One of the customs that you see in Argentina is when two people greet and depart, they cheek-kiss. I think this is a wonderful concept to bring back to the states, it’s warm, it’s friendly, it’s just a little bit sexual…
Things get strange for me when two men are kissing on the cheek. I still am not quite sure when to kiss a fellow man on the cheek and when not to. I never use my lips to kiss another man on the cheek, it is always very clearly the cheek touching cheek, anything more would make the cheek kiss seem pretty gay, as if it isn’t already pretty gay.
The question is, when is the threshold passed; who gets a cheek kiss greeting and who doesn’t?
haha that reminds me of the first time some guy tried to do the cheek kissing and I was completely bewildered.
I’d say that in business meetings, or any formal setting handshakes between men are the norm. Also, when two people meet for the first time. But after a while talking to sb you might say goodbye with a cheek kiss. This is common men to men and women to men, women to women…
I have been giving every girl the two kisses greeting since I was 16.
Someone has to teach them.
- MPM