The Asian bow seems so much nicer, why can’t we do that.

I too work in an office filled with women, and am a woman myself. I. Hate. The. Hug. Why can’t this just be the default greeting:

I lived in Muslim countries for many years and have immediate family members who are Muslim, and I have a huge issue with the burqas too. Hijab is a cultural thing that has been around for centuries; burqas (and to a lesser extent, niqab) have zero religious significance and only seem prevalent in areas where the…

I’m a woman, and same. On the east coast in a small law firm.

Slim Shady?

I always carry a briefcase in each hand everywhere I go, this way it’s always just a “hi my name is....”

Where do you work? I’m in government and have many meetings and interactions with coworkers of both genders - it’s always a handshake, no matter what, and I can’t even conceive of any woman coworker that would consider a hug unless it was at a funeral.

You know your coda is literally the opposite of civilized, right?

Oh Come on. What women don’t understand you want to shake their hands? In a professional setting. I call BS.

Seriously, I’d be a bowing maniac if it was acceptable!!!

Japan’s got bowing on lock.

Sigh. I wish we could establish some non-physical contact kind of greeting. Maybe that makes me an oddball, but I really dislike touching people outside of my immediate family.

I just dislike the mandatory farewell touching. I don’t want to touch people...

I’m terrible with actual rules of etiquette, but I feel like I’ve heard that when shaking a woman’s hand, you’re supposed to wait for her to offer her hand first. So I feel like you’re doing it exactly right.

As a feminist, you should be 100% against this kind of dress. The women who are wearing them “want to” either because they’re revered religious text written by an ancient man told them to or a living man told them to.

I see a lot of this at a local roller coaster park where we have season passes. August in Ohio is bloody HOT, and you’ll see these poor women in head-to-toe robes, while their douchey spouses waltz around in tank tops and shorts.

The biggest shift Ive seen is a divide in what straight women want out of relationships and what straight men want out of relationships. The common ground is getting less and less.

Another things that happened with age - watching how the pornography has shifted. I cant watch it anymore. The more I read and SEE how it changes people... consuming large amounts of porn changes people.