My first kiss: 'I still miss her'

Your first relationship may not have lasted, but everyone usually has fond memories of the very first time they kissed someone. Illustrations: Uttam Ghosh

We invited readers to share stories of the first time they were kissed -- here is the next set of responses!

First up we have this tale from Vikas Sharma:

I was doing my MCA at that time and she was doing BCA. Her name was Neha. When I met her, we just started with friendship -- I helped her with her assignments. But later we fell in love with each other. We would talk on the phone for hours and at night.

One day when her family was out of town and she and her grandma were alone at home, she invited me over and I went to meet her. There we chatted for an hour and then I asked to kiss her. Her face become red and she asked me to kiss her hand, then her cheek and then her forehead. I asked for her sweet lips, but she wasn't ready.

Feeling bad, I stood up and tried to leave the room, but she held my hands. I didn't let go and placed her with her back to the wall and slowly started approaching her lips. She was saying softly, "My dadi will come" and I said "Let her come." She said "My sister will come" and I still said, "Let her come."

And then I placed my lips over her sweet lips. For a few seconds, we remained in that pose and then she hugged me tightly for a few minutes. I can't forget that kiss. After two years, she left me because she wanted to marry according to the will of her family. But I still miss her and remember that first kiss.

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And here is reader Bhupendra's account of his special moment:

Of all my close friends, I was the last to marry. All of them used to tell of their experiences and fun during courtship -- one friend told how he managed to kiss his fiance at almost all their meetings by telling family members that they would take refreshments in his/her room, depending upon whose house they were at. And there they would kiss each other. 'Refreshments' was their code word for the kissing urge!

When I got engaged, I used to visit my fiance's home regularly during our courtship of nearly a year. Once, when I met her, I mentioned my friend's escapades and his private code word. Later, although I was a little nervous, I proposed to my fiance that we too should have refreshments in her room! I was surprised when she immediately nodded and so we went to her room where I first got to kiss her cheeks.

Later it became a regular practice for us to 'take refreshments' in her room too! After 16 years of married life, we still use the same codeword and feel the thrill of our first kiss.