What’s with those ‘Page 3′ kisses?

A Kiss Gone Wrong : Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia in a lip lock with Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Just the other day I was watching one of those “Entertainment” gossip show on Tele and got so overstuffed that I had to detoxify myself by watching PoGo for nearly an hour. Now the stuffiness was not because of the filmy bull-shit they usually throw our way but I was actually turned-off by the number “Page 3″ type kisses that were flashing constantly on the screen.

Hopefully most of you out there are well-informed, when I talk about “Page 3″ kisses. You know the ones that leave Person A’s mouth but actually never lands up on the Person B’s cheek. One could also call it a sort of a mix between ‘flying kisses and a ‘close-contact kiss’.

Not to say that this form of a kiss is restricted to the glam-sham world only, surely many of us indulge in such airy-affections in our personal lives too. Be it at social functions, parties and according to me it is the worst during wedding season i.e. months of December and January.

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that we women are subjected to this ridiculous habit much often as compared to the opposite sex. I mean, at a social event a woman is expected to put-on this arty-farty act with other women and also men. Obviously, it’s taken for granted that men do not kiss other men (atleast not in public), a hand-shake or a friendly hug or a light pat on the back is enough.

But for us women it’s a total different story. Just imagine, not only you look stupid (from a third person’s point of view) during the act but you also have to be careful that you don’t ruin your powder-puffed face, which nearly took 2 hours of your beautician’s time and a hell-lot-of money.

Personally speaking, I hate these Page 3 kisses. If I am not too friendly with someone I will definitely not bother going thru the act, just a light hand-shake or a hello and at times, a ‘namaste’ does the trick for me. And for me this goes for both the sexes. Not that I am shy of being intimate in public, for what its worth I wont hesitate from planting a big wet one on a close friend (don’t worry it wont be ugly as the Mika-Sawant kissey episode) but I just can’t be so pally with any and everyone.

My funda is simple; we anyways live most part of lives in a superficial world indulging in superficial deed, all we can do is try to make it least complicated.

So yeah! Cut with the airy-bullshit and be satisfied with a ‘namaste’.

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