K-I-S-S-I-N-G

i was talking to a male friend about this. i was just explaining that the last guy id' kissed was really not good at all, and whilst i know perfectly well that everyone can learn (see below), i also think that sometimes, it's really a lot of effort. sorry if i sound callous here, but that's it. and whilst a good kisser is absolutely not essential, it's nice to have. my friend thought i was being picky. so i thought i'd make myself a list of the guys i've kissed, to think about. it goes like this.

1st guy: in high-school, at a birthday party, part of a 'truth or dare' game. it was nice and made me hopeful that this would, after all, be something i could live with.
2nd guy: it was awful. but then, this was probably due to the fact that he'd downed a bottle a gin and it was finally taking effect. this opinion was reinforced when i had to spend an hours 'helping' him throw it all up and drive him back from the club. he had no memory of the event the next day... as i really liked him that really hurt.
3rd guy: 7th heaven! that guy was a year younger than me, but he obviously knew his stuff! reinforced by the great setting, to be sure, but still very good.
4th guy: not that great at first, much better once i'd spent some time working on him! ;)
5th & 7th guy (same guy but counts as two cos there was a whole year betwen the two occurrences): not great. time obviously didn't helped much.
6th guy: can't remember. probably good. didn't care. i was just trying to show my ex that i couldn't care less about him and not being with him anymore. big mistake.
8th guy: the best so far.
9th guy: good (he was 5 years younger than me, but youngsters these days, they know a lot!).
10th guy: good. wish it had been longer.
11th guy: ok. wouldn't have thought much about it if he hadn't spent 10 mns telling me how all the lesbian students in York thought he was a wonderful kisser (that's a very long story), which meant that i was quite disappointed when we kissed, cos i couldn't see where the wonder lay.
12th guy: a disaster! all teeth. trying to maim me? obviously, noone had told him or helped him with this. circumstances helped me in that i never had to see him again.
13th guy: not good. better late at night (a vampire perhaps?). a wet kisser. could have improved with very serious work, but was spared the task by fate (which i don't believe in, but there you go).

i guess 7 out of 13 at good or above's a pretty decent average. can't complain. but in the end, i didn't necessarily go into a relationship with a good kisser and vice versa. besides, when i really like someone, i make the effort, regardless of his kissing skills or whatever criteria i might have had before meeting him. if i don't make the effort, it's cos i'm not really that interested.