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* ''Fanfic/BurningSecret'': Luna kisses Lincoln on the forehead. Justified, since it's generally socially acceptable for family to kiss as long as it's not on the lips.
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* Legendary British ice dancer Christopher Dean (of "Bolero" fame) has a habit of giving his longtime (and equally legendary) skating partner Jayne Torvill a sweet kiss on the cheek or temple as a sign of affection. Given that the two have been best friends and skating partners for over thirty years, this is not surprising.

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* Legendary British ice dancer Christopher Dean (of "Bolero" fame) has a habit of giving his longtime (and equally legendary) skating partner Jayne Torvill a sweet kiss on the cheek or temple as a sign of affection. Given that the two have been best friends and skating partners for over thirty nearly fifty years, this is not surprising.
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TruthInTelevision, and a minor source of ValuesDissonance between cultures and time periods, some of which accept a lot more physical contact between non-lovers than others do.

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TruthInTelevision, and a minor source of ValuesDissonance between cultures and time periods, some of which accept a lot more physical contact between non-lovers than others do.
do. In some cultures it amounts to a HandshakeSubstitute, while in others it's an absolute no-no.



* TruthInTelevision: In many cultures, especially Latin American, Middle Eastern, and southern European, a kiss on the cheek is a perfectly normal social greeting, more or less equivalent to a warm handshake or hug. In such cultures it can be considered a snub if you turn down a greeting kiss, implying you don't want to get close to the other person. On the other hand, it varies between locale whether cheek kissing between men and women (or men and men) is always seen as platonic. As usual, Website/TheOtherWiki [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_kissing has the details]].

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* TruthInTelevision: In many cultures, especially Latin American, Middle Eastern, and southern European, a kiss on the cheek is a perfectly normal social greeting, more or less equivalent to a [[HandshakeSubstitute warm handshake or hug. hug]]. In such cultures it can be [[HandshakeRefusal considered a snub snub]] if you turn down a greeting kiss, implying you don't want to get close to the other person. On the other hand, it varies between locale whether cheek kissing between men and women (or men and men) is always seen as platonic. As usual, Website/TheOtherWiki [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_kissing has the details]].

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