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kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

hugging and kissing strangers

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kalamity1 Forgot to ask you if it is a custom in Greece also that ppl from outside the cities and maybe ppl from older generations tend to address their grandparents and maybe even their parents with Sir and Mam? Here in Mexico you can still see that mostly among ppl in...

13 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Thanks Shalli I am amazed myself I didn't expect so many replies here! It's a very nice start in mylot and I gotta thank you mostly for that! You know my crew sometimes turns into my family when I am on a long flight especially, because I am so far away from...

13 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 You're so freaking right freakaki that it's killing me lol, it does have to do also with every individual and the way you were brought up as a kid, because I guess even though it's a culture thing I would try to raise my future kids in case I should have some...

13 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Awwwwwwwwwwwww I know how you must have felt, sometimes I wanna hug people just for no big reason at all only because they are being so nice to me but then I am thinking, relax Dani they might not even like it. However it's like the same when I wanna tell my...

13 Mar 09

sdas86 @sdas86 (6076) • Malaysia 25 Feb 09

Have you tried Internet Explorer 8? I think I will not download to try it because it will take a lot of time. Normally, Internet Explorer will make my computer lag. So, I will wait for good comments before downloading it. Have...

internet browser

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kalamity1 Hi Cream you know I wasn't sure either what version my IE was until I went to control panel and looked it up in add or remove programs. :)

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Yeah Julio where exactly do you live my friend? I think it's mostly the same in all south american countries, men unless they are gay or related to each others would never kiss another man but they do kiss women and women kiss everyone lol.

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Kissing one cheek is fine but kissing 2 feels weird for me lol, but I would still do it I think. I have an online friend from Toronto and when we first met she gave me a big hug and I wasn't sure she would because I know that Canadians normally don't do that.

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 I totally agree with you on that I think I would act the way other ppl do depending on their customs, if I was in France I'd possible kiss ppl on both cheeks lol

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Thanks for your opinion I am pleasantly surprised so many ppl replied here!

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 I have a friend that comes from the Philippines and I am sure she will agree with you, but I am glad you could get used to being hugged and kissed, because it gotta be terrible to having to reject ppl all the time when they come to close to you lol. You know...

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Thanks for welcoming me and thanks for your very detailed reply! I know it's especially when you give peace that you get kissed and hugged in church and it's OK I guess because we are all supposed to be brothers and sister in God's eyes especially while you're...

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Even if your friends and family touch you sloppyflow? If that's so I am sure they know it by now lol.

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Where do you come from mermaidivy?

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Maybe if tourists do that it's not taken so bad but what if locals kiss on the streets, how would be the reaction of the audience there? I can even imagine there are some laws against public kissing and where you get punished if you do so. I am saying this...

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 So I guess you wouldn't accept a kiss from your boss, right?

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Yes Chinese follow this I am sure and I guess most Asian countries do and I totally respect that!

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 Nice to meet you too and I hope you're having fun like me mylotting! Thanks for replying, it's really important to know these things so when you get to travel there you won't mess things up and make ppl feel uncomfortable.

12 Mar 09

kalamity1 @kalamity1 (55) • Mexico 11 Mar 09

In Austria where I come from it is not very common to touch strangers when you greet them and in the better cases you shake hands but never kiss or give out hugs. Now that I have been living in Mexico for more than 12 years it...

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kalamity1 I really respect that, if I'd go to your country I would do as I see and fold my hands to go with the flow but I don't know if I'd do the same when I go back to Austria, I am sure I will start to hug and kiss everyone until they will push me away lol

12 Mar 09

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