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No touchy-feely here. Touching people from different gender is improper, while touching people from the same gender is gay (unless you're a girl). Can you guess which country is it?
Imagine my surprise when I visit a country where hugging and kissing (on the cheeks) are the norm when I was in highschool. I was like a deer in headlights. "My relative never even hugged me, yet these complete strangers greeted me with hugs?" and "this girl kissed me on my cheek when saying goodbye? Wtf I never even did any handholding with a girl before?!"
Unfortunately I can think of several Countrys this could be. My first guesses would have been the US or somewhere Middle eastern?
Ha ha, I don't think I'm from your country but I had a somewhat similar experience (we hug, but definitely not kiss if just friends)!
I got a girlfriend there, and for me kissing someone, wherever it might be, was very intimate. So I kissed here on the cheek/beside the mouth when we parted ways at school (kissing on the mouth seemed a bit too much in front of everyone, and I hadn't seen people do it for a short good-bye). Man, it took me some time to understand why she was angry with me, she thought I just showed everyone we were not a couple but just friends!