Credit: Chuck Zovko/Lafayette College

Can you tell if he’s the one by his prowess at puckering up?

I didn’t wake up this morning and think ‘God, I want to be kissed’ (though to be honest, a lip-lock is something I crave most mornings, noons and nights) but the subject of smooching has repeatedly presented itself to me today. I heard Sixpence None the Richer‘s incredibly annoying song, ‘Kiss Me.’ Donna Sozio, author of The Man Whisperer, asked me to describe my idea of the perfect kiss for a book she’s writing. Finally, I read a study published in USA Today stating that the neurotransmitters and hormones stimulated by kissing give us a false sense of being in love; we mistake chemical reaction for emotion. more…