General Discussion

your information from, but NPR Buffalo reported that she stepped back to geet away from his hand on her back, not that she removed his hand. Nobody has reported that she said outright, "Don't do that. I don't like it." Maybe she thought that was clear from her body language. Apparently he did not think so.

NPR also reported that he said she was an aggressive woman. So if he likes aggresive women he could think it was a complimentary pick up line. Or, he could have been putting her down with it, using the request for a kiss as mockery. Since there is no recording, we don't know what tone he used, do we? Putting our own spin on it does not get us any closer to the truth.

Where did you hear that he kissed her? NPR and other reports I have heard say that he ASKED if he could kiss her, not that he did kiss her. That fits with the hands on the face in the photo that shows her smiling up at him. If he wanted to kiss her, that is a natural gesture - hands on cheeks, ready to bend down and kiss her, but asking first if it's ok.

All we've got here, as far as I can see, is a single man at a social event trying to pick up a single woman who doesn't want to be picked up by him. Happens all the time in social settings. Boy sees girl, makes a pass. She's cool toward him but he gives it another try, fails, and gives up. Good grief. Happened to my friends and me often in our younger single days.

Mountain out of a molehill.