to not want to kiss my friends everytime we meet.

[carlajean]

I love my friends, but feel as though we've got into a ritual of kissing on the cheek, either one side, or both, (or even 3 times) everytime we meet and leave each other. Then, if there's some one else with them, I end up doing the same with them, so they don't feel left out and it ends up a whole mhwah mhwah session. Plus I don't want to kiss everytime.
I guess this makes me a cold fish, but does anyone else feel like this, and just wish that we could go back to saying 'hi'.
(and please don't tell me it's a 1st world problem, I know it is)

[MrsTedCrilly]

YANBU I love hugs from people when I greet them but kisses aren't needed, and mostly end in an awkward position or both presenting a cheek! It was worse when I lived in the Middle East and it was 3 kisses.. I just let them manoeuvre me so I didn't mess it up

[Sychnant]

Ick. I would hate this! Don't see the need.

No-one tries it with me to be fair. Think I've perfected the "GET AWAY!!!" glare :D

[Mrsbird311]

I am so with you on this, when did seeing people end up in a huge snog fest, when did we all become continental ? I hate it and find a big two handed wave to the whole group gets me out of it most times, the worst is when strangers think they need to kiss you , I had a rather intimate waxing session and afterwards, as I said goodbye she launched in for a kiss it was bad enough that she was on first name terms with my hahoha but the kissing lark no way!!!!

[JamesAndTheGiantBanana]

I don't like kiss hello/goodbye or hugs. I keep telling people but they don't think I'm being serious, and hug me anyway.

I mean really, I don't want your tits on me. Ever. Or your mouth.

[Eastwickwitch]

YANBU, lots of my friends do this. I've found that if I blow them a kiss first it stops all that nonsense.

[QueenBean]

Ha ha, I totally agree!!

I always give my friends a kiss on the cheek and a hug, a friend of mine who thinks of herself as a bit cosmopolitan always tries to give me a kiss on each cheek and say, no, you're a friend of mine, kiss and hug it is

People who know each other well and air kiss on each cheek are absolute twats

[thehumanjam]

I agree.

I can understand people wanting that kind of contact when you haven't seen each other for a while but some people go completely over the top and I don't like it at all.

[PoppySausage]

I'm with you on this! Hate hate hate... Add in the huns, babes and being referred to as ladies and I want to punch them goodbye not kiss them!!

[Nocturne123]

I haven't found many people do that here (ni) or amongst my friends anyway. I would hate it a lot so I don't think yabu .

How do you get around it though ? I don't think you can

[Katiepoes]

Ugh worst thing about living in Holland - they all do it. I can't bear it and now just say 'sorry I don't do the kissing thing' with a smile. It has spread to some workplaces now, the HORROR - I find standing as far away as you can when you say hello and kind of angling yourself a tiny bit from your waist so your right arm crosses you as you stick it out to shake hands works on most. Or clutching a laptop/handbag like a shield...

It must stop. Yeuch.

[wobblyweebles]

I love kissing British people on the cheek. You get the best reactions :-D

[Latara]

I don't like it. One of my friends went to public school & her group of friends does this - I find it really awkward especially when someone's husband kisses me on both cheeks!

[Bowlersarm]

How often do you see them?

Aw, I like kissing my friends.

[JADS]

I used to live on the continent and I didn't mind this type of kissing. It's an ingrained part of their culture. It is not a British thing in any way shape or form. My late fil who was a lovely man seemed to think this was the done thing and I found it really cringey.

YANBU op

[egnahc]

i dont hug or kiss by choice. I have a client who is quite well known- he always hugs and kisses- both men and women.

[superzero]

YANBU.
I don't like it either.I really only want to kiss DH & DCs.In social scenarios (especially DH family) if kissing seems expected I'll offer 1 cheek kiss,2 feels pretentious and superficial to me but I sometimes go along with it so as not to offend. I would rather hug my friends than air kiss twice!I noticed it more when I lived in London and feel more comfortable up North where it is not the norm.

[Tinks42]

YANBU, I don't like this either. A hello should suffice.

[impatienceisavirtue]

I hate it so much. Makes me so uncomfortable

[ohisay]

I don't like it either, I sound like a ice queen but I don't do the hug and kiss thing except with my husband and children.....friends just creeps me out!

[okeydonkey]

I have to do this with my FIL I HATE it!! A kiss each cheek !

[EvansOvalPiesYumYum]

Cheek kissing I can tolerate - it's when male friends always swoop in for a mouth kiss that makes me recoil. I mean - really? I usually do a stealth cheek turn as they swoop, or for a persistent mouther, I have been known to stand fast and done an absolute refusal.

[DisgraceToTheYChromosome]

I was cheek-to-cheeked by one of the new admins at my agency, which was rather startling and quite brave given my normal expression. My manager promptly shouted "Agnieska! Put Disgrace down, I know where he's been!". Tsk.

[BriocheBriocheBrioche]

I moved to France 3.5 years ago and it's taken me along time to get used to kissing distant relatives and other virtual strangers on both cheeks!
I think im just about used to it now!
My dd is only two and kisses her buddies at creche before she leaves!

[Stormingateacup]

I have a mental list amongst my friends of who is a kisser, who isn't and who's a double kisser to avoid any awkward clashes.

[livsmommy]

YANBU. My sister in law is like this, not just on greeting, but randomly through the visit to....she'll just come up and hug or kiss me on the head or cheek! And I'm the least tactile person I know! My best friend is also like this, but knows what I am like so will only do it every so often, she calls me the ice queen