The "Accidental" Kiss

Last night Ryan and I were watching a TV show where a married man gives a single girl a ride home because of a heavy rainstorm. He then decides to walk her to her apartment door to make sure she gets safely inside in this huge rainstorm.

My initial opinion - he didn't have to give her a ride home; there was a bus she could have taken. But I understand not wanting to make her wait for the bus in the rain. But if he wanted to make sure she got into her apartment okay, he should have watched from the car.

So he walks (well, runs - since it's raining so hard) her up to her door. They talk for a moment and then she kisses him. Things get awkward and he leaves.

Scenes like this happen a lot on TV (it's good drama.) But it got Ryan and I thinking about the "accidental" kiss. The kiss where Person 1 kisses Person 2 and it "just happens" and that is Person 2's excuse to their spouse/bf/gf/etc. "He/She just kissed me." "It happened so fast." "I pushed him/her away as soon as it happened." Etc.

Ryan and I decided that we think these excuses are silly. How could you not realize you were in a bad/inappropriate situation to begin with? How could you let someone that is not your significant other get close enough to you to allow such an "accidental" kiss? How could you not see it coming?

So Ryan and I spent the next half hour trying to "accidentally" kiss each other. And I've got to say, it's REALLY difficult to kiss someone if they don't want to be kissed. Even if you try to make it fast and unpredictable. It's so easy to see it coming! (Especially in these fake TV scenarios.)

Side note: I realize we were both had our guard up to block these kisses so it isn't a perfect experiment, but it really showed that all those TV situations are kinda ridiculous.

Ryan did successfully kiss me once, but it was a while after our "experiment" had ended (which I suppose would make it more realistic). But he did trick me! He put on cologne and told me that he smells good. When I went in to smell him, he stole a kiss. But if he hadn't have been my husband, I wouldn't have been trying to smell his cologne. So I feel my argument still stands.

In conclusion: It takes 2 people to kiss and I feel the "accidental" kiss is a myth.

On a completely unrelated note: A fun game to try with your significant other - try to kiss each other with the one getting kissed trying to not get kissed. It's quite fun and amusing!