The Problem with American Noses

We are in Thailand right now.  More on that later.  However, I must tell you a fun story.

The night before we left Mongolia (Saturday night), our two friends invited us over to their apartment.  We were discussing the drastic difference between Lin's nose (Chinese friend), and Kevin's nose.  Lin hardly has a bridge to her nose and it's totally flat.  And Kevin's...well, you know if you know us.  He calls it his beak.  But, I think it's great.

Anyway, somehow the discussion led to, "How can your lips touch during a kiss if you have that nose in between you?"  I said, "Well, that's simple!"  And, I demonstrated a slight turn of the head and the lips made perfect contact. 

There was a look on our friend's face which expressed a total "lightbulb" moment...you know, when something makes TOTAL sense finally.  "OH!  So THAT'S why Americans always kiss like that!"  I said, "You mean, Chinese don't?"  He laughed pretty hard.  "No!"

It was a lightbulb moment for us, too!

Total frustration while demonstrating a nose-to-nose kiss where lips can't quite reach!