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more about #freakonomics more comments → ceejeemcbeegee is not here: My people are of the "knowing head nod" persuasion. A pound or fist bump is also acceptable. more » SomeAuthorGirl: Hee hee, this was a great thread. I recently had a very funny friend of mine (American) expound on this, at great and amusing length, and wonder why h... more » MediasBlue: Errr, what about a handshake? Or a nice smile and a head bob? I've never been around people who kiss a greeting (not such a big thing here in the rura... more » takeitasred: this topic is extremely relevant to my life. I attend a masters program at a university filled with international students. There is endless confusion... more » resonanteye: universal; kiss hand, throw at person, smile. more » bowleserised: I was accustomed to the London literary lovey two-kiss, then travelled to Canada and seemed to seriously disturb some people by doing that, and now in... more » ratz: wow... my repressed irish catholic family kisses on the mouth. We started as babies and never changed. Do you think it's because we are unable to sa... more » CherriSpryte: I never know, if I'm doing the 2-kiss European thing, which cheek to go to first. Which is kinda awkward. Also I'm left handed, which I kinda think ma... more » NOLA girl: We tend to do the one kiss on the right down here. But it's more of the cheek touching, smouching the air type. Not done as much by the younger folks. more » ellaesther: I just learned from a Palestinian today that, depending where you're from, it might even be: One kiss on the right cheek and then two on the left. Amo... more » BoozeInMyBlood[had lost her password]: i dislike strangers touching me, which leads to awkwardness when my Puerto Rican boyfriends mom is always touching me and pressing her cheek to mine. ... more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: In my homeland it's no kisses unless it's Clive Owen, then it's a half hour make out sessions. more » Gretchen is a new kitten mom!: When in Europe I do two. For close friends who live in Europe then it is three. Unless it is the owner of a major instrument manufacturer whom Mr. G... more » WaltzingMatilda: All I need to hear: You French great. -Paul Rudd - Wet Hot American Summer more » Mr. Mittens (né nodoubt9203): well in mexico i think it depends on your status, but in my family it's one or two kisses or the snide cheek bump with air kiss. more » -
#kissing
Kissin' Cousins
U.S.: One kiss. France: Two. Netherlands: 3. In today's "Freakonomics," Daniel Hamermesh asks, who makes the kissing rules? Who changes them? How do we learn them? And we'd better! [New York Times]
