In Spain, when meeting a friend, we give 2 kisses. The non-written norm is that women kiss women, women kiss men but men do not kiss men. Kisses are not only circunscribed to family and friends, they can be given also at work, depending on many factors. Not to everybody, but to a close colleague or when you haven't seen a person in a while.
We like to kiss. I remember, in my teenager years (and 20s too) when I was meeting my friends to go out everyday of the weekend, the round of kisses could last 5 minutes when we were the whole group together. We just saw each other the day before but that didn't matter, the round was mandatory and a pleasure. For some reason kisses are usually given from left to right but it might be a cultural issue as I have realized Greek people do it the other way around and I think Belgians and Turkish too (to be confirmed).
In the Netherlands they give 3 kisses. Don't ask me why. I wonder where does it come that one cheek is kissed twice because obviously there's one cheek that gets double. If you know the origins of this please let me know. Anyway, the Dutch don't kiss as much as the Spaniards and I had some strange moments when I kissed someone normally but the other person freaked out and looked at me like "what the heck are you doing? "
lunes, 12 de octubre de 2015
The 3 kisses issue
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