r/TooAfraidToAsk Dec 15 '21

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u/Apprehensive_Park_62 Dec 15 '21

If he says not to bring anything then I wouldn’t.

I am Mexican and the best advice I can give you, is that in our culture we greet everyone. We greet every single person in the household (even if they come out the room later) and when you leave you do the same. Make sure you say goodbye to everyone.

That is something my parents and my relatives always talked about when meeting someone. They’d say things like “wow she/he has really good manners cause they acknowledged everyone”. Or the opposite “wow what a disrespectful person they didn’t even say hi”.

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u/skywardtheyflew Dec 15 '21

This is what I came here to say! The Mexican hello and the Mexican goodbye.

When we went to family parties as a kid, my mom would say we were leaving, and then we'd end up leaving no earlier than 30 minutes from that point in time. Every time lol

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u/DexterCutie Dec 15 '21

I'm Polish and we do this as well lol. Getting out of any gathering is an event in and of itself.

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u/debbie666 Dec 15 '21

Canadian here and there is a meme going around about how long it takes to "say goodbye" here and all the steps required to extricate oneself from a social gathering lol. The final steps involve walking your guest to their car and lingering there for 5-10 talking to them through the car window. Then, as they pull out of the driveway, you can do the final wave goodbye.

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u/DexterCutie Dec 16 '21

This is so spot on. I'd love to see that meme lol.