One kiss for Belgians, two kisses for the French
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When greeting a Belgian, one kiss on the cheek is used for family, friends, classmates, coworkers, and people you're being introduced to or already know. Being an American, the concept of kissing all my Belgian high school classmates hello each day was a daunting task of going down a line of 20 saying, "Salut !"... "Ça va ?" and quickly running out of different greetings. To make matters more complicated, I live with two French college students: they and all their French friends kiss both cheeks. I got used to one kiss at school and two kisses when people came to the apartment. But my manner was not fool-proof; once I gave two kisses to a Belgian visiting and they said, stunned, "Oh, you're French? I thought you were the American roommate!
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