What Will My First Kiss Feel Like?

Dear Advice Girl,

What does it feel like when you kiss?

Signed,
   Renee

Dear Renee,

Can't you just wait and find out? It's no fun spoiling the surprise.

Well, okay.

Kissing feels great, but there's no magic involved or anything. You're still talking about lips and tongues and other people's spit.

I'm not saying this to disappoint you. I just want to tamper down any expectations you may have of birds singing and mist swirling around as soon as you lock lips.

Here's what you can probably expect from your first kiss:

• It'll be a little awkward. No one's perfect the first time. Don't worry, though. Your kissing partner will be nervous, too, and if you both like each other, you'll share lots more kisses in the future.
  
  
• It'll be wetter than you think. If your only kissing experience is watching The Notebook, you've only ever seen and heard kisses before. Feeling a kiss might catch you off guard.
  
  
• You won't need as much tongue as you think. Lips can do a lot on their own. In fact, some of the best kisses don't use any tongue at all.
  
  
• It'll be shorter than you think. Kisses don't go on and on forever like they do in the movies. You do have to come up for air.
  
  
• You might panic about how you're doing. But if negative thoughts come into your head, knock them right back out. Just clear your mind and go with the flow.
  
  
• You'll never forget your first kiss. Honestly. (Even if you want to.)