# Kiss with your eyes open or closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237 "2005-08-30T12:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/21 "2005-08-30T20:19:16Z")
Closed. I guess to keep the woman’s hair out of my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/22 "2005-08-30T20:21:32Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Usually closed. Sometimes I like to peek, and sometimes I have to (hey, if you’re kssing at a red light…) Oh! You’re one of those! I’m going to rear-end your ass. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/23 "2005-08-30T20:29:29Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh! You’re one of those! [slight hijack] This weekend, I was driving with a friend and another friend’s 15-year-old son. The couple in the car in front of us were playing kissyface all the way down the interstate, and eventually the driver ended up swerving rather dangerously (and we could be quite certain there was no … ahem … roadside service going on). My friend’s son, master of the obvious, shouts out “Your love will _kill us all!!!_” It was really funny, at the time. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/24 "2005-08-31T00:06:50Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > [slight hijack] > This weekend, I was driving with a friend and another friend’s 15-year-old son. The couple in the car in front of us were playing kissyface all the way down the interstate, and eventually the driver ended up swerving rather dangerously (and we could be quite certain there was no … ahem … roadside service going on). My friend’s son, master of the obvious, shouts out “Your love will _kill us all!!!_” > > It was really funny, at the time. > [/hijack] OMG that story is a sodanose story! Classic line! I’m gonna try and use it often! ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/25 "2005-08-31T00:17:55Z")
Why do I wanna see someone’s ear close-up? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/26 "2005-08-31T01:48:20Z")
Most of the time, closed; but there’s something very sexy and intimate about looking in one another’s eyes while kissing. So sometimes we do it that way, too. Also, our “good morning” kiss tends to be quick (morning breath, dontchaknow?) and eyes open. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/27 "2005-08-31T01:54:28Z")
Sometimes one. Sometimes t’other. I just get caught up in her eyes sometimes and can’t stand not looking at her. Yes I am a complete and utter lovestruck geek. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/28 "2005-08-31T08:08:01Z")
Exactly what Snowboarder Bo said… ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/29 "2005-08-31T17:45:19Z")
When I first started dating my SO, I couldn’t dream of kissing with my eyes open. I was too nervous and uptight, but it seemed to bother him. Neither of us has any self esteem, and he worried that I might be kissing him, but thinking of someone else. So one night I was brave and opened my eyes and realized that looking into his eyes was much more romantic. Now it’s mostly open, but sometimes closed. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/30 "2005-08-31T17:52:29Z")
Women I am not related to - closed. others - opened ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/31 "2005-08-31T17:55:13Z")
Mostly closed, because that way I really _feel_ it and can get totally lost in the kiss. You know, having the whole world disappear around me… But I have to peek sometimes, just to check that he’s doing the same. And because he’s so damn cute I can’t stand going too long without looking at him. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/32 "2005-08-31T19:18:55Z")
Usually open…especially if it’s during sex. Try it next time for a change if you close your eyes. It makes the whole experience more intense. Now if I’m kissing my Mother, I usually close my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Sensibility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sensibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensibility)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/33 "2005-08-31T20:30:27Z")
Closed - if Im blown away by him ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/34 "2005-09-01T23:49:16Z")
Closed - usually. Sometimes open. ---
**Author:** ![MaceMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@MaceMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaceMan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/35 "2005-09-02T04:07:55Z")
I never had the nerve to post this question, but I’m glad someone else did! I really like to keep my eyes open the whole time I’m kissing, but I sometimes force myself to close them, because it might freak my partner out when when my eyes roll up and only the whites are showing. (and yes, I did get a comment about this once.) I think it’s nice to kiss someone whose eyes are closed, but I personally don’t like the way it feels when _I_ do it. How many people are bothered when their partner keeps his or her eyes open? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/36 "2005-09-02T04:10:43Z")
Closed. But every once in a while, I’ll open them just to see what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/37 "2005-09-02T11:56:02Z")
This reminds me of a stupid joke I heard a long time ago. College boy (to parent): I think my roommate is gay. Parent: Why do you think that? College boy: He closes his eyes when he kisses me good-night. Rim-shot. ---
**Author:** ![PinkNailFile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@PinkNailFile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkNailFile)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237/38 "2005-09-02T15:11:42Z")
> [@MaceMan](#): > > \How many people are bothered when their partner keeps his or her eyes open? Ewwww. I had one person do that with me, and I couldn’t do anything without thinking “is he looking at me? eww.” It’s not anything personal against your partner. I just don’t like being looked at that close up. I, personally, always kiss with my eyes closed. Open is just too creepy for words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-with-your-eyes-open-or-closed/319237.md?page=1)