It's not just the kissing! A lot of it is waiting to kiss.

What is this Love stuff? What is this emotional attachment that comes from sexual activety? Why do these things go hand in hand? Why can't we treat people as objects..? Wait, we can't... Because they're people, and anyone who has any human compassion realizes that everyone has feelings and emotions.

And what's the difference between the social norm of sex and what's actually right and wrong? Fifty years ago, husbands and wives slept in separate beds, and now college students get it on with a different person each week. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but where do you draw the line? When is it fun, and when is it something more? Furthermore, how are we suppposed to know? There aren't any rules.

And what's the point of dating? Is it to find a mate and procreate (and rhyme), or is it to experience a wide variety of different people? Part of me says, why date? ...someone will just get hurt in the end. But a bigger part of me says, you won't know anything until you try. Now that may seem like the beginning of an infinite loop, but I figure the more you DO try, the more you know about other people, and more importantly, yourself.

But that brings me back to this emotional attachment. With the said mindset, you are back to treating people like objects. No matter how many people you get involved with, you end up having some kind of connection with them... Unless of course everyone's memory was simultaneously erased, but that won't happen ...yet. It is my thought that the intensity of the relationship has a direct impact on the lasting connection. The longer and more involved you get with the person, the longer it takes to get over it.

But this is all common knowledge... or should be. So I guess people should just have a good time, but still make sure of each other's expectations. Put in whatever you want to have taken out on you... In a good way.