I just read this post about hugging and kissing friends on Cup of Jo and it made me laugh a little.
I am definitely a hugger. Anyone who is my friend is aware of this fact.
I am not so much a cheek kisser. However, in Mexico, you kiss everyone's cheeks to say hello. That's their greeting and goodbye. Just what they do.
When I first got to Mexico a few weeks ago as I ran into one of my friends on my walk from the taxi to my friend's place where I was staying he immediately went for the cheek kiss and I had completely forgotten about it. I was pretty caught off guard.
Just a fun note:
-If you are really close with the person: you give them a hug and kiss their cheek.
-If not super close, but you know them at all: handshake while kissing their cheek
-You're just meeting: handshake, but it's always relatively awkward, 'Should I kiss their cheek? No?'
Fast forward to a couple weeks later. I was out with a couple of my girlfriends and as we were all hugging each other goodbye I totally kissed both their cheeks, just like I would in Mexico. Haha. They were definitely caught off guard as this is not something I normally do in the U.S., but I didn't even think about it. Whoops. :)
Maybe I had a bit of the traditions of Mexico lingering...
Notes: When you kiss someone on the cheek in Mexico, you do not actually kiss their cheek. You really only touch cheeks and then kiss the air.
Also, if you have a close friend and they write you a message and say they're sending you many kisses. This doesn't really mean romantically.
I am definitely a hugger. Anyone who is my friend is aware of this fact.
I am not so much a cheek kisser. However, in Mexico, you kiss everyone's cheeks to say hello. That's their greeting and goodbye. Just what they do.
When I first got to Mexico a few weeks ago as I ran into one of my friends on my walk from the taxi to my friend's place where I was staying he immediately went for the cheek kiss and I had completely forgotten about it. I was pretty caught off guard.
Just a fun note:
-If you are really close with the person: you give them a hug and kiss their cheek.
-If not super close, but you know them at all: handshake while kissing their cheek
-You're just meeting: handshake, but it's always relatively awkward, 'Should I kiss their cheek? No?'
Fast forward to a couple weeks later. I was out with a couple of my girlfriends and as we were all hugging each other goodbye I totally kissed both their cheeks, just like I would in Mexico. Haha. They were definitely caught off guard as this is not something I normally do in the U.S., but I didn't even think about it. Whoops. :)
Maybe I had a bit of the traditions of Mexico lingering...
Notes: When you kiss someone on the cheek in Mexico, you do not actually kiss their cheek. You really only touch cheeks and then kiss the air.
Also, if you have a close friend and they write you a message and say they're sending you many kisses. This doesn't really mean romantically.
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