A KISS IS NOT JUST A KISS

When it comes to smooching, women want you to kiss her tenderly. While both men and women say they enjoy tender kisses, as well as lustful and passionate kisses, women much prefer the tender kiss. Men, not surprisingly, like lustful, passionate and wet kisses. Women also like it when men are spontaneous in their kissing. That's the word from a "Kiss and Tell" survey from Harris Interactive conducted for SoftLips Lip Conditioning Balm.

• Greeting a Stranger -- 40% of respondents are uncomfortable when someone they've just met tries to kiss them when saying hello or goodbye; more women than men indicate that this lip maneuver makes them feel uncomfortable (49% women, 30% men).
• Who's Kissing Where -- Those from the Northeast are most likely to indicate that they greet very close friends with a kiss (42%).
• A Family Affair -- About one-third (37% total; 32% males, 41% of females) will only greet immediate family members with a kiss; those from the Midwest (42%) and the South (41%) are more likely to say this.
• "Hello, Dahling" -- An air kiss is more likely to come from women (15%) than men (10%); fewer men and women express their preference for the double-cheek kiss as a casual greeting (7%).
• Smooch the Pooch -- 45% of women and 27% of males admit that they kiss their pets.

Want more? Sure you do:

• Tender kisses (42%) and lustful, passionate kisses (40%) rank the highest on the list of favorite types of kisses for both sexes; however, women consider the tender kiss to be the best (48%), while men prefer the lustful, passionate pucker (46%).
• Women favor spontaneous kisses more than men (38% women, 31% of men).
• 27% of adults surveyed consider their first kiss to be one of their favorite types of kisses, while 12% feel that a forbidden kiss is tops.
• One in 10 Americans prefer the kiss-and-make-up variety of kiss.
• Women favor lots of small kisses more than twice as much as men (12% versus 5%).
• Only 8% of all those surveyed -- equal among men and women -- feel that the "you may now kiss the bride" kiss was one of the best kinds of kisses.
• 58% of total respondents feel that it is perfectly fine to kiss on the first date, though men are more apt to be open to first date frolicking (65% men, 51% of women).
• More than half (58%) of men believe that the woman can make the first move for a first kiss.
• Men and women differ when it comes to bad dates and kissing: 39% of women say they will never kiss a bad date good night, compared to only 26% of men who won't. Interestingly, 13% of the men state that they have ended a bad date with a kiss, while only 6% of women replied the same.