[clit pro poet]

Yes, J&J, thanks for the compilation.
Ok, we live in a sea of microbes. Heck, if it were not for the little critters we'd have not so pleasant symptoms following meals, and fallen tree trunks waiting for decomposition would soon cover the land. Yes, some microbes are certainly worth containing and avoiding - and we're all fairly accomplished at doing so.

But... None of this (excepting possibly a few farmhand jokes) helps in the least with the matter (Alura - thanks!) of how to start out without a kiss. Maybe if you walk in on something already going on - or is somebody else gets an itchy (whoops) finger and starts something... Chances are, though, that that something will lead to kissing. We've all heard that, more or less, since the sixth grade. Truer as you get older, it looks like.