Go gentler than usual be gentlemanly and suck face rather than sandpaper it. But, eventually, the stinging will find you. Your pain receptors may not feel it right away because you’re lost in the moment and “holy God, oh, wow, oh, wow, this is finally happening and it’s amazing” and maybe it’s everything you ever thought of and more. Your own chin might, depending on your own beard situation, start to feel raw, as will your lips as they scratch against his face. There may be stubble and if there is, wow, it’s coarse and scratchy. Hard kisses have their place and are welcome and nobody’s suggesting you peck each other like warring hens, but there are side-effects of a hard, full-on snog.
Fact is, men kissing for the first time usually kiss too aggressively. There’s no guarantee it will go further but… you can’t be unkissed.
