Kiss or hand shake?

I mainly say ho to them only. sometimes I will give them a hug but I never go up to them and kiss them. My husband used to do that all of the time when we first met. that got on my nerves when he was doing it to everyone we came in contact with that we knew. I mean the girls only.

depending on my friend it would be a handshake or a hug. It would never be a kiss for sure.

we kiss on the cheek if it's a girl but if t's a guy , we shake hands or hug each other.

Mostly i greet my friends with a handshake only, as it happens to be the Custom here in my country... Some times it differ from region to region,,.. Yeah.. i mean region and not religion.

how i wish to be one of your close friend so i can get a kiss from you! joke! with family members we all kiss on cheeks but for friends a shake hands and hug is enough![em]happy[/em

Shake hands if it's someone your not close too. If it's a family member or very close friend then a kiss, only on the cheek though like the continentals.

I don't like this weird custom of kissing everybody just because I know them and am, through family or work, faintly aqcainted with them. It is a custom very popular all over the world, but it is, in historical terms, a new social behaviour that started around in the 70's. The French have been doing it for centuries, and they kiss on both cheeks, but their faces don't actually seem to touch. I personal prefer a little more formality and distnce.

Well, I hug my friends but rarely, giving them a kiss. I only offer handshake to people I have just met or to my not so close friends.

Dear friend,As I am from India in our culture usually our ancestors used to greet by giving a "Namaste". The gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a Divine spark within each of us that is located in the heart. The gesture is an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another. "Nama" means bow, "as" means I, and "te" means you. Therefore, Namaste literally means "bow me you" or "I bow to you." Later most of us gives a shake hand kiss is very less. Hope each country has their own ways like the Japanes Bow, the put palm and fist together in one hand and bow, so on goes the ways as each country culture changes. But hope most often it is handshake is seen mostly.

Hi lynboobsy11! I usually greet my close friends with a slight peck on the cheek and to those I am really that close especially with men, a simple handshake or hello will do. Just my thoughts dear! Take care and have a nice day! :)

hand shake... sometime smile is more comfortable or just say hi.... I don't like kissing people... A hug when meeting my long lost friend but not kiss...

a kiss for my girlfriend or mohter, a bug for my long lost friends.a smile for my no so close friends, handshake or 'hi' for my new friends.

if it comes on my girl friends, we usually kiss (on cheek) each other while on guys we don't hand shake, we just greet each other with a "hey"

Most of the time, I embrace them when seeing them. I only do the handshake if they will introduce me with someone they are with at that moment. The handshake is more of a formality gestures to me hehe. Kissing them? SOmetimes, I do the "cheek to cheek" (beso beso)kiss but I rarely do that.

I very rarely use the handshake method. Only when I meet a new customer at the bar. With my friends, I normally give them a hug (if they are close friends, or if I have not seen them in a long time) Otherwise, I just great friends with a, "hey there" or something of that matter. I only great my boyfriend with a kiss. Oh and my grandpa.

well it depends really,if its a female who have been very close and she is alone,a kiss on the cheek and a big hug is not bad at all but if she is with a man a light hug will do,but for a male all the hugs handshakes and a loud "hey"does all the maguic for me,but we must be really close