Did you play spin the bottle when you were a 'tween?

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Horse Jr. and I went cycling the other day. He is still into Minecraft and Matchbox cars. But I remember having crushes on girls when I was 11-years-old. Only two years later, I would go to parties where we would play "spin the bottle." Boys and girls would sit in a circle, and spin a Coke bottle in the middle of the circle. When you spun it, you had to kiss the boy/girl of the opposite sex that it pointed at. Of course, those kisses were tiny pecks on the lips, but it was our introduction to kissing our crushes (and others). Does spin the bottle still exist? I don't know. In these politically correct times, would we have to kiss the person the bottle pointed at, even if it was our non-preferred gender? Did my (later to become) gay friends feel bummed out that they had to kiss people of their non-preferred gender at that time? Or was it all good? How did you learn to overcome the fears of such dangerous activities as holding hands, snuggling, or kissing people of your preferred gender? I'll attach a beautiful song by Jesse Winchester, another favorite recently departed folkie. For him, it was about the hugs. For me, it was about the hugs as well.