{"id":12753,"date":"2015-10-19T08:31:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T13:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=12753"},"modified":"2022-03-25T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:20:05","slug":"the-wedding-kiss-tips-for-avoiding-awkwardness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2015\/10\/19\/the-wedding-kiss-tips-for-avoiding-awkwardness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wedding Kiss: Tips to Avoid Awkwardness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mailbag<\/a><\/p>\n

I usually devote Mondays to answering readers’ questions from our mailbag<\/a>, but today I’ve decided to depart from my normal routine and share a little unsolicited<\/em> advice, instead. <\/strong> This advice isn’t even from me; it’s from my oldest daughter, Bethany.<\/strong> She posted the following wedding kiss tips on her soon-to-be sister-in-law Bonnie’s Facebook page the day before the wedding<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Her goal? Helping the happy couple avoid any awkwardness when it comes time to seal the deal.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

Her tongue-in-cheek (pardon the pun) advice totally cracked me up, and I couldn’t resist the temptation to reprint it here<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“BONBONTHEBUNNYBUN!!!! WE ARE ABOUT TO BE SISTERS!!!! Can’t wait to see you tomorrow – Dave & I were both able to get the whole day off of clinic so we can drive up early!! \ud83d\ude00 SO EXCITED!!!!!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Bethany and her brother David are both in their fourth year of dental school in San Antonio<\/strong> and often carpool together to visit our family in Tyler and Bonnie’s family in Fort Worth.]
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“Also I sincerely hope this will be the cutest, quirkiest, most charmingly Disney-esque wedding I ever attend. DON’T LET ME DOWN, BON, I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY EVER SINCE DAVID WAS BORN. \ud83d\ude09 “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[If you’ve never met Bonnie, you can get a pretty good feel for both her looks and her personality by watching Amy Adams in Enchanted<\/a>. Much like a Disney Princess, Bonnie simply floats through life with a song on her lips and a dance in her step<\/strong>. Enchanting<\/em> is definitely a good word for her.]
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“Also you & bubba Dave are about to have an uber public first kiss<\/strong> experience, so I’ve compiled some study materials<\/strong> for you to help you prep for that exciting moment, starting with a picture of this fish:<\/p>\n

\"Tips<\/p>\n

“I mean… look how kissable that fish is! #goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Also this fish:<\/p>\n

\"Tips<\/p>\n

“Slightly more intimidating look for that one… kind of a mysteriously intimidating kissy pout going on there.<\/p>\n

“Also I googled “awkward first kiss” for tips on what NOT to do<\/strong> and this one came up. I think it earned the title just because it lasted like a minute and a half, which is like 8 hours in Dog Years.”
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