Are RL&A staffers obsessed with kissing? 
Not really, but for two different clients, we learned some weird but true tidbits about locking lips. According to a national survey conducted for new Murine Earigate Ear Cleansing System, 23 percent of men reported they like to have their ears kissed, while 21 percent of women agree.
Don’t like to have your ears kissed? Well, what about kissing a stranger? According to a Harris survey conducted for Soft Lips, some 40 percent of Americans are uncomfortable when someone they’ve just met tries to kiss them hello or goodbye. But more women than men are kiss adverse to acquaintances – 49 percent of women vs. 30 percent of men. That figures!
And they say Northeasterners are unfriendly?? Not so, according to the same Softlips survey that found us Northeasterners are the most likely to greet very close friends with a kiss (42 percent) compared to those in the South (32 percent), West (29 percent) and Midwest (23 percent).
One last word on kissing: almost half of women (45 percent) and a quarter of men (27 percent) admit to kissing their pets. Maybe this isn’t so weird??