Uh, making the awkward move.
Standing at her door, we were about to say good-bye after the second date.
I guess it was a date. At that point, I wasn't too sure. It was fun -dinner and a little chatting afterward.
Then it was time to go.
We did the awkward standing around the door thing while I put on my shoes.
Then the awkward open the door thing to leave.
And then the moment.
When you lock eyes.
And your mind goes completely blank.
So you go on auto-pilot. The brain says "I've done this before, you just lean in, and *smack*, and that's it."
Nope.
It was like a first spin-the-bottle smooch.
And then I learned that she was going for a peck on the cheek.
Geez?!
How was I to know? And why is it, that even though I've done that a million times (or at least a couple) that first awkward moment is always so freakin' hard? Does it ever get easier? What have you done in that split-second when it's time to go for the lip or turn the cheek?
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It's a lot easier when you're drunk.
Posted on November 29, 2007 11:46 AM
Go for the hug and hold the position. lock eyes and advance forward on the cheek. pause. no reaction? go for the lips. if she reacts, back away.
You can always try the modest approach. Enough ladies are forward enough where if they want to kiss you, they'll do it.
Posted on November 29, 2007 12:06 PM
Take it from me--
Not always. Sometimes you've crossed the line of drunk into sloppy and then it's teeth hitting teeth and noses getting in the way! The upside? You might not remember it.
Posted on November 29, 2007 3:37 PM
Write her a few poems... No, it won't help you move in any quicker but at least you'll make something of it and have something you can keep after you get dumped.
Posted on November 29, 2007 4:12 PM
It is easier when you're drunk, but that's not always the course things take. Then again, they don't call it "liquid courage" for nothin'.
Posted on November 29, 2007 4:27 PM
I guess it depends on how well the date had gone earlier, but better to play it safe and not go the lips... unless she does it first!
Posted on November 30, 2007 12:55 AM
Betty--
True, a drunken kiss is often a sloppy kiss. But if you're both a little tipsy, it won't matter if it's sloppy, and that Chardonnay will melt all your inhibitions away in a blur of spinning rooms and tongue flesh. It's a win-win situation, if you're into that kind of thing.
Posted on November 30, 2007 10:23 AM