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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2013, 05:06:31 pm »
All of my friends are females, it should be pointed out.  I generally have a rule that if a girl can't greet me by hugging we can't be friends.

As for greeting guys, well I haven't any done outside of pride events, and there hugging is the norm.
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« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2013, 05:18:50 pm »
I kinda view a handshake as way of telling somebody you don't really want to see them and are just being polite.
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« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2013, 05:21:06 pm »
Quote from: dolphins4life on July 17, 2013, 05:06:31 pm
All of my friends are females, it should be pointed out.  I generally have a rule that if a girl can't greet me by hugging we can't be friends.

As for greeting guys, well I haven't any done outside of pride events, and there hugging is the norm.

Is this a joke?
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« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2013, 05:22:53 pm »
^^^^

Of course it's not a joke.  Why would I joke?
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« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2013, 05:26:46 pm »
Quote from: dolphins4life on July 17, 2013, 05:18:50 pm
I kinda view a handshake as way of telling somebody you don't really want to see them and are just being polite.

I can appreciate a good hug, but the statement above about handshake interpretation seems more than a little bit out of touch with reality, imo...


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« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2013, 05:27:13 pm »
Quote from: dolphins4life on July 17, 2013, 05:22:53 pm
^^^^

Of course it's not a joke.  Why would I joke?

So when you meet someone in a professional capacity or are introduced to someone at a party you hug them?

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« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2013, 05:34:29 pm »
Oh I was talking about outside of the professional setting.

Of course I handshake in the professional setting.

And at the party, of course not hugging there.

I was talking about if I am meeting somebody with the intention of friends or dating.
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« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2013, 05:37:11 pm »
Quote from: Sunstroke on July 17, 2013, 05:26:46 pm
I can appreciate a good hug, but the statement above about handshake interpretation seems more than a little bit out of touch with reality, imo...




Again, I was talking about in the context of friendship or dating.  I usually know how a date is going to go by the hug greeting I get.
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« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2013, 05:46:33 pm »

^^^ So if you are out with one of your friend-girls, and a guy they know comes up to say hi to them and introduces you...do you hug them, or shake their hand?
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« Reply #24 on: July 17, 2013, 05:50:12 pm »
handshake in that situation. 
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« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2013, 05:53:59 pm »
I guess I should have narrowed it down more.  I mean if I meet somebody online.
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« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2013, 06:41:38 pm »

^^^ Gotta love those online hugs...you can grab a little online ass, and they never slap your online face. Wink
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« Reply #27 on: July 19, 2013, 02:53:31 pm »
Quote from: Dave Gray on July 15, 2013, 04:42:25 pm
- webs of your hands touching, apply equal pressure, little to no up and down motion.  Release immediately.

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It's weird when people don't let go.

^ agree.

More common than not letting go, in my experience, is when one party doesn't fully synchronize and applies pressure prematurely. Getting your fingers squeezed isn't particularly comfortable and doesn't allow you to return the grip, which results in something akin to the dead fish handshake. Usually, when I experience this, I'll reset and reinitiate the handshake.

The proper protocol for a handshake consists of: stick out your hand (requesting synchronized movement), the other party reciprocating (also requesting synchronized movement) and acknowledging with a firm squeeze, which is in turn acknowledged by you (also with a firm squeeze). You can't synchronize movements without proper eye contact, so that's a given.
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« Reply #28 on: July 19, 2013, 03:38:15 pm »
^^^ I think you need to break eye contact and look the shake in. The guy who typically creates that premature squeeze is doing so because he isn't coordinating his efforts by using his eyes properly.
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« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2013, 05:09:45 pm »
Quote from: fyo on July 19, 2013, 02:53:31 pm
More common than not letting go, in my experience, is when one party doesn't fully synchronize and applies pressure prematurely.

Yes, this is bad.  It happens when one party doesn't wait for the web-to-web contact before applying pressure. 
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