Why so close? The concept of personal space is different in Mexico

Published March 25, 2024

It’s been 21 years, but a part of me still feels a little flustered giving and getting pecks on the cheek.

It’s not that I agonize over it. It’s just that this perfectly normal way in Mexico of meeting and greeting non-family members and then bidding them adieu will never feel to me, on a cellular level, 100% non-sexual.

To this gal from a country where Puritans were the cultural founders of the current regime, it feels ever-so-slightly mischievous.

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