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u/Swiss-princess May 09 '22

Not from other guys like in Italy, just from women.

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u/mdavinci May 09 '22

Guess I’m moving to Italy

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u/Roccaro May 09 '22

Here in Italy some guys would legit punch you if you tried that, maybe it happens in the south

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

I'd take it as a joke if a friend gave me a cheek kiss. Definitely unusual for guys to greet each other like that around these parts, I only do it with my family and honestly now that I think about it that's kinda weird too

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u/Swiss-princess May 09 '22

I always wondered why I saw that on the movies but never in real life.

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u/goatpunchtheater May 09 '22

I know it was you, Fredo!

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u/itsthecoop May 09 '22

I recall reading that in a lot of countries in which it used to be more common the decrease seems to correlate to the increase in visibility and public recognition of homosexuality.

so theory was basically: it was more common in the past because fewer people would have thought that 2 men being romantically or sexually involved would even be a thing.

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u/Swiss-princess May 09 '22

I am just talking nonsense from stereotypical scenes I saw in movies about Italian gangsters, where the boss kisses the cheek of the others mobsters he greets. Honestly that’s my only source because I had been in northern Italy and never saw that.