I just asked my friend. He says he wouldn't shake hands with you either. I didn't quite understand the reasons but he says it's a kind of intimacy that's inappropriate. Your feeling of being rejected romantically shows that maybe there is some subtext to men and women shaking hands (the whole holding hands thing, maybe).
My friend says he'll shake hands with men because there's no chance of it being seen as a step to a romantic relationship.
It isn't a rejection, though. It's a way of preventing misunderstanding and of keeping things modest.
Is it normal it upset me that a Muslim wouldn't shake my hand?
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I just asked my friend. He says he wouldn't shake hands with you either. I didn't quite understand the reasons but he says it's a kind of intimacy that's inappropriate. Your feeling of being rejected romantically shows that maybe there is some subtext to men and women shaking hands (the whole holding hands thing, maybe).
My friend says he'll shake hands with men because there's no chance of it being seen as a step to a romantic relationship.
It isn't a rejection, though. It's a way of preventing misunderstanding and of keeping things modest.