Nearly five years ago, an article in the Stir about singer Harry Connick Jr. giving his then-8-year-old daughter a kiss urged parents to stop smooching their kids lip-to-lip. Today, the debate still ...

Amicable exes or something more? Rihanna and volatile ex Chris Brown were both winners at Thursday’s MTV Video Music Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and the former couple were happy to ...

When I lived in Michigan, people would say hello without any physical mauling. But when I moved to New York, everyone--and I mean, everyone (bosses, shop owners, guy friends)--did the one cheek kiss.

DEAR ABBY: I have a brother-in-law who, when he gives a hello or goodbye hug, wants to give a kiss on the lips. My wife doesn’t want the kiss and turns her head away. He then proceeds to kiss her on ...

This never happened before in all the years we’ve known each other. I don’t like it. His lips are cold and slimy.

As Valentine’s Day draws near, candy hearts emblazoned with XOXO, as in “hugs and kisses,” remind us that love is in the air. But why XO? Why not AB? Or XY? It turns out that XO, which has been ...

The Office had a knack for making you laugh, cry, and curl up in secondhand embarrassment—all in one episode. But nothing topped Michael Scott kissing Oscar Martinez in Gay Witch Hunt. The episode ...