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Bamjam   
24 Nov 2008
Life / Do Poles do hand shaking EVERY TIME they see friends? [30]

hej all im new here.
i have some polish friends from my work and we party alot together, now im trying to learn some polish and a bit of polish costums.

is it normal in poland to shake hands everytime i see my friends??
in holland you only shake hands 1 time, first time you meet.
i notice that my polish collegas give me handshake everytime i see them.
is it also normal when i come to my friends house that i shake everybodys hands?? or only my best friends? do the other ppl get offended when i dont give them handshake???

srry for my bad english, i hope u guys can help me :P
Bamjam   
24 Nov 2008
Life / Do Poles do hand shaking EVERY TIME they see friends? [30]

ok so the other ppl there get offended when i dont shake there hands??

and is it the same when im going, i say nara and shake all ppls hands???
or can i just say nara and its good?
im a bit lost here haha :)
Bamjam   
25 Nov 2008
Life / Do Poles do hand shaking EVERY TIME they see friends? [30]

wow a lot of replies here, verry good :).

so i asked my polish work mates about this ''handshaking'' and they tell me its pretty normal for them. i told them how we do this in holland and they tell me : jestes wariat, or something like that. i think it means your crazy or something but i cant say for sure haha :).

but from now on ill shake everybodys hand when i come to there house haha.
they have to adapt to me and i to them, thats how i see it.

again srry for bad english :).