Just remember, polite varies from situation to situation. Growing up in the Caribbean when I was a teen meeting other people my age was a very physical thing. Y

Just remember, polite varies from situation to situation. Growing up in the Caribbean when I was a teen meeting other people my age was a very physical thing. You might have someone's arm around your shoulder or get jostled around a little within hours of meeting them. In fact that was how relationships formed. Touching a girls hair, or even giving it a light tug was all part of the flirting game. To be clear it's not like you just met someone and started touching them everywhere and it didn't have to happen everytime, but during the course of conversation if it was appropriate and natural a light touch here and there was just part of how things worked. Moving to the US I found out very quickly that you give most people space unless you were invited in closer, but I've found Europeans that I've met are more open to an appropriate natural touch