Newsflash!

You know those people who write XOXOXO? It has long been an established fact that it stands for hugs and kisses how sweet. But! Your correspondent just learned something shocking.

For years and years I thought the exes were hugs and the ohs were kisses. After all, a puckered mouth is shaped like an O, right? And a man standing with his legs splayed and arms out is in the classic "Hug me" pose. Right? And when you hug someone your arms are crossed behind his back in a classic X format.

This is obviously what you thought too but no! Apparently the ohs are hugs and the exes are kisses. I can kind of understand the ohs. Seen from above the arms of two hugging people look like an O. But exes as kisses? That's just wrong. If your kisses look like an X you are doing something wrong. I'm sorry.