It is barbarian to "clink" wine glasses

[TheAvocadoOfWisdom]

is it not?

I raise my glass at toasts and find my neighbour on occasion attempting to clash his or her glass against mine.

Ugh, no?

I get the butler to clink mine for me.

I clink glasses.

Didn't realise it was a faux pas.

Hungarians don't as it is something the German invaders did.

No, not Barbarian. Cheerful and fun for the whole family.

I don't like it. What if the glass breaks?!

however, etiquette international don't appear to have a problem with it

How do you hold a glass if you are an avocado?

It's fine for 4 or less people as I understand.

fewer.

couldn't resist

I hate it. I have taught DD lots of glass-raising toasts instead.
She now holds her milk aloft saying 'here's death to the past'.

Snerk @ Hecate.

@ Olivia

Darn

It is awful. And it drowns out the traditional cry of 'up yer bum' which is a shame.

I want an invite to the sort of parties YOU go to, Pag...

As long as you don't do it hard enough to smash the glasses, who bloody cares?

Here's to the reflection of me in your eyes.

I bloody hate it. And then once someone starts with the clinking it goes on and on and people end up stretched over the couscous in a bid to clink a glass with Derek at the far end. Nightmare.

We live in tres cosmopolitan Geneva, and everyone does it here.

Anytime hec, anytime

My DS often initiates our "cheers" and he is insistent that everyone clinks glasses, makes eye contact. He does ask "Shall we do a cheers?" He is 3.

I always fancied myself as a barbarian, and it turns out i've been one all along! Cheers!

Hassled and Derek, stretched over the cous cous..

[snigger]

Off to put on my leather skirt and chainmail bodice so I can go marauding around Suffolk clinking glasses, raiding and pillaging.

It depends on the glass. If you don't care about chipping it then clink away.