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I used to think it odd that so many men on social sites confessed a dislike for (or even an absolute ban on) kissing. Then, earlier this year, I got my first cell phone. Which meant better access to escorts. The first one I engaged that liked to kiss also happened to be expert at the oral arts. Having not indulged in mouth-to-mouth sex with ANYONE for at least 10 years prior (my last boyfriend was one of those buss-refuseniks), I was delighted. However, about 24 hours later I began to experience a panoply of aches, fevers, chills, sniffles, and other indicators of infection that lasted for 3-4 days. I realized that this represented a decade of "catching up" on common microbial afflictions that an ongoing program of smooching may have transmitted in a less dramatic fashion. Since then, similar saliva exchanges have been less severe, but I understand the reluctance of many in this germ-phobic society to engage in lip-locks, as it can result in knocking the wind out of one's sails.

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Psychosomatic, methinks.

YUP!

 

That, or a coincidence. I've kissed exactly NONE of my colleagues yet I've caught dozens of colds, stomach viruses, and cases of the flu from them.

 

... earlier this year, I got my first cell phone...

Sorry for asking but how is this possible?

I was thinking the same thing. But then I read

...Having not indulged in mouth-to-mouth sex with ANYONE for at least 10 years prior (my last boyfriend was one of those buss-refuseniks), I was delighted...

and realized that anything is, indeed, possible.

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I used to think it odd that so many men on social sites confessed a dislike for (or even an absolute ban on) kissing. Then, earlier this year, I got my first cell phone. Which meant better access to escorts. The first one I engaged that liked to kiss also happened to be expert at the oral arts. Having not indulged in mouth-to-mouth sex with ANYONE for at least 10 years prior (my last boyfriend was one of those buss-refuseniks), I was delighted. However, about 24 hours later I began to experience a panoply of aches, fevers, chills, sniffles, and other indicators of infection that lasted for 3-4 days. I realized that this represented a decade of "catching up" on common microbial afflictions that an ongoing program of smooching may have transmitted in a less dramatic fashion. Since then, similar saliva exchanges have been less severe, but I understand the reluctance of many in this germ-phobic society to engage in lip-locks, as it can result in knocking the wind out of one's sails.

 

Is the Doctor @Unicorn in?

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It’s possible you were exposed to a virus before your kissing experience. I believe it takes about three days after exposure to flu to become sick and, on average, 48 hours to get a cold. Regardless, I’m glad you feel you’re in better condition now to enjoy lots of kissing!

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Believe me, before this year I rarely got sick at all. The coincidence of kissing then falling ill is striking, and I refute the psychological theory, as the physiological effect knocked me out for a full day when I had better things to do. Regardless, I'm not going to let a few microorganisms stop me from kissing in the future, unless I hear the Plague is going around. As far as not having a cell phone, I didn't want to be bothered getting one, nor did I need one till the phone company took my land line away.

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Maybe he has a new lover!

 

@Unicorn is happy to be a hopeless romantic!

Well, there is one dude on SA (having received over 1000 messages) who seems quite promising. And today at lunch, my fortune cookie message was "You will soon meet a life-long kindred spirit" (I kid you not). He's a 28 year-old SF-born dude of Latino heritage. I guess we'll probably meet this week-end. As for colds, they're most commonly transmitted from hand contact, such as someone sneezing or coughing on his hand, then touching an elevator button, door handle, toilet handle, telephone, etc. However, one certainly can get it from kissing an infected person. A person is most contagious in the first 3 to 4 days of his cold, though the cough may last for weeks. I've never hired someone I wouldn't kiss, and I kiss on the lips with tongues when I first meet the person, firstly to establish that he's not a liar, and second to establish that he's not a cop (I turn tail if the man won't kiss). I've probably kissed over 1000 men in a sexual context, and I only caught a cold once from this, and he wasn't an escort (one of the best lays of my life, actually, so worth it). It doesn't take 48 hours usually from infection to symptoms, more like 18 hours. Typically if you're exposed one day, you may wake up with a sore throat and be in for it the next day.

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Oh, the other thing I should have mentioned is that if you have sex with someone who's in his contagious phase of the cold (first 3 to 4 days), it's probably nearly impossible to avoid contracting the cold if you're susceptible to that strain of cold, even if you don't kiss (though a kiss probably guarantees transmission if you don't already have adequate antibodies to that strain of cold).

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From a NYT article:

 

Dr. Daniel J. Skiest, the associate chief of clinical infectious diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said that more than 200 different viruses are known to cause colds. Depending on which strain is contracted, a person can become contagious roughly a day after infection, even though symptoms will not appear, on average, until another day or two later.

 

When obvious signs of sickness have disappeared, a person can still infect others for up to three days. That means no one can avoid catching a cold just by steering clear of those with symptoms.

 

 

Gman

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  • 1 year later...
about 24 hours later I began to experience a panoply of aches, fevers, chills, sniffles, and other indicators of infection that lasted for 3-4 days.

Fortunately, I’ve never experienced that.

Is the Doctor @Unicorn in?

As for colds, they're most commonly transmitted from hand contact, such as someone sneezing or coughing on his hand, then touching an elevator button, door handle, toilet handle, telephone, etc. However, one certainly can get it from kissing an infected person.

When obvious signs of sickness have disappeared, a person can still infect others for up to three days. That means no one can avoid catching a cold just by steering clear of those with symptoms.

 

Allison Janney may be an Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy winner, but she recently had a co-star struggle with the idea of kissing her for a scene.

 

The 61-year-old Mom star revealed that while the sitcom is filming, the cast and crew are tested regularly for COVID-19.

 

"I get tested almost seven to eight times a week dependent upon whether or not I'm going to be doing kissing scenes," Janney shared on Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel Live.

 

But she added that even before the global pandemic, she had some unusual kissing scene requests.

 

"Even before COVID I had a scene partner who I had to kiss with and he was such a germaphobe he would put Neosporin on his lips and ask me to put it on mine too before he would kiss me," Janney said.

 

Noting that she didn't know whether Neosporin actually prevented germs from spreading or not, Janney added, "I took it very personally though. Where does he think I put my mouth? It kind of unnerved me, but, you know, people are germaphobes."

 

After Kimmel guessed it was noted germaphobe Howie Mandel, Janney laughed, replying, "No, it was not Howie Mandel. I will not say who it was."

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Allison Janney may be an Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy winner, but she recently had a co-star struggle with the idea of kissing her for a scene.

 

The 61-year-old Mom star revealed that while the sitcom is filming, the cast and crew are tested regularly for COVID-19.

 

"I get tested almost seven to eight times a week dependent upon whether or not I'm going to be doing kissing scenes," Janney shared on Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel Live.

 

But she added that even before the global pandemic, she had some unusual kissing scene requests.

 

"Even before COVID I had a scene partner who I had to kiss with and he was such a germaphobe he would put Neosporin on his lips and ask me to put it on mine too before he would kiss me," Janney said.

 

Noting that she didn't know whether Neosporin actually prevented germs from spreading or not, Janney added, "I took it very personally though. Where does he think I put my mouth? It kind of unnerved me, but, you know, people are germaphobes."

 

After Kimmel guessed it was noted germaphobe Howie Mandel, Janney laughed, replying, "No, it was not Howie Mandel. I will not say who it was."

I love Allison! She was great on the cast of The West Wing! ?

 

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Yep. What is confirmed to us more than a year after this thread started is that physical contact can be deadly. But living alone and in a shell will kill you as well. It just takes longer. Human contact has always been both deadly and life giving.

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