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Aug. 3 2009 - 5:18 pm | 28 views | 0 recommendations | 59 comments

Kissing Iranian Style

By YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN

I know many of us have dates where the guy/girl goes in for the kiss and you turn slightly as to avoid direct lip contact.  They catch a cheek usually, or the corner of the lip. Awkward.  What if your on the giving end?  You think the date has gone well, your preparing yourself for that initial awkward kiss, and then, ohhhhhhhhh, he/she rejects you.  Awkward again…  Almost as awkward as waving back at someone who is in fact not waving at you but the person behind you.  Did I mention this all takes place in the middle of a big party with everybody staring back at you, especially your exes…the ones who have gone on to do great things.

So, here we are talking about kissing and your probably wondering, what does kissing Iranian style mean?  Well, maybe we should all follow Khamenei’s example and give the shoulder.  Picture this, Ahmadinejad goes in for the cheek kiss…he is rebuffed, so…instead of backing away calmly he goes for the shoulder…nice move!!! But, who was wiser?  Was Ahmadinejad going for the shoulder initially or did Khamenei dodge the kiss because he saw it coming…Either way, in front of a room of peers and the world, the awkward situation was handled beautifully…kinda, if only we could all learn from their moves we actually might be in better dating spirits.

Now the question remains is Khamenei distancing himself, or was it a pity shoulder kiss?  I can hear them now…Khamenei “I’ll call you…” Ahmadinejad “But, you don’t have my number.”  Lets think about this…when one avoids a kiss after a long convoluted situation plays out…you are likely distancing yourself.  The factions are moving further apart and we kind of know this because of a kiss. Who says we get USWeekly’s body language expert in on this conversation…Don’t you love romantic stories?

 
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