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Mike Wittmann's avatar

Thank you, Ruth, for reminding me of some precious memories. I never went away to camps, but hanging in the neighborhood on the south side of Chicago presented me with many opportunities for a "first kiss". Her name was Cindy and I knew her "from around". I think she was probably more interested in me, than I her. We spent a few nights in groups talking about all sorts of things and eventually kissed. It was sweet and gentle. But for me it produced no real emotion or attachment. No relationship followed.

Several months later a girl who I had known throughout grammar school that was a year younger than me from my sister's class and I met up in the church's teen club. We ended up spending some time doing projects together on the church grounds. Shortly after this Mary invited me over to her house and down in their basement / family room, I received the first passionate kiss of my life. We started dating and went to a couple high school dances and such together. The kisses remained passionate, but our relationship fizzled out as teen "romances" tend to do. We do correspond on Facebook from time to time. She lives out of state and works in the medical field.

Allow me to relate one more kiss story. It occurred when I was 23. I had been dating Therese for a couple months and one night the kisses changed dramatically. Suddenly it was the passion of Mary's with the close feeling of someone I cared for. But the part that was "interesting" was that as we kissed goodnight, she curled her leg up, the "foot pop" of all those 60s romantic comedies with Doris Day or another one of actresses of that time frame. We both laughed about it afterwards as it was spontaneous, but it never just happened again. Our relationship grew deeper, then unexplainably she broke-up with me the day after Christmas with the old "it's not you it's me" thing.

Thanks again for the "Musings" and allowing me to reminisce on some special and distance memories. Your writing is quite special, it opens up the heart and the soul to times and people of our past.

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Robyn Cornofsiky's avatar

Aw! I love this one! Made me feel all the feels...sigh...

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