To despise 2-cheek kisses?

[Tigerinmysoup]

My SIL and BIL both do the kissing on both cheeks thing and I really hate it. It makes me cringe. If we were French/Spanish/Italian or whatever mediterranean culture then it wouldn't bother me, but we're not. It makes me feel like I'm part of some yuppie-type gang when I see them. I have tried many times to avoid, but they always always grab both my shoulders and shove their faces right in mine so it's not like I can duck away after the first cheek.
I have suffered it for years, but now they have started doing it to my toddler too and I would hate for him to copy.....urrgghh. AIBU or just petty? Doesn't seem to bother my DH.

infact i never ever 'touch skin' as it were just look over their shoulders instead with a lip curl

I'm from a French part of the world where everyone does this every time you meet and greet. I always hated the stress of it but at least you knew the rules.

In England, I never know what to do so I go for the combined kiss on the cheek and hug - during which I usually screw it up and end up kissing someone's neck. Not good. Specially with lippy.

I can't be doing with the Dutch or Lebanese. Three kisses is seriously risking a cock up (and brushed noses).

The South Africans and Zimbabweans are the worst though (in quite a pleasing and friendly manner though). They go straight for the lips with everyone.

The best ones from a no contact point of view are the Kiwis. They just say "how's it going' - no kisses, no nothing. Never any stress when you leave a party.

I seriously suffer from party kiss anxiety. I always do the wrong thing. It's kind of my thing - so much so that my family watches with amused detachment when I greet long-lost friends/relatives/dogs/insert-as-required.

I'm cursed.

When leaving family parties I wave from a distance

God no, I hate those two kissy things. I have to meet lots of people in my secondary role of executive wife and everybody wants to plant one on each of my cheeks (ooo-er missus). I end up air-kissing as I don't like people in my personal space

DH actually introduced me to a very famous woman who, in my excitement, I managed to kiss one of her cheeks and then accidentally give her a big smacker on the lips

I don't like any greeting kisses. I don't go beyond a stiff hug.

SIL does this every time we see them. We once left their house, then bumped into them in town, and we all got the two kissy thing. It was in the middle of Sports Direct. I felt like a right twat. Everyone dropped their Kappa trainers to look.

YANBU. I always get flustered. at party kiss anxiety. I have headbutted people in the past and often panic when I'm not sure which cheek someone's going to go for first and swap sides at the last moment, resulting in a lip kiss.

It's a bit like when you end up dancing with someone in a corridor as neither of you knows which side to walk.

Why can't people just shake hands? It gives me great stress when my IL's stay as I often end up accidently kissing my FIL on the lips. The build up makes it worse.

British people can't do the kissing thing because our embarrassment makes us screw our eyes up and try and do it too quickly without looking, hence the neck/air kissing.
The trick is is to keep your eyes open and do it slowly and delibarately.
Admittedly it is hard for Brits to do anything physically intimate without flinching.

about 9 times out of ten my fil and i almost end up kissing on the lips. i hate this nonsense. i think he does too. i think that's why we get flustered and slip each other the tongue up. ugh.

YABU (by my standards anyway ;) )

I do a fair bit of acting and when I'm on the receiving/delivering end of a luvvie kiss I know I'm in the place and in the company of the people I love being around doing the thing I couldn;t live without :)

It's everywhere in poncey London

Madhousewife, just proffer a cheek to your FIL and wait for him to do the kissing. Job done!

I like it. Mind you I was taken aback when the dc's headteacher kissed me after the summer hols, I think he just forgot where he was for a mo..

I can't kiss old people though, a whiskery old lady kiss makes me heave.

Hully, when the Headteacher grabbed your arse do you think he was just a bit confused for a minute?

I hate kissing anyone on one or two cheeks other than my DH and DCs! DH's family are all big kissers and it makes me cringe, hate having to go through the whole rigmarole whenever we see them to say hello and goodbye, I'd rather just say hello and goodbye and wave! FIL has a big beard and I particularly hate having to kiss him, eugh gives me the creeps just thinking about it.

northern - tut. he is very old school and upright. His face was a picture when he stepped back and realised what he'd done, especially with dd saying in a loud voice, "Why did Mr X kiss you Mummy?"

I only like the air kissing variety. I can't bear actual lip contact on the cheek.

Big mwah mwah is ok.

And I can't remember who does one, two or none. Fridays only, every day, after school holidays.

YABU..I love a good kiss..apparently we only use 2 weeks in a life-time kissing anyway on average which imo is not long enough!...according to my Snapple bottle top!

I hate air kissing how pretentious and poncy can you get?

I don't care if poncey I don't want wet lips on my cheek.

especially mil

Four is madness.

It's like blades on a razor. Four has got to be the max

Marsha you just know a load of droolers..

2 is enough..actually 1 is enough but 2 is extra ponce points

Haha yeah I don't think mil has quite got it right

I had unfortunate MISTAKE with fil where we went for same side and ended up (oh erase erase) near the lips.

We have stopped the cheek kissing since.