His reaction is adorable

May 5, 2011 11:56 AM

That first kiss... (SLYT)
posted by zarq (23 comments total)

d'awwwwww.

I love the boy's look after "me and her kissed on the lips." True pimp from day one.
posted by moviehawk at 12:08 PM on May 5, 2011

Thank you, MetaFilter, for making me smile this one extra time today.
posted by smorange at 12:10 PM on May 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

"No more!"

T'ch'yeah, right.

My first kiss happened when I was 17. These brats are lucky.
posted by Decani at 12:11 PM on May 5, 2011 [3 favorites]

How old are they? They seem kind of young for having romantic feelings.
posted by delmoi at 12:17 PM on May 5, 2011

Seeing the easiness of it all for other people, even (especially!) so early on, it is painfully apparent that I was derailed at a very young age. What others found so effortless or plentiful has been so scarce for me; where others can fit in, adapt, and be part of a group- or valued as an individual- I've never really been accepted. Any chance at becoming a normal, healthy person was murdered in the alien classroom in first grade, and you just can't make up for lost time, you just can't right some things once they're set in motion.


I am thus reminded that from those first years among the other kids, my life has been on rails. Every moment I've lived, despite the illusion of choice, has been just another domino falling in a predetermined layout to an unpleasant end.
posted by hincandenza at 12:22 PM on May 5, 2011 [4 favorites]

*kisses hincandenza*
posted by puny human at 12:27 PM on May 5, 2011 [9 favorites]

Sometimes... it doesn't go so well. (warning: pretty much the complete opposite of d'awwwwww, squick lies within)
posted by delfin at 12:27 PM on May 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

> How old are they? They seem kind of young for having romantic feelings.

I'd guess he's 6 and she's 7.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:27 PM on May 5, 2011

How old are they? They seem kind of young for having romantic feelings.

Perhaps not so much fully romantic feelings as miming what they've seen their parents do or seen in TV and movies, with a little playful encouragement from the grown-ups.

Small kids having play-romances is not that uncommon. They'll have time to grow into the "boys, ugh" and "girls, yick" stages before the hormones start kicking in.
posted by delfin at 12:33 PM on May 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Seeing the easiness of it all for other people, even (especially!) so early on

Well. Don't worry about these two, things will get awkward and excruciatingly complicated for them once they hit puberty.
posted by naju at 12:34 PM on May 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Perhaps not so much fully romantic feelings as miming what they've seen their parents do or seen in TV and movies, with a little playful encouragement from the grown-ups.

Yeah, that's what I guess as well. I saw the video but when I watched a second time it did seem more playful then anything.

Seeing the easiness of it all for other people, even (especially!) so early on, it is painfully apparent that I was derailed at a very young age. What others found so effortless or plentiful has been so scarce for me

Yeah, but I don't really think it's the same thing with these two. It's not awkward for them because they don't have intensity of feelings that teens/adults would have.
posted by delmoi at 12:38 PM on May 5, 2011

Aw, yeah, having not gotten kissed until 18 (at which point there was all sorts of unhappy build up about it), I can't help but be a little jealous that it came for the kids at a time when they were so comfortable in themselves and their bodies.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 12:41 PM on May 5, 2011

Also, I love that someone high-fives the boy, and then the girl insists that she should get a high-five too.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 12:41 PM on May 5, 2011 [3 favorites]

Some people see kids being goofy and adventurous like this and feel cheery. Some feel angry, bitter, confused and vaguely aroused. I hope the latter group never discover the mind-blowing psychoanalytical ambiguity of Kim Anderson's greeting cards.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:46 PM on May 5, 2011

things will get awkward and excruciatingly complicated for them once they hit puberty

Yeah, especially since this video will be going around their Jr. High.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 12:57 PM on May 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

awesome that he still kisses her after she burps!
posted by cristinacristinacristina at 2:13 PM on May 5, 2011

why "no more.." ?
posted by nicolin at 2:18 PM on May 5, 2011

"Hey! No more..."

"YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!"
posted by Corduroy at 2:23 PM on May 5, 2011

why "no more.." ?

Might lead to dancing.
posted by Tuesday After Lunch at 2:24 PM on May 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

The little bird in my chest just turned to pure light and escaped.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 4:48 PM on May 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

Adorable, but I'm not really sure it counts as a "first kiss." I had my first kiss(es) with my "girlfriend" at about 5, and then took about a decade-and-a-half break. The first first kiss had almost nothing in common with the second first kiss other than lips.
posted by -->NMN.80.418 at 6:10 PM on May 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

I don't want to admit how many times in a row I just watched this. So cute.
posted by hugandpint at 8:24 PM on May 5, 2011

Its a great feeling knowing that our kids will likely be more awesome than we are.
posted by Blasdelb at 6:18 PM on May 14, 2011