Do you prefer a kiss on the lips or the cheek after a first date?

[coachTanthony]

lips

cheek

Keep your lips to yourself

[Rei13]

I haven’t been on a first date for almost two years but if a guy went for a kiss it was a turnoff. Keep those lips to yourself especially if it was the first time we met, just give me a friendly hug instead and if we continued that was saved for later. My current partner is the exception, we hung out together 4-5 days a week for three plus months and then went to an amusement park together. It wasn’t even actually a date but we ended up kissing afterwards. So technically unplanned first date and did an official first date after we got into a relationship. Everyone else took longer 😂

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

If I like him - lips.

If not - cheek.

[OlderAndWiser]

At the end of a first date, a girl might feel obligated to give a guy a goodnight kiss, but she really doesn't want to kiss him so, as a comrpr omise, she allows him to kiss her on the cheek. Or maybe she just moves slowly, as a kiss on the cheek should be seen as an encouraging sign. I never know how to interpret a kiss on the cheek.

If a girl kisses me on the lips, that means she WANTED a kiss on the lips and there is nothing ambiguous about this! And a girl who kisses on the lips on a first date is more likely to be physically affectionate sooner on the subsequent dates.

[AviatorTom]

A guess on the cheek is for friends. A date is more than friends, even if it's only the first one, so kiss the lips... or don't kiss at all.

Whenever the first date went well, I always kissed her on the lips, to let her know that I was interested in more than being her friend.

[YesterdaysChild]

How is a date more than friends when you may have never met them before, say like you met them on a dating site? Would she, or you, still kiss if you had a lousy time on the date? Sounds strange to kiss and then go home and block them. Are kisses nothing special anymore? When I was dating - many moons ago - we didn't kiss until we had dated for at least a couple of dates. Well, at least I didn't.

[Avicenna]

Lips is preferable. And you can usually tell she wants one from her body language.

[TheorionMage]

Because the ORIGIN of a lips kiss is in effect culturally symbolically saying "I would deny myself nourishment to preserve YOUR continuance"... it is the first undeniable symbolic approval.

In Nature parental heredity motivates both pair bonding and juvenile feeding perpetuance. You are in effect, saying: I find your company worthwhile ENOUGH to contribute to your continuance in MY world, ... even by MY OWN resources/efforts.

Later, subsequent 'french' tactile tongue kissing mimics the passage of pre-chewed sustenance. His/her participation in this irrevocable affirms their 'buying-into' this privileged relationship. (Ever play: 'Pass the ice cube'?)

'Fellatio' further irrevocably intimately affirms your partner WILLINGLY WANTS your genetic essence (YOUR protein DNA ) WITHIN them, to nourish them ... even if NOT to 'impregnate' them. Your ESSENCE literally BECOMES part of their being!
'Cunnilingus' on the other hand, 'wakens' the female genitals to the reading potential for eventual pairing to penetrative genetic DNA transfer. ~

[TheorionMage]

If I ONLY merit a cheek kiss, I'd just as soon you just shake my hand...

[YesterdaysChild]

I won't kiss on the first date unless we click, and I really feel a connection. I will hug instead. In my opinion you just lessen the value of a kiss by kissing every date you go on and it becomes less special - in fact it can be mundane. However, to those who have sex on the first date it probably means, "Ok, the preliminary is over. Let's get down to the nitty gritty!"

[NathanDavis]

a kiss on the cheek are just a thing, at least down here... they're a given and almost by default, lol

so, an actual kiss would be a better sign for anything looking forward

but then it does depend in the person and the experience as well... some girls just prefer to wait for any of that, even when they're very much into you...

both and more, are fine with me really...

[BullShark]

I guess it really depends on the person at the end of the day, how close we are and how well the date went. Again, I know that this is a first date, but that doesn't necessarily mean this is the first time you guys are spending time together, only this time, moreso as a couple. Eitherway, I digress.

If I'm really attracted to her and vice versa, and we had a great time together, I wouldn't mind pulling her in for an embrace and maybe a peck on cheek or even the lips, whatever suits the moment (because you don't want to go all in sucking their mouth off this early on). If the date was alright, but her body language tells me she wasn't really all that into me and was usually on her phone most of the time, I'd simply tell her that I had fun, see her off and be on my way.

[WindAtMyBack]

When I was young, I considered a kiss on the lips as normal and expected. Last summer I got a kiss on the cheek for the first time. It surprised me how enticing it was. It was someone I had been pursuing very casually for while. The cheek kiss let me know she was starting to warm up to me.

[FriendlyCanadianGuy]

Depends on the date.

On my first date with my current girlfriend, it was a quick coffee and we only had an hour to get to know each other. I walked her to her car and gave her a big hug (not aggressivly either lol don't be creepy) and told her you are so awesome, we have to get together again sometime soon. A kiss would have not fit the vibe.

With past first dates, if there were drinks involved and we're having a good time, she's laughing and you give you the look, then hell ya first date kiss is fine

[RavVid]

On the cheek it is a social kiss, so it is often perfunctionary and means as much.

The merest peck on the lips means more, so that is what I'd hope for.

Not even a cheek kiss is lesser farewell than you would get from a girlfriend's girl friend. So I think that means don't even text me you enjoyed the evening bullshit cause I never want to see your face again.

[HawkPerception]

It's whatever they're comfortable with. Can't force anything. If I had a good time and enjoyed their company, I might ask if I could kiss them. Yes... ask... not just lean in and hope for the best 😂

[Screenwriter]

Cheek is ALWAYS appropriate. A PECK on the lips after a good first date is OK. But, it's a bit forward to do anything more than that with someone you barely know.

A handshake would even be OK until you're fully comfortable with someone new. I say, take it SLOW. One date is NOT enough. No matter how well it went!

[Daniela1982]

A kiss on the lips from someone I don't really know? Ewwww! Cooties!

[Nikki1989]

The lips. The cheek kiss is something grandmas do.

[Bklynbadboy12]

I agree!

[Orangekiss]

What would Biden do? Cheek or lips?

[Djaay]

Orangekiss... that depends if the child is under 10 or under 8 .

[Orangekiss]

@Djaay 😅🤣😆

[smne35]

Really it depends on how the date went, if it was on a hey this is my girl forever kiss on the lipsî if it was, yikes is it over is it over constantly, out of not being rude, hello cheek good bye bad date, as a parting of ways

[Sirenboobzilla]

I'm European. Cheek kisses are effectively like a handshake. Cheek kissed are fine towards the end IF it was a good date

[Altheavas]

It depends on the chemistry we share, I wouldn’t mind no kiss at all either.

[molonski2]

Assuming it went well , extremely passionate , if not so well , just a wave , " nice to meet you " .

[Lisia]

On the cheek is okay but I'd rather have them keep their lips to themselves.

[Anonymous]

For a first date it is a complete no no, unless you start dating from an already well established friendship and the romantic tension have been there already for a while.

But for dating a new person I would definitely wait at least until the third date... and the third date went really really well. Maybe at that point a kiss could be appropriate... but I don't know if I would go for the cheek or lips... maybe test the waters with cheek and next date go for the lips.