My girlfriend’s boyfriend kisses like a dog, she tells me. I mean, really like a dog, drooling and slobbering. He is nice, a gentleman in ever way, good to her friends (me, among others) clean, neat…but kisses badly.
How do you tell them without hurting their feelings?
Draw back, laughing, from the kiss, and say, “Who’s a good doggy? WHO’S A GOOD DOGGY!”
Daniel
There’s no way to guarantee that feelings won’t be hurt. Your friend has a choice-give him “Making out for Dummies” or continue to get it on with Rin Tin Tin.
No need to worry. Sadly, it can’t last.
It’s all about the kiss. 
I needed that laugh, thanks.
That’s where it is. Oh, yeah.
She could “tell” him just like she would tell a dog: praise the good stuff and ignore the bad. Nobody kisses exactly the same way every time, and when she notices that he is less slobbery (I assume that is what you mean, and not that he just sits there and licks her), she should pull away and say, “Wow, honey, I love it when you kiss me like that” and go back for more .
Other than that, I know how frusturating it can be when your kissing styles don’t match up. I once stopped seeing a guy after a few dates just because he kissed in a way I could only describe as girly: soft and gentle and sloooow. I’m pretty agressive sexually, and I want somebody who I won’t crush.
Gotta train them, I think. I remember (fondly) getting some instruction on the topic. Granted, it may just be a case of fundamentally incompatible styles if she likes light, sensuous stimulation on the lips and he likes to perform full uvula examinations with the tongue.
I don’t think you have any idea how truly funny this is. Now my coworkers are all wondering why I’m giggling.
SusanStoHelit, thanks for the advice, that sounds like a good idea. You wonder how he reached this age, though, without anyone telling him “You kiss like a dog”. And no, he doesn’t just sit there and lick her, either ( 
)…the kisses are just *too * wet.
I agree with SusanStoHelit, but I would be a bit more direct. Provide details about what exactly she liked about the better kiss, e.g. “That was a great kiss! Not too much saliva, just the right amount of pressure. I personally don’t like a lot of saliva, so that was perfect. Let’s do that some more!” Make it clear what he can do to get a really positive reaction. Everyone likes to get a positive reaction from the person they’re kissing.
My ex was a bad kisser. He’d kiss me, and then kind of jerk away at the end. I really hated it, and I told him, nicely, and he never changed. So I dumped him. Life’s too short for bad kissing.
ME
You need to show him what a good kiss is, and how it works. Sit him down, then kiss his girlfriend. Do it again. Show him what to do: how hard, how soft, how much tongue, when to touch her…you know, that sort of thing. That way he will know. I’m sure he will pay close attention to this lesson, and thank you both profusely.
Well, for some reason, this surprised me. I should have seent it coming.
I’m afraid I’m not attracted to her. But I’m sure he’d pay attention!
I can tell you from experience that just telling him he’s not a good kisser without providing any details is the wrong way to go.
Two words:
Shock collar.
She should make a game of it. Challenge him to kiss her in as many different ways as possible. From faint brushes to ‘dog slobbery’. Then when she reacts to the kind of kisses she likes, he’ll figure it out.
I’m not some fancypants kisser or anything, but I dated a gal in High School who kissed just this way. I literally had mouthfuls of spit to deal with, and no matter how hot you feel your lover is, at some point when kissing, you are deeply disgusted by their saliva. If it appears in…volume.
It did not last, but not solely because of that. It wasn’t meant to last. Still, I am grateful that she was my only high-moisture kisser.
A truly great kisser is so rare a find, and I admire one who can kiss with the panoply of emotions, feelings, contact and sensation that I like to.
-sigh-
Cartooniverse
Are there really people out there who kiss only one way? There are so many wonderful ways to kiss another human being, I can’t imagine having just one style! In fact, one of the things I really like about the guy I’m seeing is that we do lots of different kinds of kissing: from barely-brushing to tonsillectomy, and everything in between. I love the ways we kiss.
I usually say “AUGH! George-you-are-the-WORST-kisser-Dammit!” But, George is a parrot. He just makes a high-fidelity kissing sound and beans me in the face with some random part of his head. I love him, but I cannot teach him to at least make sure he doesn’t use the pointy party of his skull.
I’m in the den laughing as quietly as I can at this…my soon to be ex just came out because she thought I was crying–she’s so tender. I gotta say this is the best thing I could have read today. Anaamika unwisely posted her photo in another thread and I must say, were I into that particular fantasy, she is definitely someone I’d like to see playing the part. Huge marks for silenus.