That's exactly how I feel, the only person I EVER kiss is my family! I NEVER kissed someone wasnt blood related to me, even then Its on the cheek normally. Kissing on the lips is intimate, even with foreigners a kiss on the lips is not a normal greeting.
I have to agree with you both. The most I do with people I am meeting or what not is hug. Kissing on the cheek is for friends I'm really close with and don't mind it. (I am an American) but there are some countries that kissing on the lips is considered a greeting but I don't think France is one of them. As far as I know its like an air kiss around the cheeks. x-x
I KNOW RIGHT?! If someone ever kissed me 'as a greeting' I'd punch them in the face. Don't fall for it >.>
the same^^ -_- I wonder Japanese people really do believe that??
I'm sure,foreigners have bad stereotypes about people, worse than just being too friendly with kisses. I heard some about almost every race in the USA has a stereotype...except Americans. Asians can't drive...like this.
OmG! EXACTLY my thoughts!
I'm from Switzerland and I've been to France a lot! They DON'T kiss foreigners on the lips...they don't even really kiss the cheeks (it's like pretending to do so)...I only know about kissing on the lips between family members (and only between mother/father and their young children).....x'D
well... that's the point isn't it? its a stereotype, as its said that foreigners are more touchy-feely with everything they do, including greetings. its an exaggeration (a blatant and overused one) of it but if you don't know other foreigners you can easily fall on that trap.
In Spain we greet each other with two kisses, one in each cheek, only on friendly meetings.
And it's between girls or boy/girl (never between boys), including when someone present us another people.
In French Switzerland, there are three kisses: left cheek - right cheek - left cheek. Sometimes the lips even touch skin, but usually not, and if they do, it tends to be accidental.
I'm french and we absolutly don't kiss people on the lips as a greeting =P When two girls or a girl and a guy greet each other (sometimes two guys when they are close, like bestfriend for example), they "kiss" on the cheek (it's not really a kiss, just the movement of the head is important and the sound of this pretending kiss). Sometimes it's twice (right/left cheek) and sometimes more. We kiss on the lips only with lovers, which is actually like all others people do =P I'm very sorry for my english, hope I helped !
Oh, and when two people don't know each other at all, they shake hands, that's simple =P
in south america too, we kiss on the cheeks and no more only lovers kiss in the lips (sorry for my english)
Where i come from we give people kisses in other places
Dear Moi, please include examples of "other places".
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Right but actually theyre just making it as an excuse to kiss the one they like knowing that the person doesnt know the truth. Cant be helped. It a manga.
It's a manga! You believe things based off a fantasy romance comic?? It's funny and stupid how all of you teens are getting mad from a comic stereotype. If you want to know what REAL Japanese people think, do some REAL research or get to know actual Japanese people or go to Japan. But don't read a manga and automatically think that's what its like in Japan or that's what people think. The mangaka was being funny with this story and it doesn't represent real life, dumb asses.
@anonymous the genre isn't fantasy or supernatural or comedy, it's just a regular school-life romance taken place in Japan's society. I don't think the mangaka was being funny because a lot of romance manga series implant this stereotype seriously in their character's relationship dramas. also the mangaka is an actual Japanese person and I've learned through social networking services like youtube (from comments posted by Japanese people) that it's common for Japanese people to believe that foreigners are generally candid and are keen with close physical contact and skinship. on the contrary foreigners also have a lot of misinterpretations about Japanese people due to the misleading WTF Japan videos and articles.
Don't get rude here...you're making yourself look pretty stupid :/
The people who wrote those comments do know that it's just manga but they're still free to write what they want to and share their thoughts with others. If you've got a problem with that, just keep it for yourself the next time or try to write in a more polite way.
Thank you!
@WTF, you should elaborate. I don't think they got the msg :< go on say more (*--* )/
I'm sick of the whole 'foreigners kiss on the lips as a greeting' stereotype. No, we don't. Some people kiss on the cheek as a greeting, but even that's mostly between girls or a girl and a guy. Otherwise, kisses on the lips are a sign of intimacy, not a simple greeting that can be shared between friends unless you're abnormal.