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Why doesn't my boyfriend kiss me enough, can there be something wrong?

Asked by pami16 (152points) May 6th, 2016

I feel as if my boyfriend does not like kissing or something we have been together for two years, he has always been like this, at the beginning we kissed a little more, not a big difference from now, we kiss when he comes and picks me up nothing special really, I just don’t understand not even during sex, can there be something wrong? , It does not seem to bother him, but it bothers me a little.

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XOIIO's avatar

Why not ask him? We don’t know you, we don’t know him, you can’t provide enough detail or context on a two year relationship in text form, so why not just ask him? Talk to him about it and tell him how you feel, that’s the only way you can make a relationship work.

NerdyKeith's avatar

You’ll need to talk to him about it. Some people just don’t like being too affectionate

stanleybmanly's avatar

Some people put a lot more emphasis on kissing than others. Try to adjust. Perhaps you can “train”, make that, “teach” him.

Cruiser's avatar

Try a Tic Tac or tongue scraper to mitigate halotosis and kiss all night long

Kardamom's avatar

You’re going to have to ask him.

It could be all sorts of reasons. Maybe he was never kissed well and thinks it’s boring or icky. Maybe he was abused by someone. Maybe you aren’t the best kisser (but I doubt that, that’s a long shot). Maybe you do have bad breath (do you have good dental hygiene? Do you possibly have some underlying physical problem with your mouth or tummy that you are unaware of?). He could be afraid of or uninterested in complete intimacy.

And last, but not least, he might just not be that “into” kissing. If that is the case, you’re going to have to ask yourself if you can be happy with his lesser interest in kissing (I wouldn’t be) or you might have to ask him, and help him to change and become a good and more frequent kisser (this can be done simply by your asking and his willingness, but it might take some couples therapy if he seems uneasy with it).

Best of luck to you : )

CWOTUS's avatar

I have to wonder: “Why are you just now asking about this?” Two years? And it only now has occurred to you to wonder?

Look, I love kissing. I like ‘actual sex’ a lot, too, so don’t get me wrong. I can neck and canoodle for hours and enjoy every minute of it. The sometimes-teasing course that it can take – and for so long, when the partners both enjoy it for itself and not as a prelude to anything else! – and the way that it can be used for hours (or days, even weeks) to build to terrific sex – it’s great.

But it’s not the kind of thing that I would ask about—two years into the relationship. If my partner in a new relationship doesn’t like kissing, then the relationship has a huge strike against it. (I had a relationship of several years with a woman who was physically and emotionally incapable of having intercourse, and I was fine with the intimacy that we had, even so. She was a great kisser, and liked it as much as I did.) I might not come right out and ask whether she didn’t like kissing in general, or my kissing in particular, but one way or another I would resolve that – or accept that “she doesn’t like that”, and make plans accordingly (mostly, to look for a new girlfriend).

But this is the kind of thing that you find out about early, and talk about at the time, or adjust your expectations and work on the other aspects of the relationship that make it worthwhile to you. You don’t wait, and then two years into the relationship wonder out loud, “Hey, y’know, I’ve been wondering …”

But better late than never.

Don’t drop hints to him about how much you like kissing. Don’t sigh at romantic comedies when the hero gives the heroine a three-minute liplock. Don’t cast wistful glances at young lovers lying face-to-face in the grass in public parks this summer, oblivious to the world around them, and expect your boyfriend to pick up on your unstated intention.

Ask him. Or dump him. Don’t ask us. But do ask a close girlfriend to check your breath and give you honest feedback. Fix that if it’s a problem. Talk to the boy!

If he needs lessons, I don’t mind demonstrating with you while he watches.

rojo's avatar

No, not really. Some people enjoy it more than others. If it bothers you, or if you think there may be some other underlying reason then, as others have said, ask him. If it is something you can deal with, then don’t let it affect your relationship.
I have known women who kissed but there was little affection in it. It was just going through the motions and that is no fun so if they didn’t want to then that was fine with me.

chelle21689's avatar

I think it happens to a lot of couples. Bf and I used to make out a lot when we first started dating and dwindled down to just skipping over to everything else. We just so pecks now. I kind of long for the intimate kisses once in a while but for some reason he doesn’t _.

My ex and I used to kiss a lot in the beginning and it evolved to be less and less but we still had the occasional French kisses just not as often.

pami16's avatar

@CWOTUS ,Ok so I’m going to be real honest and straightforward at the beggining I would give him oral sex and it was so great the kisses the sex the foreplay was great,then from mid last year til today I have not give him oral,since It smells weird sometimes and I don’t want to be straightforward and tell him,But I belive he got the clue,he has even asked my why don’t you give me oral anymore,whats wrong,and maybe thats why we don’t kiss enough ,it used to be more passionate and maybe not giving him oral has shut the lights off a little for the passion.Maybe I should start again?

CWOTUS's avatar

Feed him some pineapple. Don’t say anything about it. Don’t make any kind of fuss or production about it. Just, next time you do grocery shopping put “cut fresh pineapple” on the list. Or buy a whole pineapple and cut it yourself if you don’t mind the mess and want to save a few cents. And make sure he has some fresh pineapple for dessert for a few nights (assuming he doesn’t hate the stuff or have allergies or something). No big deal, right?

You can thank me later.

After you’ve gotten into giving him oral sex again – and enjoying that again – then you might want to tell him what you did, and why. Or not. That’s up to you. But you may not expect him to want to kiss you a lot, either, after you’ve just given him oral sex.

I’ll have more advice about that on another day, maybe.

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