I’ve been brought up to believe that you keep your mouth closed when you kiss. I’m 18, male, a student, and keep getting this grief from my mates that girls say I’m weird, like, as I won’t open my mouth when I kiss.

Tell me I’m right. Kissing means you keep your mouth closed, right?

Barbara says: You keep your mouth closed with friends and family. That’s correct. Open mouths are only for sexual encounters. You have to be the judge of what’s what.