When did you last hug or kiss someone? Hugging, kissing, and other affectionate touch are important parts of romantic relationships, but people differ quite a bit in how much they hug and kiss their ...

Valentine's Week calendar 2025: Valentine's Week is just around the corner, bringing love and romance with it. The celebrations start on February 7 and continue until February 14, with each day ...

A lack of kissing in a relationship is not a good sign. When couples come in to see me for counseling, I ask some of the following questions: What values do you share? How long have you been ...

Too much Valentine candy probably won’t be good for your health. But the heart-centric holiday’s hugs and kisses are a different story. “We crave social connection and human touch,” said Ashley ...

For generations, passionate kisses immortalized in movies, songs and the arts have served as a thermometer of romantic affection. But current research has found that not only is romantic kissing not ...

Kissing is not a universal expression of romantic love, it turns out. Kissing is considered a sign of sexual attraction in less than half of the world's societies, according to a recent study. The ...

Lovers kiss, right? Not everywhere. After combing through data from 168 cultures worldwide, anthropologists from UNLV and the Kinsey Institute could only find evidence that couples engage in romantic ...

Seth Brown’s first interaction with romance didn’t quite go as planned. At age 10, the Venice resident had his initial brush with true love with a girl named Nikki on his schoolyard’s blacktop. “Her ...