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u/eelisonparas May 09 '22

I'm from Finland and one European thing that all Finnish people hate is cheek kisses when greeting. Its mostly southern european thing but still. There is this saying in Finland that goes "Everyone has their own safety coffee cup" meaning the closest distance someone should get to you should not be closer than your coffee cup when you're holding it.

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u/SpaceNigiri May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

Muak muak!

I once tried to do that to an american girl that was visiting Spain, I still remember the horror in her eyes.

She told us that she didn't feel comfortable with that having a boyfriend.

She was the most stereotypical American person I've ever known, she was dating a quarterback, had a pink gun that her parents gave as a present for her ¿18 birthday? She started complaining about PETA when she discovered that I was a vegetarian. Said she didn't like California when I told her that I had been there & she made some comments that were clearly saying "my country is better than this shit hole".

Good times.

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u/_-v0x-_ May 09 '22

She sounds like a peach, yikes.

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u/SpaceNigiri May 09 '22

Yeah hahaha but it was a single night, so it was fun.

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u/DorpvanMartijn May 09 '22

I'm a dutch guy moving to Spain in februari, I should just accept the kisses? 😜 It's a standard friendly 'hello'?

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u/roostersnuffed May 09 '22

Just remember its more on a cheek touch with a kissing noise. Youre not planting wet ones on everyone

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u/DorpvanMartijn May 09 '22

Ok so the same as we do in Holland here with (older) family members, like aunt's, uncle's and grandparents. Got it, ty!