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What about the handshake representing the 'I give you my word, let's shake on it' kinda thing?
My dad brought me up to RESPECT the handshake in the business side of things. You don't EVER go back on a handshake in my world...

Swat wrote:What about the handshake representing the 'I give you my word, let's shake on it' kinda thing?
My dad brought me up to RESPECT the handshake in the business side of things. You don't EVER go back on a handshake in my world...

Yes it worked so well with touch and go and the butthole surfers

toomanyhelicopters wrote:

themajormiller wrote:

only here wrote:never shake a lady's hand unless it's offered to you. big faux pas.
they may say it's ok, but it always looks awkward.

Agreed. I always think it's creepy when a guy does the puppy dog head tilt and softly extends his hand to a lady. It's like, "Hi, I'm a date rapist."

to a *lady*, yeah, i'd say that can be weird. but to a chick? chicks are different than ladies.

you are not to shake hands with a lady, because that is not proper.

yes, that's my point.

only here wrote:
never shake a lady's hand unless it's offered to you. big faux pas.
they may say it's ok, but it always looks awkward.

totally disagree. i hate having to be the one to extend my hand to a guy first. in fact, i find a handshake to be a respectful and nice gesture when meeting someone new. there are some exceptions, however. for example, the double-handed shake or the kiss on the hand. also, staring a hole through the girl as you shake her hand can be extremely creepy. just a simple handshake with a "hi, i'm so-and-so. how's it going?" is perfectly acceptable.

I once had a guy take my hand to shake it, pull me to his chest (my head was right below his neck) and hug me with his arm around my head.

I feel like shaking hands is necessary but sort of a drag b/c i hear how so many people rarely wash their hands after using the bathroom. Nasty

It's amazing how many men extend their hand to greet you but whatever, i guess they just never learned the "never extend to a woman/chic/lady/lass..." rule.


Women are a different deal. As a woman, i am totally appalled when a woman shakes my hand with a flimsy little whimpy handshake. I think it's important to look the person in the eye and greet them with a nice firm handshake that says "i give a shit that i'm meeting you" Maybe women are too territorial by nature to feel genuinely pleased at meeting another woman? Whatever. I will never understand my own gender.

A guy recently kissed the back of my hand. It totally made me blush

I don't like them. They make me feel socially awkward. I also disagree with the 'weak handshake meaning you're a wuss' thing. I always keep my hand fairly limp if I do have to give a handshake. It's because I don't really know the person and I'm not willing to give too much away to anyone on a first meeting. I'd say the guy with the stronger handshake is the one you have to look out for. And how does this strong handshake thing work exactly? If I shake a girl's hand am I supposed to ease it off or keep the same pressure to prove my manliness. I'd say ban handshakes all together.

One of my closest friends insists on giving everyone a metal handshake on parting, no matter how soon you're going to see him again. Like a big old 'Hey, we're bonded by blood, we're brothers man' kind of handshake. Like Samurai. It's massively annoying because he'd be really hurt if all of a sudden I stopped and decided to shake his hand normally. It would be like saying 'something has died in my heart for you, my cold dead friend.'
What d'ya do? It's weird when a bunch of people are all saying goodbye to each other, and everyone else is just saying see you later, but everyone has to give big Daz the metal shake.

I hate shaking hands. I prefer to say "hello" or whatever and not touch.

Especially when it comes to girls, I don't like people invading my personal space so I won't do it to them.
Some "Friends" of mine ALL do the handshake thing on meeting and departing, or worse a hug if they're in a good mood. For girls it's a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I HATE DOING THIS SO MUCH.

It's invasive and irritating. I don't feel comfortable doing it and nor does anyone else. PLUS it takes for fucking ever to leave or enter any given situation.

So please if I ever meet any of you, however nice a person you are, stay the fuck away from me and just politely say hello. I will promise to repect you exactly the same as had you shaken my hand/kissed my cheek/hugged me ETC, more so even.

What about picking ladies up and shaking them around?
Is that kosher?

Angriest_Dragon wrote:What about picking ladies up and shaking them around?
Is that kosher?

as long as you maintain eye contact and appear genuinely pleased to meet them, i say do it.