Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 13 days agoWhat's something people do in your country that other people wouldn't understand?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something people do in your country that other people wouldn't understand?Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareLycaon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 days agoKiss people on both cheeks as a greeting! Though even as an Italian I will say I never really liked it lol
minus-squareLady Butterfly @lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoAs an English I am horrified at the idea
minus-squareLycaon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoUnderstandable! I lived in the UK for a few years and will say I really appreciated how mindful everyone was of personal space there!
minus-squareChromebby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoAs an Asian that makes me squeamish lol
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoSome people do that here too, and I refuse to uphold that traditional way of doing things. Especially since it’s gendered
minus-squareOpinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoI don’t even like it when people greet me with a hug but this sounds absolutely horrible.
minus-squaredumblederp@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoMy Dutch family does this but it’s more air kisses than a peck on the cheeks.
Kiss people on both cheeks as a greeting! Though even as an Italian I will say I never really liked it lol
As an English I am horrified at the idea
Understandable! I lived in the UK for a few years and will say I really appreciated how mindful everyone was of personal space there!
As an Asian that makes me squeamish lol
Some people do that here too, and I refuse to uphold that traditional way of doing things. Especially since it’s gendered
I don’t even like it when people greet me with a hug but this sounds absolutely horrible.
My Dutch family does this but it’s more air kisses than a peck on the cheeks.