SMOOCH ME, BABY!
What could be more fitting for romance than to talk about osculating? For those who aren’t sure what the word means, let me give it to you in layman’s terms:
~ Osculate ~
Encarta Dictionary: to kiss somebody
Your dictionary.com: to touch closely
RhymeZone: to touch with the lips or press your lips against someone’s mouth or other body part.
I don’t know about you, but I like RhymeZone’s definition.
Some little known facts about kissing:
* A kiss triggers a cascade of neural messages and chemicals that transmit tactile sensations, sexual excitement, feelings of closeness, and even euphoria.
* Kissing may have evolved from a primate mother’s practice of chewing food for her young before feeding them mouth-to-mouth.
* Some scientists theorize that kissing is crucial to the evolutionary process of mate selection.
* Lips may have evolved first for food and later applied themselves to speech. (Hmm, who would’ve thought?)
* Scientists believe kissing can become addictive
* Five cranial nerves that affect cerebral function are at work when you kiss, shuttling messages from our lips, tongue, cheeks and nose
* Kissing unleashes a cocktail of chemicals that govern human stress, motivation, social bonding and sexual stimulation.
* Kissing boosts pulse and blood pressure; pupils dilate, breathing deepens and rational thought retreats.
Did you ever think kissing could be powerful enough to do all that? More recent studies show that 59% of men and 66% of women admit there were times when they were attracted to someone until they kissed them. “Bad” kisses did not factor into the equation, but rather those participating in the study indicated they just didn’t “feel right” about the kiss. In fact, the relationships ended abruptly after the lip-lock. Boy, talk about the kiss of death.
Kissing, it turns out, unleashes chemicals that ease stress hormones in both sexes and encourages bonding between people. Both men and women had a decline in cortisol (a chemical associated with stress) after 15 minutes of kissing.
Men tend to think of kissing as a prelude to copulation (you could have knocked me over with a feather) and also prefer “sloppy” kisses. In other words, they get off on exchanging saliva to transmit testosterone, thereby increasing the sex drive in both partners. Sneaky little devils.
Overall, the science of kissing ““ philematology ““ is still vastly under researched, but scientists are making great strides in this regard. And all along we thought we were just making contact with our mouths.
Happy kissing!
And . . . happy reading! Here’s a list of Keta’s books that are currently available. I’d be honored if you’d check them out:
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Boys of the Bite, Vampire Gay Fiction, Ravenous Romance, http://tinyurl.com/mb9d9d
Carnal Cravings, Gay Fiction, Dark Roast Press, http://tinyurl.com
Crossroads, Gay Fiction, Phaze Publishing http://tinyurl.com/d2karl, Crossroads, Amazon kindle: http://tinyurl.com/yaagpgb
Crossroads Revisited, Gay Fiction, Phaze Publishing, http://tinyurl.com/yh4r9q4, Crossroads Revisited, Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/ya92bqu
Crossroads: Showdown, Gay Fiction, Phaze Publishing,
http://tinyurl.com/y8lqg93
Decadent Deceptions, a 2008 Molly Contest finalist, Noble Romance, erotic romance historical, http://tinyurl.com/yfcfwpk, Decadent Deceptions Amazon Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/yzp42u9
Dust and Moonlight, One Romance E-books, erotic fantasy, http://tiny.cc/d2BTN
Land of Falling Stars, Ravenous Romance, erotic romance historical, http://tinyurl.com/bvoqbt, Land of Falling Stars (print, Amazon, http://tinyurl.com/yl5lwfq
Spank Me Twice, Multi-genre anthology, Noble Romance,
http://tinyurl.com/p7qff4
The Sin Eater’s Prince, male/male/vampire, Ravenous Romance): http://tinyurl.com/ydrx6of
Valentine’s Vindication, Gay Fiction, Noble Romance, http://tinyurl.com/ykh6rhw
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL COFFEE TIME MEMBERS! Hugs, Keta
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