{"id":684238,"date":"2025-11-13T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=684238"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:01:33","slug":"what-is-the-forehead-kiss-of-doom-and-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=684238","title":{"rendered":"What is the \u2018forehead kiss of doom and despair\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/life-culture\/article\/69043\/1\/what-is-the-forehead-kiss-of-doom-and-despair\" data-article-id=\"69043\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.78\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Forehead kiss\" class=\"img\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1430422-4.jpg\" width=\"960\" title=\"1430422-4\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">The Summer I Turned Pretty, 2025 <span class=\"nowrap\">(Film Still)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><span class=\"month\">November<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"7\">7,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - life-culture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>What is the \u2018forehead kiss of doom <span class=\"nowrap\">and despair\u2019?<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>\u2018Nothing is safe anymore\u2019: To some, the once-pure display of intimacy is now a tell-tale sign that ghosting is imminent, and a cultural indicator of the modern-day <span class=\"nowrap\">dating climate<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"month\">November<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"7\">7,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - life-culture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/isabelbekele\">Isabel Bekele<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<aside class=\"primary\">\n<div class=\"sticky bottom\">\n<div class=\"read-more\"><span class=\"read-more-header\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-items\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item vertical-art-photography\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/article\/69042\/1\/sam-penn-max-exhibition-intimacy-sex-new-york-life-gallery\" class=\"article-list-item-image\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Penn, Max Battle, exhibition, New York Life Gallery\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1430411-2.jpg\" title=\"1430411-2\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-item-content\"><a class=\"category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\">Art &amp; 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Culture<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/69029\/1\/the-sexual-history-of-the-internet-mindy-seu\"><span class=\"title\">Is your phone a sex toy? Mindy Seu says yes<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>This past October, 24-year-old Madeleine Sims felt hopeful about a man she had been seeing from Hinge. They had been going on consistent dates, talking about making future plans, and overall, having a great time together. Then, a flip was switched. After a recent date two weeks ago, Sims\u2019 match walked her back to her car, and bid her goodnight with a forehead kiss. Days later, she was ghosted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s the kiss of death, for real,\u201d says Sims. \u201cNothing is safe anymore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sims\u2019 experience \u2013 receiving a forehead kiss before never seeing a romantic partner again \u2013 is what some online are calling \u201cthe forehead kiss of doom and despair\u201d. In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/search?q=forehead%20kiss%20of%20doom%20and%20despair&amp;t=1762444210115\"><span>countless videos<\/span><\/a><span>, TikTok users, mainly women, recount scenarios similar to Sims. Many go a step further, signalling a warning call to others and offering a timeline of how soon after receiving a forehead kiss you can expect your relationship (or, in most cases, situationship) to end. \u201cPraying for any girl who just got the forehead kiss of doom,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itssbreaunnasspam\/video\/7537074315913678094?q=praying%20for%20any%20girl%20who%20just%20got%20the%20forehead%20kiss%20of%20doom&amp;t=1762444254195\"><span>one video<\/span><\/a><span> reads. \u201c#2weeksmax.\u201d Another gives it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@madstheresaa\/video\/7523832128128224567?q=forehead%20kiss%20of%20doom%20and%20despair&amp;t=1762444210115\"><span>48 hours<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To those who are unfamiliar with the humiliation ritual that is a situationship, the concept of \u201cthe forehead kiss of doom and despair\u201d may require some explaining. Forehead kisses, after all, are a sweetly intimate act. They are also a sign of respect and value in many cultures. In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/culturalatlas.sbs.com.au\/saudi-arabian-culture\/saudi-arabian-culture-greetings\"><span>Saudi Arabian society<\/span><\/a><span>, for example, elders are held in high esteem and are often greeted with a forehead kiss. Similarly, in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/culturalatlas.sbs.com.au\/iraqi-culture\/iraqi-culture-greetings\"><span>Iraqi culture<\/span><\/a><span>, one may greet someone with a forehead kiss to display respect; this is typically bestowed upon someone of a higher status, such as a \u201csheikh\u201d, as opposed to someone of your same status.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So why are so many women online warning that, if you receive one, you should count your days? The answer, it seems, lies in the murky waters of the modern-day dating climate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7523832128128224567\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>As casual dating becomes more normalised, the lines between meaningful signs of affection and throwaway ones are increasingly blurred; promises to hang out in the future, flurries of compliments, and yes, even forehead kisses, can no longer be taken at face value as signs that things are going well with a love interest. If anything, they may be a sign that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/68377\/1\/why-do-men-act-so-nice-before-they-ghost-you-relationships-dating-love-ghosting\"><span>ghosting<\/span><\/a><span> is on its way. \u201cIt\u2019s a really weird cultural indicator of what\u2019s happening in the dating scene right now,\u201d says Sims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Madi Schnepfe, a 21-year-old from Maryland, has received the forehead kiss of doom and despair not once, but twice. The first experience was with a boy with whom she knew things were casual. In fact, she even had a running joke with him about <\/span><em><span>not<\/span><\/em><span> kissing her on the forehead, lest she think things were serious. Then, one day, he did. \u201cI was like \u2018Oh, I know something\u2019s wrong here,\u2019 but I didn\u2019t necessarily know what,\u201d says Schnepf. \u201cWithin two days, we never spoke again.\u201d <\/span><span>The second time? Different boy, similar story. \u201cThe last time I saw him, he kissed me on the forehead,\u201d Sims recalls. \u201cAt that point, I just knew that something was off, and I probably was never going to see him again.\u201d They haven\u2019t spoken since.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>The last time I saw him, he kissed me on the forehead. At that point, I just knew that something was off, and I probably was never going to see him again<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>There are many reasons why forehead kisses, as an act, can feel so loaded. As Dr Jayashree Kambl\u00e9, an English literature professor and romance genre researcher, points out, it\u2019s not a quid-pro-quo situation. \u201cIf we\u2019re talking within a potentially or actually romantic couple, then I would say the forehead kiss is a sign of true affection,\u201d she says. \u201cYou\u2019re establishing physical contact to express emotional connections without having a sexual demand attached to it.\u201d Dr Kambl\u00e9 also notes that forehead kisses can be an imitation of other relationships in your life where you receive care; it\u2019s not uncommon for a child, for example, to receive a forehead kiss from a parent. \u201cI think it\u2019s a replication of other relationships, and conjures up that sense of comfort and safety, and of being valued,\u201d she adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Forehead kisses bear weight in popular media, too. In the most recent season of <\/span><em><span>The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/span><\/em><span>, the character Conrad Fisher approaches his longtime love interest, Belly, right before she\u2019s meant to wed his brother. After essentially bidding her farewell in an emotionally wrought monologue, he seals the deal with a forehead kiss. And, in the book world, fans of romance novels may recognise a trope Professor Kambl\u00e9 and other romance scholars call \u201churt comfort\u201d. In this common literary plot, one character, often a man, is emotionally or physically unwell, and the other, usually their female love interest, takes care of them, which is sometimes shown through a forehead kiss. (Think, a strong, externally tough male character who gets injured, and subsequently allows himself to be comforted by the heroine.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7560231512600235295\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>The chaste, non-sexual nature of a forehead kiss is indeed what many attribute its significance to. \u201cSex has inherently become less of a big deal to people, so a forehead kiss just feels a little bit more intimate than anything else,\u201d says Sims. Olivia Scopa, a 24-year-old who received the forehead kiss of doom and despair after a 16-hour first date (and subsequent ghosting), feels similarly, and also offers a theory on why these kisses are doled out so casually. \u201cBecause of hookup culture, I think people want the pros and fantasy of romance and relationships, without the commitment,\u201d she says. \u201cThey want to have fun in the moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Seeing forehead kisses modelled in other more serious relationships, such as parental ones, Sims says, is another reason why they feel so significant. Their role as a \u201cvery minimal, everyday show of affection\u201d that, as she points out, is fairly mundane, paradoxically elevates their status. \u201cThere\u2019s something to be said about how off-the-cuff casual it is,\u201d Sims says. \u201cWhen it\u2019s something you grow up seeing adults in your life do, it just feels like the action of a more formal relationship, despite it being something so small.\u201d Forehead kisses aren\u2019t the only display of affection being reinterpreted, either; many young people have come to see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/68901\/1\/why-does-hand-holding-feel-more-intimate-than-sex-relationships-gen-z-dating\"><span>hand-holding<\/span><\/a><span> as being more intimate than sex, as it\u2019s more synonymous with a serious relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The most interesting (and tragic) part of the \u201cforehead kiss of doom and despair\u201d is its <\/span><span>apparent universality. It appears that so many young women have a forehead kiss horror story, with each video on the subject yields countless comments relating the experience to their own. The explanation? When you\u2019re dating in a time when casual is king, there is no rulebook, let alone any way to discern what a certain display of affection <\/span><em><span>actually<\/span><\/em><span> means. In a bygone era, maybe these small moments of intimacy once signalled love. Today, they signal a ticking time bomb. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite their touching origins, forehead kisses appear to be another thing spoiled by situationship culture. <\/span><span>For Sim\u2019s part, enough is enough. Regardless of how she was conditioned to think about forehead kisses, she, like her fellow ghostees, now sees them as the ultimate red flag. \u201cWe should be saying #saveforeheadkissesformarriage,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019re done to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-series\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">More on these topics<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-series\"><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/feature\">Feature<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/dating\">Dating<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/intimacy\">intimacy<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/social-media\">social media<\/a><a class=\"series\" 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