I don't have a different handshake for men or women, and don't really see why you would. My contribution here is to say that I hate it when you go to shake hands with someone and they "prematurely" grab your hand and you don't really give a proper shake back though.
I can't say that happens often to me, but I feel like a loser when it does!
A well-educated gentleman such as myself would always consider to kiss the hand of ladies.
It's a good way to introduce yourself to ladies, I find shaking hands with a woman not sophisticated and quite repulsive. Keep in mind that they are fragile creatures.
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Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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I'm terrible at guessing the correct amount of pressure, and either I'll crush one of those annoying "limp" shakers - usually because their hand is kinda curled up into a crushable shape instead of being open and meeting your hand - or I'll be the one with no gumption in my pumping and my hand flops around uselessly like an Edmontonian girl in the backseat of her beau's Camaro.
So now I just say, "THIS is how we greet women in MY country" in a thick Russian accent, and give her some tongue.
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Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.
A well-educated gentleman such as myself would always consider to kiss the hand of ladies.
It's a good way to introduce yourself to ladies, I find shaking hands with a woman not sophisticated and quite repulsive. Keep in mind that they are fragile creatures.
Excuse me? Whose hand have you been shaking lately?
Nothing turns me off more than when I get a limp handshake from a guy!
Shook the hand of a guy whose handshake was SOOO limp I could have seriously crushed it. The feeling leaves me with no respect of him as a person because I don't sense a genuine personality. I take my hand away and have to rub the feeling off, it like sticks to you and you can't get rid of it!
I know some women might like the 'gentle' handshake. I admit I don't like a bone crusher, but please, for the sake of being respected, guys! Give a firm handshake! While some might be "fragile creatures", the majority aren't, and would appreciate a decent handshake!
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The key to a firm but not bone-crunching handshake is not in how hard you grip their hand, but how much forward pressure you apply. Where your thumb and forefinger meet theirs, just press forward slightly. That way the handshake feels firm, yet you can still have a light grip in their fingers.
