How many kisses? - Page 2

MissT74 · #1 10-12-2007, 07:34 PM

Not even in a business meeting? I would think that would border on rudeness, if not just very very awkward in the business world/boardroom.

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katyseagull · #2 10-12-2007, 07:36 PM

You can see why i have not moved up very high in the corporate structure.
I mean I will shake hands, I just don't enjoy it and don't typically initiate the shaking.

Kissing would be awkward.

Blarg · #3 10-12-2007, 07:50 PM

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Neither do I, but you have to do it. Generally I'd be happy avoiding much touching until on a pound it like a hammer basis.

Enrique · #4 10-13-2007, 05:06 PM

In Mexico it is common to greet women with a kiss on the cheek, even when meeting someone, i.e "hi, I am Enrique" kiss "nice to meet you".

When I started High School I was very bothered by this and I would only do a handshake. Some girls thought I was rude because of it. Now I alternate between handshake and kiss when meeting new people depending on my mood (although I do greet my Mexican female friends with a kiss).

In my family we do two kisses (with my sister, my mom and my father) because my mother is Spaniard and the custom over there is 2 kisses instead of one.

hanimal · #5 10-14-2007, 06:58 AM

Parisians kiss twice.
The further south you go in France, the more kisses.
I think 4 kisses is considered "hickish" by most parisians.

hanimal · #6 10-14-2007, 07:05 AM

Also, I think all this shows is how we Americans are so phobic about physical contact. We are so into the idea of our personal space.

I actually enjoy the "bise," find it kind of charming. And if you are in the country/culture where it is used, it feels totally natural.

Aces McGee · #7 10-15-2007, 01:18 PM

I am surprised that so many despise the handshake.

-McGee

KilgoreTrout · #8 10-15-2007, 01:31 PM

This has no place in the office. The only part of my body I expect to have kissed at work is my tuchus, and that only figuratively.

This is also why I prefer to wear a beard. If the thought enters someone's mind like, "Hey, I think I'll smooch that fellow for hosting such a great meeting," they need only see the woodland creatures marauding through my whiskers to reconsider.

Blarg · #9 10-15-2007, 02:09 PM

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I am surprised that so many despise the handshake.

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Me too. I can see why some people might like the extra "warmth" or whatever of a kiss, but that doesn't make a handshake something cold or inadequate. Inadequate for what? Greeting strangers? Business contacts? Even friends? I can be adequately enthused without engaging any mucous membranes, and I can't say I wish there were more being kissed in my life by anyone I'm not willing to share a crotch with.

Aces McGee · #10 10-15-2007, 02:17 PM

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I am surprised that so many despise the handshake.

-McGee

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Me too. I can see why some people might like the extra "warmth" or whatever of a kiss, but that doesn't make a handshake something cold or inadequate. Inadequate for what? Greeting strangers? Business contacts? Even friends? I can be adequately enthused without engaging any mucous membranes, and I can't say I wish there were more being kissed in my life by anyone I'm not willing to share a crotch with.

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