The Harsh Reality of Adults Still Waiting for Their First Kiss

The only way to overcome your fear is to face it

Hogan Torah
6 min readDec 14, 2023
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This morning I opened Twitter and read this:

Vulnerability moment: is anyone on here past 25 and still haven’t had their first kiss? Just wondering.

The tweet got a few positive responses from other people 25 and older who’ve never been kissed. They were all very supportive of each other and confirmed that it was perfectly normal. They assured one another it will happen someday.

I wanted to say something but kept my mouth shut. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being 25 and still waiting for your first kiss. But it doesn’t matter what I think.

Are you okay with never being kissed?

I remember having anxiety about never finding someone and going through life alone. All the kids on the network sitcoms that were supposed to be 9 years old had girlfriends. I wasn’t even a teenager and lay awake at night worrying I’d never have a girlfriend.

Everyone wonders when they’ll meet the one. The anxiety from the fear of being forever alone gets worse as the years roll by. Your friends are having kids, but you still haven’t locked lips. The…

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Hogan Torah

Counterculture journalist 💊 humorist 🤪 social media hegemon 🤴 Google me, I autofill 🕶️