"I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what it meant, so I instantly grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips. And, then I got suspended"
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The subtext is about how early we’re trained into rules we didn’t agree to. Preschool is supposed to be the sandbox of innocence, yet one small gesture triggers a disciplinary apparatus. “And, then I got suspended” lands like a deadpan gavel: the adult world’s punitive reflex arrives before the child even has language for the situation. That whiplash is the point. Ackles isn’t confessing malice; he’s spotlighting the mismatch between childish impulsivity and institutional control.
As an actor’s anecdote, it also performs charisma. He casts himself as the well-meaning protagonist in a sitcom cold open: a cute misread, an outsized reaction, a bureaucratic overreaction. The cultural context is familiar, too: we laugh because we recognize how quickly affection gets policed once it crosses an invisible line, especially when kids are involved. The story keeps its edge by refusing sentimentality; it treats early “romance” as slapstick with stakes.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Ackles, Jensen. (2026, January 17). I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what it meant, so I instantly grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips. And, then I got suspended. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-in-preschool-and-a-girl-actually-kissed-me-55797/
Chicago Style
Ackles, Jensen. "I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what it meant, so I instantly grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips. And, then I got suspended." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-in-preschool-and-a-girl-actually-kissed-me-55797/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what it meant, so I instantly grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips. And, then I got suspended." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-in-preschool-and-a-girl-actually-kissed-me-55797/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.






