[Closed] people who have a firm hand shake

Shake hands normally.
Slide hands apart slowly with fingers still in contact, clicking the middle finger and thumb loudly as they separate.

Yep, all over West Africa...

Yeah, I got bored with that long ago. I usually go as limp as possible in retaliation. If I really wanted to prove my manliness I wouldn't do it with a grip strength test.

The Hap Kog Hyul pressure point is in the fleshy part right where the thumb meets the index finger - in a handshake, you can press it really hard if you point your thumb a bit. I sometimes do that to amuse myself with firm handshakers.

Globalti do you count your fingers afterwards? Worked with Nigerians for a while utter nightmare at least in my experience.

love a fist bump, its quick and easy and to the point with like minded fist bumpers - its a light hearted bit of fun with the non conformists and the elderly... also if someone leaves you hanging you can just pretend youre punching the air, or rest your chin on it or something. left hanging for an old fashioned handshake is emasculating!

I once had a bone in my hand broken by a firm shaker.

It hurt for months after.

The problem with Nigerians (and many Africans) is that they have no safety nets in their lives so when it all goes tits up, like someone steals their laptop bag or the car breaks down or a relative needs money for hospital treatment, they will drop you in the poop. Any misfortune is blamed on God, which somehow makes it easier to neglect your other obligations.

I'm told the way to deal with it is to place your own hand palm down on top of the other person's hand

I link thumbs and go for the butterfly

I quite like the North African handshake. Briefly and not crushing with hands and then pat your chest. Quick and easy. Fistbumping has it's place too, far more hygienic.
The bone crusher I know always does it with a wry smile but I thought it was a throwback thing with him being in the Military. As this thread suggest, it's still live and active. I may have to get busy with one of these
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It was in the UK for my experiences. Worked with every nationality you could think of just in my experience they were the hardest to get a straight answer out of. They also submitted the highest amout of fake documents. Still happily all in the past for me.

So where does the 'hi 5' now fit in?

Crushing handshake = Crushing bore.

And I start making my excuses to leave the conversation before it begins.

Firm, but not crushing clasp, slight, but firm up and down movement, then release. It's quite simple. Anyone that crushes is either simply a beast of a bloke or insecure and trying to be dominant. Anyone that limply holds their hand there like a piece of dying lettuce instantly loses my respect.

An uncomplicated handshake is not hard to carry out, so don't make more/less of it than is necessary!

Firm, but not crushing clasp, slight, but firm up and down movement, then release.

My entire sexual repertoire right there.

I remember my Dad meeting Flashy a few years ago, and afterwards him commenting on Flashy's handshake.

I'll let you guess what he said....

😉

My entire sexual repertoire right there.

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What happens when the firm hand shaker meets a limp shaker? Does the limp one get squeezed out?

Similar to some on here. Many years (decades?) of cycling has left me with a somewhat strong grip.

The last bloke who tried the firm handshake trick got the response "really?" followed by most of his knuckles being popped.

He thought it was hilarious.

Good job really. I married his daughter. And she did warn me that he'd try it........

" Why does that guy need special shoes?" maybe?

I have metalwork and string in my thumb and the grip of an octagonarian. I despise people who go in for the death grip and over act a theatrical dropping and twist of the body , closely followed by oww, ow, ow That really hurt.

They usually go mega sheepish as thier silly 'Im betterer than you' prank just backfired and they look like a bully to ladies , which is not endearing

Handshake categories.

Limp: Bedwetter
Firm: Bloke
Death grip: Nobber

beefheart - Member
So where does the 'hi 5' now fit in?

Tryathlon finish funnel.

Just say "wow that's a firm handshake...I suppose it's better than you giving me a wedgie eh?", in a jovial hahaha kind of way.

That'll wonder what you mean, but then after a while realise that you're suggesting they're a bully.

No handshake, no fist bump, no high five, no chest bump, no physical contact whatsoever coz you might be passing all sort of nasty to me ...

I remember my Dad meeting Flashy a few years ago, and afterwards him commenting on Flashy's handshake.

I'll let you guess what he said....

😀

People who think they need to try and break your hand piss me off! What are they trying to prove....?

I remember my Dad meeting Flashy a few years ago, and afterwards him commenting on Flashy's handshake.
I'll let you guess what he said....

Not as manly as his shoes?

I know someone socially and whenever we greet each other or say goodbye he offers out his hand so I do the same.

You don't "know someone socially," you have a passing acquaintance.

If I were you, next time they offered you a hand I'd take it, pull them towards you and then give them a massive cuddle and maybe a kiss on the cheek. Perhaps fondle their bottom whilst you're there. You have a Cougar Guarantee that the problem will mysteriously go away.

Either that or go "no, you're all right."

The first time somebody tried to fist bump me I shook the offered fist 😳

Firm handshake = respect.

Bone crushing = doofus.

From many years of mountain biking, paper shuffling and keyboard tapping (EDIT: and 40 or so years of w*****g), I too have a vice like grip 😀

And perchypanther wins the internet today 😀

If you don't like the way someone shakes your hand, just give their palm a little tickle with your index finger during your next handshake, hey presto, problem solved

The Hap Kog Hyul pressure point is in the fleshy part right where the thumb meets the index finger

Also this is reputedly the tastiest cut if you're cooking and eating a human. 🙂

You can also do a thing where you can wriggle the handshakee's top little finger and ring finger knuckles against each other. Not painful but makes their hand feel all queazy and jelly-like.

Given my strong desire to try to remain virus free for a period of at least four weeks at some point this year I'm voting for a handshake embargo. Seems to be easier in our London offices than on site where I'd feel a bit silly. Just give a polite, "I won't shake your hand my son has a cold, don't want to pass it on" or similar.

Might start wearing some surgical gloves...

Given my strong desire to try to remain virus free for a period of at least four weeks at some point this year I'm voting for a handshake embargo. Seems to be easier in our London offices than on site where I'd feel a bit silly. Just give a polite, "I won't shake your hand my son has a cold, don't want to pass it on" or similar.

I keep hearing of this fear of disease transmission by hand shaking but in all my years of doing it I've never caught so much as a sniffle from it, let alone Flu, Ebola, leprocy, Cat AIDS or any other debilitating infection.

Surely just a becent level of personal hygiene is enough?

I don't really get the overly firm, proving-a-point type ones. Surely most of the recipients think "Really? Grow up" rather than "Wow, this guy is THE MAN".

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Often you can spot the hand-crusher before they hold their hand out.

The answer then - injured hands aside - is to get in first. At worst you'll match them, and at best you'll have shaken their self belief for the rest of the day.

And don't get me started on the jesters who want to see if you're a Mason when you meet....

Was Prince Willy wearing a short sleeved shirt under that jacket???

The horror.

My little finger on my right hand fell off one day, and so people are sometimes a little unnerved when they grasp away at my little chipolata (Margaret), especially if I choose to give it a little wriggle in their palm.

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I always offer a firm handshake, as should be done

However I do enjoy it when someone tries to crush my hand, they must look at my skinny exomorph frame and think I've got a limp handshake, so I just increase the pressure and keep going, it's fun to see the surprise on their face... Years of golf, mountain biking, and masturbation have endowed me with very strong forearms, was never beaten at mercy at school 😆

I do hate it when I mistime the hand contact and it becomes a pathetic shake, normally happens when I meet Teetosugars off here, I lose all control *swoon

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I find being a beta male it can be fun when an alpha male meets my very firm shake and they try to re-grip after they have not quite cut the mustard.

And possibly every mouth you kiss as well tom.