More or less so than Pete?

Well, if I thought it would make Pete jealous, I'd say yes, but he'd probably just LOOM at me instead.

I don't know that I'm ready for Pete loomage.

Then keep hush. Just do. Watch what you do, but do.

Yes, this. My darling Spectral Bovine, you are Thinking Too Much. Do not have The Talk, but continue with the kissing.

Polter-Cow, I agree with ita, Cindy, Trudy, and Hec. I've been in your situation....actually, I'm still in it....and having The Talk this soon introduces needless complication and potentially reduces more fun kissage.

So if this were Signs, you all would be pinned against a tree with your dying words being, "Kiss away, kiss away..."

points to everything ita, Trudy, Cindy, Hec and erika said and nods

Not that I've ever been good at just enjoying the kissing and refraining from microanalyzing everything within a 50-mile radius of the kissing. In fact, I've always sucked at all that. I beg of you, learn from my colossal smoochy idiocy! I've had Teh Pushing-Issues Talk after kissage, and it's bad bad bad. It makes the kissage a painful, pleasureless memory and causes you to want to cringe and run across the street to duck down the nearest alleyway when you see your kissage-partner coming.

Don't, please don't do what I've done. Do what they say. See her again, hang out, be kind, be a good friend. Kiss again if you feel like it, don't if you don't (and if you don't, don't tie yourself in knots about why not; sometimes kissing doesn't lead to more kissing, sometimes it's just a thing, and it's okay to let it be). Keep being kind. Don't label or define; it's way, way too early to know.

Ailleann -

At the F2F I leaned back at one point and found a nice comfy human back to lean against (this was before becoming comfortably numb). As I relaxed, my brain played through the people I knew to be behind me - Pete chief among them. It was then that I realize who I was leaning on and I think I jumped a mile. Not quite a looming, but startling nonetheless.

Fernet is pronounced with the "net" part English style like a basketball net. Just exactly as it is spelled with none of this "fernayy" business

Mmmmm, Fernet. Also, "Fernet" is in and of itself non-alcoholic. The family distributes the herbal tonic to various distilleries, who then add Teh Booze. Hence, here you can find Fernet-Branca (which is what I had people drinking), and Fernet-Stock, which is Fernet blended with an orange liqueur, and on. Fernet in Europe is orders of magnitude more potent than U.S. Fernet, partially due to the opiates being allowed to stay in.

Also, yay kissing!

Also, yay kissing!

I curse my temperance for disallowing me from making out with you!

All those who don't want to be at work, but elsewhere pursuing other things or just slounging, raise your hands!

raises both and feet

At the F2F I leaned back at one point and found a nice comfy human back to lean against (this was before becoming comfortably numb). As I relaxed, my brain played through the people I knew to be behind me - Pete chief among them. It was then that I realize who I was leaning on and I think I jumped a mile. Not quite a looming, but startling nonetheless.

Giving rise to this exchange, forever COMW'd:

SuziQ (in the crush of the HS): Am I leaning on Pete?
Jilli & Juliana: Yeah.
SuziQ: Oh fuck!

Ok. Why couldn't my allergist appointment have been TODAY? When I can't breathe? And my eyes are all crusty? See! It's not all better!

Ahem. Sorry.