Love doctor teaches how to kiss :p)

[Love Doc]

Love doctor teaches how to kiss
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- This Valentine's Day, forget the flowers and chocolate. Cherie Byrd has a better idea: Learn to pucker up.

Byrd, a psychotherapist who teaches kissing, thinks Americans should use their lips to speak to their sweethearts instead of their wallets.

"We're so money-oriented, so consumer-oriented that our relationships get drawn into that quality as well," she said. "This is one day when we might want to step back from this sense of possession and ask ourselves: What is the real gift we want to offer our beloved?"

For Byrd, the answer is clear: A smooch. And with this gift, it's definitely the thought that counts.

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