OK I'll try to add my little story to this thread. Back around December '04 I heard that a young lady I'd had a crush on years ago had split with her longtime mate. Through mutual friends we'd been asking about each other and finally my best friend just gave her my number a told her "just call him!". She did. We got together as friends and just talked and had dinner together a couple of times and the comfort was just there. After our second get together I tried to kiss her goodnight and she pulled back so I just smacked her on the forehead and said good night. We talked on the phone the next day and she said she was afraid to go there so I said no worries. We're friends and thats fine too. Well, during the course of the next week we exchanged lots of little phone calls and lots of personal things came out. We laughed and seemed to be almost teenlike. The next night we got together, she'd made dinner and asked if I wanted to run by and join her and her son. When I got there she hadn't put on any makeup or anything and said she was sorry for not being fru fru but this was spur of the moment and I'd have to settle. Settle? Why women think it's the makeup and fancy clothes we fall for is beyond me anyway I told her no worries. That night as I was leaving, she followed me out and I was giving a hug and peck departure (or so I thought) Just before I pecked her on the cheek our eyes met and I stopped to enjoy the view, finally our lips met and slowly ever so slowly she returned the kiss. Just as it went from innocent peck to passionate flicker her hand rose up and caressed my cheek... and somewhere in there I lost me. I can't say if it was a 2 minute kiss or a 30 minute kiss. All I know is when it ended I was floating and almost staggering to get in my vehicle. What can I say? In less than a week she had a change of heart about getting into another relationship and I pined like a schoolboy one more time. My best friend couldn't believe I'd been so moved by nothing more than that... hell I can't explain it but if I ever feel it again I sure hope they already know they want to get involved. Just to further relate how bad I got, I went to see Hitch months later. You know a comedy movie, just the thing to lift the spirits... wouldn't you know in the story line of the movie where Eddie Murphy who'd fully explained the meaning of a first kiss finally got his with the object of his affections. When they kissed, she reached up and gently caressed his cheek in much the same way and I had to slide down in my seat to try to keep the kids from seeing the flood of tears. It's gotten lots better but damn whadda freakin' kiss! (I know guys... poor excuse for a card totin' member of the gender)

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