How important is a firm handshake?

[Skink]

Yeah,,,hot dogs french fries and coffee ice cream,,,with strawberry syrup......

[Aristotle]

Firm handshakes are fine and all, but to me it can be a little too uptight and formal in some settings. If I meet someone at a party or something, haha I'm not gonna shake their hand like I would at a job interview. Just a nice little waddup slap some skin or pound it whatever and move on.

Call me crazy, but I always kind of look twice at the people that give me a regular ole' handshake. It just doesn't look natural, or it looks funny, I'm not sure. ~

Exactly what I was thinking. Job interview, meeting your girlfriend/boyfriend's parents, and being introduced at family parties are the few times where I feel comfortable with a firm handshake.

If I see some kid at a party I knew from grade school.. I say "oh hey whatup man" and do the.. the.. I don't even know what to call it. For lack of a better term, I guess I'll call it the negro clasp.

Negro clasps are always fun.

[CheebaMan]

yea i guess a firm handshake shows how much "heart" u have as a man

[JohhnyPotSmoker]

i hate it when you get that limp hand shake from somene when they barely grap you hand, automatically makes you a punk bitch

[potsmokingnome]

10

I've allways been taught that a firm hand shake is very important. I hate when some one shakes your hand and its limp. A handshake truly tells a lot about that person. My Dad hated my sisters x-husband the moment they first shook hands, the guy hand a limp fish handshake.

The funniest thing is when you see a huge guy, then you goto shake his hand and its like shaking hands with a little boy...its sad really lol

[Its a Plant]

LOL...I didn't realize so many of you put that much into shaking hands.

I usually wait to at LEAST talk to them first ya know...

And yeah, if a person tries too hard and squeezes my hand like I'm some child, THAT would make me think less of them.

But then again, Hank Hill hates a weak handshake, so maybe I'm in the wrong here. :jointsmile:

[thcbongman]

uhuh, bobby! you bad boy!

[S.P.Q.R.]

I'd have to agree with a lot of people here and say 10. My father stressed the handshake quite a bit.

[Abattoir Dream]

It's always good to have a fight and end it with a pint of larger and a joint in the car on the way home.

yeh i heard that

Which is why i dont understand people who go out pickin fights for no reason, havin a little punch-up with someone you know is fine, just as long as its friendly rivalry, when i have to fight people i dont know its different, usually if i am in that position i have the mentality to fight for real, then afterwards i look back and think 'why didnt i just walk away'.. i have two sides, one side of me wants to be an ideot, and wont let me walk away from a fight, and the other side of me is just a normal kid tryin to change...

its hard to know what im really thinkin, my brain will be tellin me to do somethin, but i wont be sure if thats what i REALLY want to do... maybe im crazy... mwahahaha...

[affasd]

personally i couldn't really give a shit about handshakes i rarely ever need to i mean like if its a job interview or somethign with my new boss i make sure to give the firm handshake and shit but personally to me i couldnt give a shit if someone had a weak handshake