I meant that having pets around, or babies around, tends to lead to non-sexual kissing, which this guy had no experience with.

I don't think this is the case. In my experience, the kissing babies thing is a women-only activity unless it's a guy kissing his own child. And pet-kissing is rare enough to be quite weird. I mean, I have seen people do it (usually to small, over-coddled lap pets), but most of the people I know are well aware that their pets roll in the dirt and use their tongues in lieu of toilet tissue...

I nuzzle my cats, but don't really kiss them. It's just kind of fun to rub my nose along their foreheads.

I'll probably be a cheek-kisser, not a mouth kisser. Mouths are wet and goopy.

Am I the only one who ran into kissy little boys a lot?

And I don't just mean when I was a little girl, who thought boys had cooties. I mean in a babysitting capacity, too. Little boys do way weirder things than kiss animals that live with them, and whom they like.

I knew lots of kissy little boys. Once they hit school though, they often stop being so demonstrative.

I don't think the top of my cat's head has any more germs than shaking hands with most folks. I'm not a big worrier about germs anyway. I may be crazy, but I think I read that somewhere.

My cat's currently staring at the CPU, trying to will the CD-drawer to open. She has a fascination with CD/DVD trays, and will whack them to prevent them from closing at the least opportunity--she loves my five-disc DVD player, especially since it's on the bottom shelf of my entertainment center only a few inches off the floor, and the perfect height for her to play with it when I change discs with the drawer open. Between that and her endless amusement when the microwave is in use, she's a tech-savvy kitty.

Thanks, Robin! Between the kissy little boys and the kissed kitty heads, you're making me feel less crazy tonight. And I appreciate it.

Kathy's kitty is funny. And cute.

I'm a kisser. I come from a kissy family. All my family (Mom, Dad, sisters, brother) we all kiss on the mouth. I kiss my close friends on the mouth, male and female. I also kiss my cat. Kissy kissy kiss! Tongue, however, is reserved for the BF.

The board is very quiet tonight. Kissy, but quiet.

Lee! I'm so happy you're coming to Chicago! Do you know when yet? Anything particular you want to see here?

Anything particular you want to see here?

You, and Tommyrot, and Aurelia, and all the other Chicagoistas I am forgetting.

I get there Sunday evening, March 20th, and will be there for a couple of days before we head to Ohio.