Nearly five years ago, an article in the Stir about singer Harry Connick Jr. giving his then-8-year-old daughter a kiss urged parents to stop smooching their kids lip-to-lip. Today, the debate still ...

This never happened before in all the years we’ve known each other. I don’t like it. His lips are cold and slimy.

DEAR ABBY: I have a brother-in-law who, when he gives a hello or goodbye hug, wants to give a kiss on the lips. My wife doesn’t want the kiss and turns her head away. He then proceeds to kiss her on ...

This morning, my friend Maya was telling me that she's "reaching a point" with a guy that she's been dating. "It's getting awkward," she told me. "At what point in the dating process do you kiss ...