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"This morning, my friend Maya was telling me that she&amp;amp;#8217;s &amp;amp;#8220;reaching a point&amp;amp;#8221; with a guy that she&amp;amp;#8217;s been dating. &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s getting awkward,&amp;amp;#8221; she told me. &amp;amp;#8220;At what point in the dating process do you kiss someone hello on the lips? Is that too coupley for the dating stage?&amp;amp;#8221; The reason she asks is not that she&amp;amp;#8217;s dying to kiss him when she sees him necessarily, but because it seems odd when you&amp;amp;#8217;ve macked full-on with someone, and then the next time you see him, you kiss him on the cheek. Two steps back?Well, hell-o. A dating expert would say, &amp;amp;#8220;Just do what feels natural,&amp;amp;#8221; but the dilemma is, her natural doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t match his natural. It&amp;amp;#8217;s like, you&amp;amp;#8217;re thinking one thing, and you approach him, and he&amp;amp;#133;hugs you. Loosely. My &amp;amp;#8220;natural&amp;amp;#8221; is a lot more casual, friendly, and affectionate than most people&amp;amp;#8217;s. I&amp;amp;#8217;m immediately comfortable with people. I&amp;amp;#8217;ll tell you my life story on the first date if you ask, and I&amp;amp;#8217;ll hug someone after I&amp;amp;#8217;ve met him or her five minutes previously. I border on inappropriate. I once called a professor &amp;amp;#8220;Barb&amp;amp;#8221; instead of Dr. Smith. Oops! Last April, I polled readers about how they greet a blind date, i.e. a guy they don&amp;amp;#8217;t know. Among the many answers, 31% of you hug, 29% of you shake hands, 23% of you let him make the move, and a full 4% of you think, &amp;amp;#8220;Don&amp;amp;#8217;t touch me with a 10-foot pole&amp;amp;#8221; (you better stay away from me, haha!!). So when does that dude you shook hands with become someone you kiss on the lips as a greeting? What if you&amp;#x27;ve made out before? Is a kiss on the lips too coupley for the early stages? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. Photo: Jupiterimages"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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