handshakes... how'd you do it?

I do not think you need to be in any class of society to require it. It is a form of greeting but most usually done when you are getting acquainted with someone or during a formal event. I even do handshakes with people I have know for a long time and when we meet each other. It is not some kind of hood or fraternity handshake but just a normal one. When you do a handshake, it is always a must to look at the person in the eye. Would it not be disrespecting if you had a handshake with someone and he was looking at your feet? You would be wondering why too. Gripping, yes you grip well but to the point wherein your at your most comfortable so it would not hurt. Try it sometimes and you will see that you there is not a specific amount of grip needed for a handshake when you get used to it.

Handshake is initiated when the two hands touch, immediately. It is commonly done upon meeting, greeting, parting, offering congratulations, expressing gratitude or completing and agreement. I think it doesn't where you came from, handshakes are just about anywhere. But in work, they do handshakes everytime. What i do is that, i grip their hands, not to loose or too tight, and i also make sure that my hands are not wet or cold. This could mean something. And yes, you also have to look them in the eye.

Exactly! Not too tight and never too loose. Just enough to make the other person feel that you welcome or you do appreciate the meeting. Although it's all for the formalities (taught from seminars)-so we can never tell who is sincere and who is not. Just try to dance with the beat and socialize the way it should be.

Everyone has a different style I think and why should a handshake be something that is taught like a convention, when you think about it because it can be a very personal social act as well as a business presentation. This idea might vary from person to person because sometimes companies will have strict expectations on how their employees dress and act. That being said, I tend to be myself always and think of this quality as acceptable. Handshakes depend very much on whom has started one though sometimes it seems like it happened at the same time. That can be confusing. If I give out a greeting I put my arm full length as if reaching for the person and wait for a response. I then use a firm grip and release in reasonable time. If the other person has started one I place my hand in theirs and let them control the action.

I am a Filipino too, we are not on the elite class, but we were trained how to interact with people of different classes, well, I do the same, I grip the persons hand not too tight and not too lousy, look straight on the eyes of the person and smile, when making a handshake, its sort of expressing the trust reposed on you.

I'm from Indonesia, and lived in Java. At our place, giving handshakes to another people is already a habit, especially when we meet with friends, relatives, elders,when visit to the neighbor. And when we make handshakes, its usually acompanied with asking the condition of the person, "how are you.." or just said "hello". Giving handshakes,is usually given to congratulate to someone, for the succes has been achieved

A good handshake is all about how you grip the hand and look the others in their eyes. It also show how confident you are. I am not really into handshake unless I am require to. Sometimes people don't like to be touch or touch other. I won't initiate handshake unless the other want to start first.

yes handshake it should belike as if your holding or being a friendly approach so in one of the personality development class we came to know about how many types of handshakes are there.And the way we give handshake can tell the mindset of us and what kind of person we are.So the way your doing is the best thing .If your not sure of the handshake it is good to not to do it.

Hi there jazel_juan Well I am not into handshakes too.I do handshakes when I have job interview and when there is an event that I need to do a handshake like a formal gathering.It's not really popular here and me my friends don't use it.I think if ever I will be working in an office maybe I'll encounter handshakes often.

Is there really a rule when it comes to handshake? As far as I know, once a person extends his arm, then I'll reach it, and SMILE. What matters most is what in your heart.

While doing handshakes, I maintain a steady posture the moment you lift your arms and bend forward a bit and look the person in the eye with a smile ;) That's the formal and accepted way i believe.