Good evening, everybody. How you all doing? I hope you're getting through the day all right. Oh, wow. Cooler weather.

We talked about that a little bit last night. Happy it's finally here. Sets my soul at peace. Let's just hope that it keeps going.

Got a great show plan for you. DM's wide open. You got a question, a topic you want covered. Let us know we're

happy to hear from you. Could open the show talking about kissing. Dun, dun, dun, dun. I love this

stuff. And the reason why I do is because, again, remember, I cannot ever speak for everyone's

experience. We cannot universalize everything. There are always going to be exceptions and outliers and nuance and

complexity. So I have to assume that y'all can bring a little bit of critical thought to this. So again,

I'm never talking in absolutes. It's very rare that anything can just be applied universally to

everyone in every situation in case. So you're going to have to fill in those blanks on your own.

I always try to kind of speak to that whenever I can. So we're going to speak about kissing. Now, of course,

there are people that are asexual dealing with sexual trauma, all different aversions and

obstacles. We're acknowledging that. We're going to center this topic, though, and you're going

to have to translate that for yourself. But kissing, it's an important, valuable thing.

It builds intimacy.

It keeps us close.

It shows romance.

It's bonding.

Now, there's different things in our lives that are really good metrics or barometers or

compas or diagnostics that let us know or can at least direct our attention to some part of

our lives or our relationship

or a mental health that maybe needs a little bit of work. And kissing becomes one of those more

profound ones. It lets us really know how we maybe feel about self and other. So remember,

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