| Sleeping Beauty knew the power of a kiss. | | | | places. |
| Fated to sleep for a hundred years, she was | | | | |
| awoken from her trance by her Prince's lips, | | | | As Alex Comfort, in The Joy of Sex, writes: |
| and everyone lived happily ever after. | | | | "If you haven't at least kissed her mouth, |
| | | | shoulders, neck, breasts, armpits, fingers, |
| Kissing, snogging, smooching, is an integral | | | | palms, toes…you haven't really kissed |
| part of fairytale mythology, romantic novels | | | | her." |
| and famous films. Who can forget Humphrey | | | | |
| Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the dying | | | | The way we kiss - like the way we make love - |
| moments of Casablanca? | | | | can, over time, become habitual. And with |
| | | | habit, our sensations gradually shut down. So |
| But in Western sex-obsessed society, kissing | | | | the answer is to shake things up a bit. |
| is overlooked as an end in itself. Be honest. | | | | |
| When did you last enjoy a really passionate | | | | "Be inventive," Olivia St. Claire urges in |
| pash? | | | | 203 Ways to Drive a Man in Bed. "Use your |
| | | | lips, your tongue, your teeth. Press hard. |
| "Many people, particularly if they're in a | | | | Brush softly. Suck, lick, and bite. Linger |
| long-term relationship, often skip the | | | | lovingly, press passionately. And respond |
| kissing stage when they begin to make love," | | | | sensitively to his lip manoeuvres. This is |
| says Susan Quilliam, author of Women On Sex. | | | | not a solo tune but a lovely, harmonious |
| "But it's such a shame-kissing is one of the | | | | duet." |
| sexiest, most exciting and intimate things a | | | | |
| couple can do." | | | | When we kiss a lover for the first time our |
| | | | knees go weak and wobbly. It's a wonderful |
| The deep tongue kiss can be a second | | | | feeling and it's worth repeating. So |
| penetration, while a light kiss or a brush | | | | rediscover the kiss, and explore the erotic |
| with your lip across a partner's neck, | | | | potential of your lips. |
| shoulders or back can spark a rush of erotic | | | | |
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