# Do you kiss to the right or left? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104 "2005-08-29T15:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/1 "2005-08-29T15:14:02Z")
That’s pretty much it. Do you tilt right or left? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/2 "2005-08-29T15:15:46Z")
Right. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/3 "2005-08-29T15:16:41Z")
Neither. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/4 "2005-08-29T15:16:47Z")
Never thought about it before, but the left. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/5 "2005-08-29T15:29:33Z")
It all depends on what I’m kissing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/6 "2005-08-29T15:30:24Z")
To the right… that doesn’t make me a Republican, does it? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/7 "2005-08-29T15:34:18Z")
To the right. And I think it has to do with being right-handed, as we both do. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/8 "2005-08-29T15:42:52Z")
With my SO, both. First one way and then the other, and… Um, I’ll be in my bunk. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/9 "2005-08-29T16:01:54Z")
Right. I think it has something to do with handedness. I had a lefty ex who went left, and then we’d bash noses. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/10 "2005-08-29T16:04:11Z")
Right, but my wife has a very tiny nose, so just as often we kiss straight on. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/11 "2005-08-29T16:07:41Z")
I have a right side bias, but I also enjoy variety, so I have all possible angles in my repertoire. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/12 "2005-08-29T17:27:21Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > To the right. And I think it has to do with being right-handed, as we both do. > > Thoughts? Hm, doesn’t work that way for me. I’m a lefty, but I kiss right. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/13 "2005-08-29T17:52:35Z")
To the right I think, it’s been a while. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/14 "2005-08-29T18:18:09Z")
In France cheek kissing a normal greeting and it tends to be right cheek to right cheek first, Italy was left to left as I discovered in an embarassing almost lip touching incident. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/15 "2005-08-29T18:34:23Z")
I guess I don’t tend to “lead” when kissing, because when I think about my kissing history, I typically kiss in whatever fashion suits the position of the person who is kissing me. If I were initiating the kiss, I think I’d tilt left. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/16 "2005-08-29T18:50:30Z")
Hmmm…right. ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/17 "2005-08-29T18:58:36Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > I have a right side bias, but I also enjoy variety, so I have all possible angles in my repertoire. Ditto… probably 2/3 right and 1/3 left for me. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/18 "2005-08-29T19:10:33Z")
> [@KKBattousai](#): > > Hm, doesn’t work that way for me. I’m a lefty, but I kiss right. Same here ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/19 "2005-08-29T19:12:25Z")
Most often to the right. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104/20 "2005-08-29T19:52:08Z")
Sorry, I should have explained that I was looking for what your tendency is. My inclination is to tilt right but I’ll switch angles in the course of kissing someone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-to-the-right-or-left/319104.md?page=2)