush your teeth atleast twice a day and get some clorets or orbit gums.
#35. You have cracked up! Say more before we make mistakes. That is what I am telling my friend #34!
Bless you guys with your sense of humour
an them its so messed up some ppl hate kissing but would die to do oral sex an they done even know if the person has even had a shower daammm now there is some thing to :-? about lol
an them its so messed up some ppl hate kissing but would die to do oral sex an they dont even know if the person has even had a shower daammm now there is some thing to :-? about lol
Kissing is good for the brain and self esteem. As for mable i bet she watched a lot of those nasty films where people kiss funny places and so she thinks of that each time is kissing.
On a serious note:
In my culture, in case of death, you are not allowed view the body of your spouse if you had kissed elsewhere other than kamwa.
Could someone educate me more on this. Comments are also welcome.
U dont like kissing lips, be it facial or Cunnilingus, you dont like Breastises, ninshi finshi muchita?! How do you expect to have Organisms? Your wiveises will leave you!
Kissing, sucking and licking the pöössy is very good too. You should try it guys.
Hi Mabel at #1. Kissing is actually bad in our society worse still a man is innexperienced and uncircumcised, because it leads to premature injaculation, thus rendering you ladies unsatisfied. So ladies never do it anyhow unless you are sure a man is circumcised.
Maama Kamu boole kuuno. Ndi yanda Kuambaula makani ya ma Kuunda! Ndili mucheende mebo!
Baama Kamu boole kuno. Ndi yanda Kuambaula makani ya ma Kuunda! Ndili mucheende mebo!
I like to kiss and to be kissed especially there…!:o:o:o
what is kissing in bemba???
some people just dont understand the difference between kissing and biting. But i hear zambians are among the best kissers
@ka’Doyo- Ukumyangutana
Ala bane imilomo nizi.It is the only thing that is closer to heaven.The way amano yekila is the most interesting part.Ngatautomona ninshi ulapuswa munina.
ya best fye…!!!!
# 50 kissing in bemba is called ukutomona.
There are some people u bleed thro the gums, imagin kissing that kind of a vamp…………
Can anyone please tell me why do people close their eyes when they are kissing.
Why do people close their eyes when kissing? Someone to help me with this.
#15 You have made my day. That man who says the wife only has to say nice things about him he is clever. Kissing is good and is a healer in a way. Even the kids today need a kiss when going to school and after then only one realises mumy or daddy like or loves me. All living creatures do kiss those that they love. Watch the dolphins, you will be amazed. Closing of eyes is just natural, when kissing, lets say between lovers, we get so passionate and emotional, you start thinking of all nice things in the world., and why should you TULUMUNA amenso as is you being strungled. why do we close eye in church, you dont want to get distracted te!
I prefer sucking the tits to kissing.
@46 ati “injaculation” LOL=)).
How about the sharing of gingivitis?
Imagine a group of people drinking chibuku from the same container. They are basically all kissing one another.
wats better kissing or ukudoda?
#63 templar;
Haha..its long time I heard the word ukudoda…haha.
I think ukudoda is better than kissing mamaweee…
Didn’t mean to ruin your day, but the article originally appeared (word for word) at Match.com (Dating Tips And Advice) by Laura Schaefer.
Kissing is good just the artical say it all but it just most of the pipo didnt know wat it kissing does us healthwise all we knew is you kiss coz you are romantically attracted to someone hence all those nusty thots about kissing..also just to add on that its advisable that after having a snack/meal,brush teeth avoid decay,if you are cought an awere you patner want to kiss you b4 you rinse you mouth better offer a peck DONT open your mouth to prevent a wrong impression..coz it meant to be enjoyed by both of you..
I think #5 has never had a chance to experience a good kiss,my dear you will never stop loving it…
kissing is one sure way of transimitting infections. look up kaposi’s sarcoma, herpatitis,HIV, oral thrash, TB, shingles… list is endless. kiss responsibly. stick to one faithfull kissing partner.
KISSING IS NOT GOOD AT ALL. YOU MIGHT CATCH AIDS
Does anyone talk about how I feel about kissing?
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