As I watched Jeff Bridges accept the Golden Globe for best actor for the movie Crazy Heart, I could not help but notice the peck on the lips he gave to his wife, followed by another to presenter Kate Winslet. I don’t think I could describe the look of surprise on my face.
Since I came to the US I have found that most people around me are not 100% comfortable with a peck on the cheek as a daily greeting to someone they see every day (as it is the case in my home country), but seem to be relatively unfazed by the act of kissing babies on the lips (which I find unusual, at best, to this day). I can’t say I have personally witnessed good friends kissing on the lips, but I have seen it in so many shows (eg. Beverly Hills 90210 when Andrea left town for good) and movies (and now award shows) that I’m really starting to wonder what’s up with this lip-kissing subculture.
Do you know what I’m talking about? Is this normal now?
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