How do you greet relatives?

[Anonymouse]

Originally posted by TigranJamharian Why are you that sexually insecure anon that you are afraid of kissing another guy that you love as a friend on the cheek? i think that shows more homosexuality than knowing that you are straight and that there is no problem with kissing a great friend on the cheek when you see him.

Let me put it to you this way. Even with my relatives I'm hesitant with the whole kissing spiel, I really couldn't give a xxxx but since they are relatives and that is "tradition" that is the way it goes.

I like to keep things simple, a simple hand shake, or a "Hi" gesture, that is all. If you wanna go into a complex web of "greetings" then be my guest, this is of course a personal choice.

[Sirumemkez20]

Originally posted by spiral Well, I have somewhat of an overpopulated 'barekamutyun'
six aunts and five uncles, and they have kids, and their kids have kids, who are my age, or even older sometimes.

soooooooo, when we have a gathering, there's an awfulllll lot of kissing.

I usually greet my aunts, even the annoying one with a handshake and a kiss (I hated doing that when I was small, but my dad would give me a 2 hour lecture on shnork, and respect for elders) so now I do it not so willingly.

As for their husbands...sometimes I kiss them, sometimes I don't, whatever.

now, my unlces,- my mom's side, isn't too touchy feely, so they're cool, and I see them everyday, so no kissing needed. dad's side is another story.

And New Years is the worst. Armenian new years, is just horrible, especially for girls.

You set the damn table, its allll about the table lol

then guests come.

one family, with their annoying kids, who tear the house apart. They come in you have to kiss them allll, and sit at the dinner table. Family leaves after 30 mins to an hour max, because they need to go to allll the houses in one day. So you clear the table, and quickly put clean plates on the table., you barely finish washing the dishes from the previous guests, then ding dong, more guests have arrived. Sometimes, they all arrive at around the same time frame, so you're totally screwed, kiss, kiss, kiss, happy new year, kiss, happy new year, kiss, thank you, u too. kiss, kisss


Shoot me.


Do you guys do the same?

ya we do a lot of kissing to, this year we have like 50 ppl coming over for dinner for x-mas like in big bear

[SexyAries]

Kissing is essential in our family!!! but to relatives i dont see that often or dont know, the women get a one kiss on the cheek with a hug and the men get a hello. The close ones on the other hand get molested, especially me.

[Lagonid]

on my dad's side, we kiss 3 times on the cheek...so imagine having 20-30 ppl gatherings. mashalla

[jahannam]

hahahhahah you're beirutsee arent u???

[Lagonid]

gtsi gtsi halebtsi em, souria-en.

but the tree kisses are only on my dad's side, because they're arabs.

[Lagonid]

Originally posted by Lagonid gtsi gtsi halebtsi em, souria-en.

but the tree kisses are only on my dad's side, because they're arabs.

*three*

[dstyle]

We do the 3 kiss thing with the men in the family. 3 fakies on the cheeks, right left right.
the women is like one and run. lol

[violette829]

I hate walking into a family gathering late..OH GOD!~ It's like u have to go around, kissing (two sided) all of those people, ur all tired and worn out! When u finally finish, someone walks in and OH HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!! It's a very tiring experience that requires many major muscles (back-if they're sitting, neck-for side to side movement, arms-for holding the person, lip, jaw, cheek, etc.) It's like a friggin workout!

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by Lagonid *three*

Ever heard of the *edit* button?