How to Be Kissable
By Kristin Kloberdanz

Most people worry about initiating The Kiss rather than receiving it. But, if you want kissing to be in your life, you have to make yourself irresistibly attractive. Here are some tips on how to be kissable:

Fresh breath: Banish coffee breath by carrying breath mints and gum with you at all times. Brush your teeth often, floss and gargle -- you don't ever want someone to pass up an opportunity to kiss you because your mouth smells like a sewer.

Well-groomed lips: Keep your lips at an appropriate moisture level. You don't want them dry and cracked, nor do you want them to be slick with Chapstick. Drink lots of water and use a minimum amount of moisturizer to keep them performance ready.

Develop a come-hither look: Maintain eye contact with the person you want to kiss you and listen to them intently.

Become orally fixated: Make him or her notice your lips. Nibble on them, eat a juicy peach seductively, delicately suck on the tip of a pen. You want to drive your potential kisser into a frenzy.



How Romantic Are You?
HEARTS AND FLOWERS
You are the uber-romantic. To you the world is one big Harlequin novel -- or it should be. You love, love, love all the romantic accoutrements: flowers, candy, moonlit dances, poetry and more. Not for you is the notion that once a couple settles in, it's okay if their life together becomes routine. Rather, your view is that lovers should always aim to keep a "snap, crackle and pop" in their relationship.

This is wonderful in the sense that you will never take a man for granted. You will always wear sexy undies to bed, plan special surprises for his birthday and harbor a yen for intimate conversations by candlelight.

This is not so wonderful in the sense that you have a tendency toward idealizing love. Remember that you really need to get to know a person before you proclaim to him, and the world, that the two of you are soul mates. And once you're a unit, don't expect your partner to always be in the mood to put on a "show" for you (with candies, presents, etc.) He is not Super Romantic Man (sorry, but no man is -- except, occasionally, on the Hollywood big screen). Sometimes he just wants to watch TV, grab fast food (versus a gourmet meal) or chill by himself in the den. This doesn't say anything bad about you or your relationship. It's a statement that he feels comfortable enough in the relationship to be himself. Now isn't that romantic?