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mahesh pherwani's avatar

Two things, in life, are REALLY REALLY difficult :

* Going up a ladder, which is leaning towards you;

* Kissing a girl, who is leaning away from you.

🧘🏻‍♀️🌌

Adam Nathan's avatar

hahahahaha. yes. perfect. 🙏

Kimberly Warner's avatar

Sweet Jesus. You could turn this essay into a mini-series. One botched kiss per episode. And then of course, you could save your heroic hijacked plane rescue for the finale.

My very first kiss was horrible. 7th grade, under a streetlight, boyfriend’s skateboard tucked under his arm. I was still studying Brady Bunch at that age so Bobby’s fireworks kiss was my barre. But we were both so nervous that it was all teeth. Clonk clonk, what the…? Why so many teeth? When I got home I buried my head in mom’s lap and wept, concluding that no fireworks meant I must be asexual.

Adam Nathan's avatar

The Brady Bunch made our entire generation feel miserable and inadequate.

I have a hunch everything worked out just fine for you. I'm sure at some point there were kisses that would be the envy of Marcia's high school.

Ruth garrison's avatar

We can laugh now about the danger of braces !

Adam Nathan's avatar

Braces would have been the end of me. There were urban legends about getting braces locked together. Please see Kimberly Warner's first kiss above.

<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

What a tumble!

Julie Gabrielli's avatar

I love the tumble of this. Perfect match for the anxious arousal of the moment. Always enjoy your images. I think my debt is in the triple digits from laughing so many times. 😂

Adam Nathan's avatar

Laughter to keep from crying. :-)

Kenneth Mills's avatar

Raucous capture of the thoughts leading up to . . .!

Adam Nathan's avatar

up to... the big event next week. Well, not THAT big event.

Chloe Hope's avatar

I owe you $72?!