I've had a couple of girlfriends that demanded me to shave before kissing, or they would end up looking like having a roadrash on their chin,
Wet shaving does give the smoothest result, but I need to get the hairs out between the blades using a toothbrush every 2 strokes or so, lol, a bit of rinsing the blade in water won't work for me.
The best shave I ever had was from a guy in (former) Yugoslavia who's daughter I was having a (holliday) relationship with. He was using the oldfashioned handsharpend single blade, but you can't find barbers around here anymore using that. Next to that a shave like that prob costs around $20 or more to get. And he made it very clear I needed to treat his daughter well while he was holding the blade to my throat, lol.