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    When a gentleman meets a lady it is not usual to shake her hand in my country. We all are male chauvinist pigs here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lars View Post

    What tradition and etiquette do you have regarding the handshake or some other greeting ritual?
    Here you shake hands usually only when you meet someone for the first time. After that a simple verbal greeting will do.

    That is, among people my age. I notice younger guys sometime turning their hands upside down when they shake. Is that some whigger thing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eldritch View Post
    That is, among people my age. I notice younger guys sometime turning their hands upside down when they shake. Is that some whigger thing?
    It certainly is not. We do that all the time including a hug for real good friends.

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    I greet most men that I meet with a standard handshake:



    I try to avoid any nonstandard shakes:



    Quote Originally Posted by anonymaus View Post
    A too-weak one is considered rude, and the person should be considered untrustworthy--unless a woman is giving it.

    I take this ritual almost as seriously as our ancestors did. Don't fuck it up if you meet me: I never forget a dead fish handshake.
    YES!!! For as long as I can remember my grandfather warned me against giving someone the dreaded limp fish handshake! We would shake hands at the opening and closing of ever single visit.

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    Handshake for men and a pair of kisses for women, if it's the first time you meet them, for close friends no physic contact needed "ciao" is enough.
    By the way sometimes young people try some kind of "strange rapper handshake" which I usually fail, and jesus christ, it's embarassing, just give a normal handshake!

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    I've read that the handshake began as a way of greeting among the followers of Mithras in Roman times.

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    Russian men do it every time they meet someone, not just the first. I quite like the custom, and wish we were a bit more like that. But you have to be careful not to do it across a threshold; that's very bad luck!

    Women in England are very ready to give a hand at the first introduction. It's a bit odd when you've been off in Russland where it's not really the done thing. Here you're expected to give a little press, but you meet the odd strange woman who wants to play at doing it like a man.

    As for the weak one, when I get that, I'm instantly disgusted with such a 'man'. I had one a bit ago, from my sister's friend, so I told him off about it in front of everyone...

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    Quick nod of the head and a handshake. Or just nod

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    New person/stranger: Handshake.
    Male friend/male relative: Handshake and a manly embrace.
    Female stranger: A gentle handshake, perhaps a kiss if instigated by the female.
    Female friend/female relative: A hug and a kiss on the cheek.

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    I make the opposite mistake from limp handshakes. My grip could crush bones.

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