when you meet someone new...

Up against the wall,motherfucker and don't you dare mention that I'm hunching your leg!-------seems to work most of the time.

 

Hug or shake hands, depends on how open they seem to be.

I'm all touchy-feely... makes some Americans uncomfortable, you people and your damn personal space bubble. I make sure to break every person's personal space bubble... human contact is a good thing, learn this.

 

Depending on the sex, I lick their faces or sniff their bums.
No, I say hello and then introduce myself.

 

I have this rather difficult handshake that I try to force people to learn. Not many get it. But hey, It's FUN!

 

i do evrything that comes to mind mind

at first i say hello
then shake hands
and then if i like the person i can ask him some stupid question

 

well eastern cultures are more open still
we have a lot of bodily contact when we meet and part.

depending on the person's vibe I've met, I personally will :

a. shake hands (may/may not also involve my second hand grasping his/hers)
b. hug
c. shake hands and kiss two cheeks
d. hug and kiss two cheeks
e. rape immediately (kidding)

one more thing, I hate "loose" hugs. if we have a good vibe between, we should hug tightly, letting all our energies flow into each other.

 

i do them in the booty

 

Goodness, I'll bet you have a lot of unexpected children just by meeting new people.

 

When I meet 'old' people, I shake hands because they ALWAYS hold their hand out, though generally when I'm with people my age, I just say hi before walking away awkwardly...not really, but I don't really start talking right away. I'm not extremely confident, though I make it up with dashing good looks and radical intelligent-ness.

 

I voted for "nothing... too shy."
I guess I'll usually say, "hi," but a lot of the time I just stand there awkwardly.

 

i agree that eastern cultures are more open and i sorta dislike all this personal space stuff and "manners" when you are supposed to be reserved and polite, and that's all...

though when i met some americans they were pretty nice and didnt care for the personal space stuff

 

That's because you didn't meet Americans in America.

 

Like some people already said, it depends on the vibes I get from the person but usually I'll smile, say hello (or whatever else) and give a kiss on one cheek (or both, depending on what country I'm in!).

 

Depends on the person, if they look friendly/nice, then I would say hi with a smile and keep talking to them but even though I talk, I'm still very shy. I never hug people when I first meet them, not because I don't want to, I'm too shy.

 

mojet....
maybe foreigners in russia try to adjust to what they think is russian way of life: much vodka and open-mindness...
ok what about americans in america then?
business-like and indifferent??

 

Americans in America.

Naive...

That would be a good word to describe most of the population...

And ignorant.

 

people choose to be ignorant nowadays....not only in america...everywhere....

 

I have social anxiety disorder, so I always fear I'll say something stupid, so I never start a conversation with someone. If I'm introduced to someone new I'll usually look away and shake their hand and say "hi." I guess people probably assume I'm a bitch, but unfortunately, I have this stupid disorder that makes me act this way when I'm around people I don't know well.

 

hug, hi and shake

 

I often say "Hi, nice to meet you" or something like that. But when I'm drunk, I give big hugs to everybody, hahaha!