How to Avoid a Kiss
Divert the kiss., Make up excuses., Tell a white lie., Have a parent or spouse defend you.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Divert the kiss.
Quickly stick out your hand for a handshake or bob down and do a bow or a curtsey instead.
Turn your face away as a kiss comes for you.
Let the person get a head full of hair instead. -
Step 2: Make up excuses.
Say as quickly as you can that it was nice seeing the person but you have to go now and do homework or answer a phone call.
Set your phone to ring so that you can escape and take that call...
Tell the would-be kisser that you need to go to the bathroom, desperately, right now and simply take off as fast as you can. , Say that you feel a cold coming on and you'd really rather that they didn't catch anything if you did happen to be contagious. , Have them take the person aside and gently inform them that you're "a little touchy" or "frightened by" kisses and to please not give you one. -
Step 3: Tell a white lie.
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Step 4: Have a parent or spouse defend you.
Detailed Guide
Quickly stick out your hand for a handshake or bob down and do a bow or a curtsey instead.
Turn your face away as a kiss comes for you.
Let the person get a head full of hair instead.
Say as quickly as you can that it was nice seeing the person but you have to go now and do homework or answer a phone call.
Set your phone to ring so that you can escape and take that call...
Tell the would-be kisser that you need to go to the bathroom, desperately, right now and simply take off as fast as you can. , Say that you feel a cold coming on and you'd really rather that they didn't catch anything if you did happen to be contagious. , Have them take the person aside and gently inform them that you're "a little touchy" or "frightened by" kisses and to please not give you one.
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Judy White
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