Becca,
Now see I don't understand this.

What kind of statement is necessary? What is so potentially foolish about it?

What about just saying "Ok!"

Why the mental gymnastics?

Understand that I am not attacking your response or your feelings at all, I'm just not understanding why it would make you feel confused or unsure.

Speaking as an HD person, I'm never looking for a Wowza response I'm just wanting to be close. He could give me an affirmative grunt and I'm fine with that.

I suspect it has more to do with the fact that if he moves in for a kiss, the LD partner can always turn their head and avoid the whole matter, thinking that they have not rejected unless they've verbally spoken No, but it is rejection nonetheless.

I'm not sure what the answer is, because the LD partner certainly has the right to not kiss if they don't feel like it.

Honey