We're in the middle of a Mediterranean heatwave, there are outdoor cafes springing up everywhere...are we becoming more like our European cousins in the way we kiss each other when we greet?
2006-07-19 02:56:24 · 16 answers · asked by Bobbie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I don't kiss people, that is how diseases spread
2006-07-19 02:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really. I hate air kissing people - feels fake to me. Would much rather either a half hug or hand shake (though I know this is a bit more formal). I find it odd that kissing perfect strangers, i.e. people at work is now the norm!
2006-07-19 10:54:38 · answer #2 · answered by happy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I kiss most people on first greeting unless I think they're overly reserved, or it's innapropiate (e.g: not in the office). I think we are becoming more continental and I think it's a great thing.
2006-07-20 06:07:49 · answer #3 · answered by Heleana 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is getting there but slowly. I was brought up and to me that was the way it was. It is cultural and as Americans go we are slow to make change in our way of life, lets face we still use feet and yards while the rest of the world is metric. It will come around, it just takes time
2006-07-19 10:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by 456tbj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't kiss people when I greet them. The female friends of mine get a hug, the blokes don't.
2006-07-19 10:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speak for yourself, the English are more touchy-feely than the Scots, and I can't see us doing the kissing-both-cheeks thing like they do down south.
2006-07-19 15:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by Rotifer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hope not. i really dislike English people trying to act French when the guys won't kiss each other. it's soooo pretentious. I don't like physical contact with people i don't know and all those germs yuk!
2006-07-21 09:45:28 · answer #7 · answered by minerva 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so, americans before did not kiss when they would greet, but now a lot of them do. nost hispanics and europeans do that, but i guess it has spread t the american culture and others also.
2006-07-19 13:37:53 · answer #8 · answered by Gabriella M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are, i think becoming more continental is a good thing, besides the kissing as i don't feel comfortable with it (unless it's a really fit bloke!!!).
2006-07-19 10:01:08 · answer #9 · answered by Sarah (31/UK) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately more like LA air kisses
2006-07-19 10:00:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every one to their own choice, if you want to kiss go for it if you dont then dont. whats all the fuss about?
2006-07-22 12:05:32 · answer #11 · answered by kathdes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋