newcopcar wrote:

TheMilford wrote:there is a member on here, whom shall remain nameless, that when we first met years ago I felt they had a wimpy handshake... they have since corrected this as of the last time we met. Congrats, I think you know who you are

You son of a bitch.

How are you so sure I was talking about you?

Now you've blown your cover

I'm sorry... no disrespect.

maybe you were just fatigued from licking envelopes or working with M. Tent.

Cheers,
Jeeje

PS. thanks for putting out our record!

So funny to blow the covers! So funny!

Seriously, though. This is one of several personality/character traits which I, unfortunately, did not correct until relatively late in life. This can be blamed on anything from consuming too much bleached flour or just being a complete douche up until turning thirty.

It is good to know, however, that I have corrected at least one of these flaws!

Ok, back to the self-improvement tapes...

Limp handshakers, (other than Rober thefamilyghost and Newcopcar) speak up! Some of you have to be here.

I agree that too hard hand shake is still miles better than a limp one. I truly don't get why men do that. It puts me off, to a small degree, but it does.

I also stand up when I'm shaking hands with someone, unless that would be too much of a hassle because of people sitting closely next to me, not having a place do do it or being really, really tired (like: just did 80 miles on a bike tired). But in 9 cases out of 10, I'll move my ass up.

I also feel awkward shaking hands with women. I truly think kissing women's hand is a far more appropriate, but of course that would be awkward in modern society (unless on a date. Then, it is great). But they do it on old movies and it seems just right.

I have to shake hands when meeting new people because I always feel like it's missing when I don't. However, this doesn't preclude washing my hands at the earliest opportunity.