I read, a lot. I recently graduated and am now
attempting to get everyone to respond to all of my
requests with "Yes Master," so far everyone has
been quite resistant to the idea.
I grew up reading my dad's suspense books (Robin Cook, Ken Follett, etc) and the best ones of those have romantic elements and some (Follett's Lie Down With Lions for example) have some smoking love scenes to make the heat pounding excitement just that much more enjoyable.
I am so happy that I was able to spend Christmas with my family. I "ran away" to college way out of state and never moved home, now it's hard to see them due to work. Having my sister and nephew come to me for Christmas was amazing. Not having to Skype those memories is absolutely priceless.
Kissing is essential to any romantic relationship. As some other people have said, it's the most lasting memory of those first "loves" from teenager-hood. It's important.
Every choice I've made in my life has led to twists and turns and I embrace all of them. My life has been like one of those crazy Choose Your Own Adventure books where one little change shakes up the entire outcome. I haven't read any of the books in this series, but I'll definitely keep an eye out for A Perfect Darkness :-)