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when i meet someone new i like to brake the ice with an awesome hug, then there isnt that orquard feeling. now am i the only one or do people perfer a handshake ^.^ ?

Handshake, but hugging is better, makes it more relaxing afterwards :)

then maybe its time for you to step your greeting up tp a Hug ! and brake the ice with a boom!

If it is too men meeting for the first time I think a hug would be more awkward...just sayin

Haha indeed, it depends on the situation :)=

haha point taken :P ok then when the situation is right then ^.^

I usually do the handshake and bring it into a one armed hug, best of both worlds.

i like it! sneaking it in gently! i like your style !!

anyone who posted in the hug forum is awesome!

Real men hug.

I prefer a headlock and a Noogie, this is real affection, just saying...

^lol, used to do this to my brother =) but yeah, i hug =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Oj0-splZw

I was taught hugs are bad, and that this is the way to hug!

i think hugging people make them feel special :P also not just real men hug, real women hug also :D i also am open to alternative suggestions maybe i will be swayed ! i am rather found of the noogie idea ^.^ !

If I meet a female, a hug is definitely the appropriate move :) and males will get the firm handshake.

nice to know i qualify for a hug ! but what happens if another man puts his arms out to greet you with a hug, would you deny him?

Yes. Or preemptively occupy one of his hands with a hand shake forcing him to do the shake+hug mentioned above.

nice, Very smooth !

This aint my first rodeo :P

I'm English we don't hug. A slight nod of the head or tipping of the hat is more than intimate enough for us ^^

I'm English ! you just sound super posh :P

or i'm taking the piss ...

you decide ;)

If I wore a bowler, cowboy, or top hat I would find all the reasons to tip it personally

haha i am going to have to go with super posh. just so i stick by what i said in the first place, no other reason ^.^

Back to the question up there evie, if a man were to initiate a hug, then no I wouldn't deny him. Despite only being a few miles from England, here in Swansea - Wales, it's really common for random people to give you a hug upon greeting you. It's never a big deal :) Obviously you get the people who think its 'gay' or 'too much contact' but why ? .. And if it's a night out and people are tipsy, EVERYONE does the hug hahah. Handshakes are almost forbidden ;D

Well we never mentioned being tipsy lol. That is an entirely different story

Neither did I originally, just thought I'd add it hah :)

haha i love it!! i live down in Dorset. when i greet someone with a hug that i haven't met before they kinda freeze and are like Wtf lol. then i can feel safe that anything i say after that wont make them feel weirder than they already do xD. Oh and being drunk i hug everyone and fall on them alot also >.< but that's just the fun of it

high five is more than enough

lol high five if you want to be a pussy :P Same with bro fist.

I normally just say "Hey, hows it goin"

DragonRose lies, she hugs all the time.

I hug back too.

I'm currently in the land of the double-cheek-kiss-greeting. :\

i thinks thats awesome, in my line of work i tend to meet a a lot of older men they like to kiss on the cheek, but they tend to have a runny noses or sweaty cheeks. i would always welcome a fresh face ^.^ i think its a brave greeting !