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>the global ethnographic evidence suggests that [kissing] is common in only 46% (77) of the cultures sampled

Now this is interesting. I live in the US where kissing is a big part of the culture, but I've never personally liked it. I like women and romance, I enjoy sex obviously, but I never "got" kissing. Ever since my first kiss at ~15 years old, I always assumed something was wrong with me.

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From a topological view, kissing creates one long tube with two arseholes at either ends.

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I have to say that that is exactly my preferred topological arrangement of those components.

The only way something could be wrong with you about that is if it in some way caused you distress. Not sharing a particular kink is perfectly normal - most people don't have most of them.

With you 100%

I chalked it up to growing up in a household where intimacy wasn't on display at all, there was barely ever any hugging even. My parents kept all displays of physical affection behind closed doors.

Sex is fun, but all the other stuff feels completely awkward and unnatural to me.

Were you raised in an environment where adults kissed often?

Hugging is actually something that is very natural and has a lot of measurable physiological and downright physical benefits.

That said I happen to know a person who finds all hugging awkward, and he basically told the same story as you - no hugging in his family.

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