# kissing **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 7, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing/186702 "2003-07-07T04:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![travebar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@travebar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/travebar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing/186702/1 "2003-07-07T04:03:10Z")
OK…I kiss alot…I love kissing soooo…who invented kissing,if indeed,you can say it was invented… who gave the first kiss to whom.? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing/186702/2 "2003-07-07T10:09:55Z")
This is all half-remembered stuff pieced together from several psych classes and they are all theories, so take them with a grain of salt. -There’s a theory that kissing started when mothers would chew food then give it to their toddlers like birds. This is a type of closeness shared with family and one could make a Freudian agrument. -Kissing puts two people together very closely. Scents and saliva (read pheromones) are exchanged. This requires love and increases feelings of trust. -Beyond all that, it just feels good. To quote Rodgers and Hammerstein: Who can explain it?/ Who can tell you why?/ Foolish men question./ Wise men never try. Go forth and snog and welcome to the boards! ---
**Author:** ![parlo\_americano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@parlo\_americano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parlo_americano)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing/186702/3 "2003-07-07T10:29:52Z")
Is kissing present in every culture? I remember hearing the Inuit rubbed noses because the women used their mouths as a tool to soften whale blubber. Umm I don’t know why I know that so let me know if that is false.