I Don't Like Kissing

I was 24 when I had my first kiss. I had wanted it to happen much, much sooner, but you can't always plan these things.

It should have been exciting. I was in a big, flashy, foreign city. I was just checking into my hotel room, and my then-boyfriend followed me in, and 30 seconds later, he kissed me.

On one hand, I was glad I finally knew what it was like. But most of me was thinking, "This is it? It's wet!" He asked if I liked it. I didn't want to offend him, so I said I did. But I didn't. It was wet. It was all I could think about. That, and wondering what on earth was wrong with me that I didn't like it.

I figured it would get better. It didn't. I continued to kiss him, but only because I felt I should. I really liked him at the time. And when he touched me when we were fooling around, I never knew anything could feel so amazing. But I never could get used to the kissing, and I felt terrible about it. We have since broken up. I have met someone else who is great. Someone I would eventually like to date. But I'm scared. What if I kiss him and all I can think is, "it's wet?" What if I'm as bad a kisser with him as I was with the other guy?

Is there a way I can learn to like kissing? And if I don't like kissing, does that mean I won't like sex when the time comes for that?