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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Not in the northeast, midwest or west coast either in my experience.
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Yea, when I think of cheek kissing, I think a) Italians b) grandmothers c) putting your child to bed.
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
Standard thumb-lock?? Shoulder-bump?
I knew of no such standard shake/bump greeting method. I can see I've been missing out! You make it sound like thumb wrestling.
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Yea, it's typical with either younger males or men that can't see themselves full on hugging a dude. Each right hand is clasped in an arm-wrestling grip, then each guy pulls in and the shoulders bump, and each left hand pats the other's back.
Alternatively, there is the standard man hug, as demonstrated here:
(quite funny, too)