tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369648983719725338.post8453675786974936924..comments2024-03-14T06:22:55.804-05:00Comments on Francey Pants: In defense of les bisesNeenuhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336127382418167128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369648983719725338.post-84449476984773659252011-06-29T12:40:05.716-05:002011-06-29T12:40:05.716-05:00Yay for this blog post! I get accustomed to les bi...Yay for this blog post! I get accustomed to les bises when in France, too, and now when greeting friends in the US I feel awkward. I don't rightly know how to greet them! Most people aren't huggers, at least not on a regular basis; waving works okay, high fives don't feel like greeting to me... often there is no formal greeting besides the verbal one, and I mis that. The bises are the right level or social acknowledgement and interaction.<br /><br />One occasion when giving the bises gets more tricky: when both parties involved are wearing glasses.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007231386320455014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369648983719725338.post-61716633222117925572011-06-29T09:15:48.913-05:002011-06-29T09:15:48.913-05:00have you read "the science of kissing"? ...have you read "the science of kissing"? there's a section with theories on how kissing came to be and one of the evolutionary theories is that people used to smell each other upon meeting and somewhere along the way lips got involved.<br /><br />but yes, i quite like les bises but only with europeans. feel like such a poseur doing it with americans.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03860603864867301450noreply@blogger.com