Should siblings kiss on the lips?

In my family, everybody kissed everybody. On the forehead, on the cheek, on the nose, on the top of the head… and yes, on the lips. I see nothing wrong with siblings of the same or opposite gender kissing briefly on the lips to show love and affection as long as their hands don’t stray. ;-)

With or without tongue?
Hey, it’s early. My coffee hasn’t kicked in yet.

My sister (8 years older) and I used to kiss on the lips when I was very young. I don’t see anything wrong with it. I think this usually stops as the siblings age along with kissing parents on the mouth, but not necessarily. The 9— and 13-year-olds doing it doesn’t strike me as odd, but kissing my sister on the mouth now would probably be really awkward. It depends on the dynamics of your relationship, I guess. And it’s also a cultural thing. Italian families are very touchy-feely within their families, for example. You’ll see adult men kiss on the cheek in certain countries. That might seem odd to people here in the US, but it’s just what they do.

My husband’s mom used to make him and his brother kiss on the lips when they got into fights as kids, as punishment.

It’s a gesture of affection.

Whatever is cool with the people directly involved is cool with me.

In my family, we were very terse with each other, but then there wasn’t a whole lot of genuine affection going on.

In my husband’s family, they are all hugs and kisses. Because they, you know, want to hug and kiss. It’s cool to see a family that isn’t morbidly dysfunctional.

In our extended family, some did that at my mother’s side.

In our close family, we didn’t, so it feels and looks unnatural to me, but if people are happy, then why bother?

I see no issues with it, as such.

I am 47 and my sister is 28. We kiss on the lips, hello and goodbye. no tongue.

I can safely say, without fear of contradiction, that my two brothers & I have never & will never kiss, be that cheek/lips or arse.
We fist bump or high five or man hug with a firm back slap, hand shake with thumbs clenched, that kind of thing.
My kids, being brother & sister, have always kissed on the cheek & see no reason to change the habit.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with it, unless it’s creepy like the Jolie/Haven kiss.

I see nothing wrong with it unless more than kissing is being done. It’s a sign of love and affection for their family. Everyone will see this differently though. It all depends how a person is raised. My family is very physically affectionate. Hugs and kisses for all!

As most people say, whatever works in their family dynamic.

However, like @LilCosmo, I have to admit witnessing it would be noteworthy to me. Creepy to an extent because my family was more like @Seek_Kolinahr.‘s I vaguely remember bussing my mom and older female relatives on the cheek when a was very little.

In my family, kissing on the lips was reserved for romantic partners.

My daughter will drag your face over by digging her nails into your lip area to kiss lips (she is 3), most my family and in-laws it is kinda an air kiss by the corner of the mouth or a cheek to cheek kiss.

I don’t see a problem with it at all, just more programming coming up.
I also do not see a problem with brothers and sisters sharing a bed, 99.9% of the time it is others that want to sexualize completely platonic situations.
It’s all about projection.

I never understood why kissing on the lips between family members is “controversial”. If both people are comfortable with it, then it’s not a problem at all. It’s only an issue if someone was no longer comfortable with it and the other person was still insisting on it. Personally, I wouldn’t do it because I view kissing on the lips the way @marinelife does. But that doesn’t mean that other people can’t view it differently and be okay with it.

@Coloma I could more see the sharing a bed thing than kissing on the lips. Just my perspective given my family dynamic. My parents were cheap, so when we took cross country trips, they took turns driving straight through, and we 3 kids slept in the back seat together…2 boys, 1 girl.

@ibstubro Well…I am an only child so I have no personal experience with kissing siblings on the lips, but, in general, I don’t think an occasional kiss on the lips between siblings should be seen in a trumped up perverse way.

No, I agree, @Coloma. It’s still something that sorta give me a double take, just because it’s so foreign to my personal experience. It might give me big eyes, but not a small mind.

:-)

^^^ Good witticism there! :-)

it is others that want to sexualize completely platonic situations I agree with @Coloma!

There is nothing wrong with showing affection by kissing a family member. I would be worried if there was no affection at all in the family.

I never liked it. My mom would and I suppose other family members. To me my mouth was not for family kisses. Even if we were a huggy kissy family. The cheeks or forehead does fine for me.

shouldn’t @Hypocrisy_Central be all over this?

@Blondesjon Why? It’s not about fat women. ;)

@Blondesjon – the question doesn’t specify that the sister is dressed like a whore.

I think a peck is okay to say hi or bye. Anything else, to me, is weird.

Which lips? snicker. I couldn’t care less quite frankly. I think people are so uptight about their bodies, thanks to the man made morality brain cramps that squish like mud out of the bible.

I would rather see siblings kiss than smack each other in the face. I don’t think long, enduring kisses would be a good sign. However, kissing is pretty innocent when you think about it.

Who cares?