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I'm used to handshakes for non blood related males (friends, business contacts) and kisses in the cheeks for relatives and females. In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic
by TurboHaskal 9y ago
I'm used to handshakes for non blood related males (friends, business contacts) and kisses in the cheeks for relatives and females.
In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic countries women default to the handshake even outside of business settings. I find it odd and still have difficulties adjusting to that.
- imartin2k 9y agoHehe as someone from Germany living in Sweden, I find this constant cheek kissing with quasi strangers in Southern or Western Europe or the Spanish speaking world pretty akward. But I understand that it's feels normal to most who grew up with it.