Kisses

Kisses are nice yes. But in Sweden we normally only give them to the people we love, or posibly a REALLY close friend. It's not a comon thing that we go kiss someone on the cheek. We hug people or shake hands. And this is making me feel very uncomfortable since in Portugal they do kiss eachother on the cheek. I was talking to Vitor about it and he said it's not a big deal... but for me it is. Me and Yin had a little chat about that before she went to her parents house today. She feels just like me about it. I think that for someone who is used to it it's impossible to understand how uncomfortable I feel about it. For me a kiss is something I only give to a special someone or my pets. I made a comparsion while talking to Yin about it actually, "This make me feel just as comfortable as if I was greeting a girl by grabbing her brests or something".

Of course I want to "embrace culture", but at the same time I don't want to ruin the meaning of a kiss for me. But we'll see... I've been through it before... Felt really weird about it then as well. I'd be okay with it if it's someone I know or have met before, but if it's a "new" person I feel so awkward. Why can't hugs be enough? I can give plenty of hugs! That's a true sign of affection to someone. A kiss is too "sensual" or something...

Ah well... I guess I'll keep thinking about it and maybe I'll get used to the thought. Anyway I went to the post office and picked up my games today. Gonna try them out in a bit, but first I need to go do some laundry cuz my friend Malin is coming over this weekend to celibrate my birthday in adnvance hehe. Also I need to call some strangers! Hehe, I saw a note when I was about them needing someone to walk the 5month old Leonberger. They wrote that they'd pay 200E a month and that they'd want the "doggywalker" to keep the dog at his/her house during the days. Sounds good to me. So I'll call them in a bit.