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I do believe often you can tell alot about a person from his/her handshake.
Most successful and confident people will offer a firm grip and look you in the eyes, particularly so male to male. Then you have the other extreme on a situation that happened to me recently, I helped out and did a favour for a guy down on his luck in life right now and the handshake was weak, abit like his life right now.
There are exceptions to every rule and it may be an old adage.....but in most cases I think you can tell alot.
You're reaching for the handshake and they grip your hand before you're all the way into the grab, catching you about halfway -- it's like you lost half a point on some cosmic scale.
They have the weak grip that makes you want to shake your own hand around as though trying to dislodge goo -- they were already in negative points but you nearly lost a point through letting it rattle you.
The guys who actually TURN their hand slightly when you shake, as though they want you to KISS it, their grips watery and weak. Do you halfway freeze for just an instant, or do you muster on through? Another half point hangs in the balance.
Your knuckles pop when the other guy squeezes, even though he didn't squeeze that hard. Argh, half a point!
Of course this is all facetious but you KNOW what I'm talking about.
Depends on the person whose hand I am shaking. If it's a lady I give her a smooth but firm hold and shake. If it's a guy I just try to connect the webbing between my thumb and index fingers to meet his and give him a tight hand shake.
I hate when guys give me their 4 fingers as a shake. I usually squeeze them hard.
See, this is why the orientals use bowing. Then, you only have to worry about how low you bow to different classes, the order in which you bow, how long you hold the bow...
It's a major turn-off when a man has a weak handshake.
I am guilty of the hand turn when shaking guy's hand because I want to see his reaction. I've only had two actually kiss it. Then I got all girly and giggly.
I am guilty of the hand turn when shaking guy's hand because I want to see his reaction. I've only had two actually kiss it. Then I got all girly and giggly.
In my pirate persona that's SOP for the man. Never had any complaints, and you get to taste your food before sitting down to dine...
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