Quiz: Should you kiss Her?Take a Love Quiz & Relationship Quiz
So you’re seeing
someone new and wondering whether it should be full speed ahead into your first kiss…or time to put the brakes on. Find out here.
1. Which character is most like your date?
1. Which character is most like your date?
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Annette Bening’s Deidre Burroughs in Running With Scissors—she’s pretty unstable. (Score = -1)
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Kirsten Dunst’s Marie Antoinette—she’s living in her own little world. (Score = 1)
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Maggie Grace’s Shannon on Lost—she’s the center of the universe. (Score = 2)
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Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie on The Comeback—she seems nice, but is she sincere? (Score = 3)
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Kristen Bell’s Veronica Mars—she’s smart, witty and hot. (Score = 4)
2. Which best describes the look of her lips?
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Sandpaper-y—ouch! (Score = -1)
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Marshmallow—can you say “collagen”? (Score = 1)
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Marble—pretty and smooth, but cold. (Score = 2)
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Cotton candy—soft and sweet. (Score = 3)
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A ripe berry—you’re dying for a taste. (Score = 4)
3. She’s attractive, sure. But how would you describe her demeanor?
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Cold as ice. (Score = -1)
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Very self-involved. (Score = 1)
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She can be hard on people. (Score = 2)
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She’s usually nice. (Score = 3)
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She’s completely kind and fun. (Score = 4)
4. When she’s talking, she:
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Won’t give much away. (Score = -1)
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Is the star of her own monologue. (Score = 1)
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Complains and criticizes. (Score = 2)
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Is a good conversationalist. (Score = 3)
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Tells great stories and is genuinely interested in what you have to say. (Score = 4)
5. The ring tone on her phone plays:
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Lalo Schifrin’s Mission: Impossible theme. (Score = -1)
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Nickelback’s “Rockstar.” (Score = 1)
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Rascal Flatts’ “What Hurts The Most.” (Score = 2)
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The Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps.” (Score = 3)
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Ashley Tisdale’s “Kiss The Girl.” (Score = 4)
Scoring:
Less than 0: Diss. Everything — right down to her chapped lips — is saying “do not touch.” Run, don’t walk. Celeste Simmons, dating expert and co-author of You Know She’s a Princess When, offers a way out. Be direct, as in, “You are a great person, but we don’t have much in common.”
0-5: Why would you want to kiss someone so self-absorbed? Leave her, and her lips, behind. “Tell us you are not interested, but do so with class,” says Brenda Della Casa, author of Cinderella Was A Liar. “A simple, ‘I had a nice time but I respect you too much to lead you on. I don’t think we’re a good match’ will work. It may hurt her, but not as much as thinking you care about her only to finally be straight up months later.”
6-10: She’s cranky, not kissable. Freeze her out. “Minimize or completely mute your responses,” counsels dating coach Liz Kelly, author of SMART Man Hunting. “Avoid responding to emails or text messages unless there is a specific question that can be answered in a few words. If these subtle avoidances do not work, you need to be more direct and say that while you like her, you just don’t see a love connection.”
11-15: Peck. She might be worth kissing, but it’s too early to know for sure. “Keep it casual and invite her on group activities, rather than one-on-one,” says Victorya Michaels Rogers, author of Finding a Man Worth Keeping and the upcoming The Automatic Second Date. “Make sure you use the words ‘Will you join us,’ rather than ‘Will you join me,’ to keep it platonic. And don’t kiss her until you decide you want to pursue her, or you’ll just lead her on.”
16-20: Kiss her! She’s definitely smooch-worthy.
Less than 0: Diss. Everything — right down to her chapped lips — is saying “do not touch.” Run, don’t walk. Celeste Simmons, dating expert and co-author of You Know She’s a Princess When, offers a way out. Be direct, as in, “You are a great person, but we don’t have much in common.”
0-5: Why would you want to kiss someone so self-absorbed? Leave her, and her lips, behind. “Tell us you are not interested, but do so with class,” says Brenda Della Casa, author of Cinderella Was A Liar. “A simple, ‘I had a nice time but I respect you too much to lead you on. I don’t think we’re a good match’ will work. It may hurt her, but not as much as thinking you care about her only to finally be straight up months later.”
6-10: She’s cranky, not kissable. Freeze her out. “Minimize or completely mute your responses,” counsels dating coach Liz Kelly, author of SMART Man Hunting. “Avoid responding to emails or text messages unless there is a specific question that can be answered in a few words. If these subtle avoidances do not work, you need to be more direct and say that while you like her, you just don’t see a love connection.”
11-15: Peck. She might be worth kissing, but it’s too early to know for sure. “Keep it casual and invite her on group activities, rather than one-on-one,” says Victorya Michaels Rogers, author of Finding a Man Worth Keeping and the upcoming The Automatic Second Date. “Make sure you use the words ‘Will you join us,’ rather than ‘Will you join me,’ to keep it platonic. And don’t kiss her until you decide you want to pursue her, or you’ll just lead her on.”
16-20: Kiss her! She’s definitely smooch-worthy.
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