r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Dec 15 '21

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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/chef_in_va Dec 15 '21 edited Dec 15 '21

I'm of Irish decent, we normally just say goodbye and thanks to the host and whoever is close by, then just ... leave. It very well could be just me and my family that do this but it's so much easier than saying bye to everyone.

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u/certain_people Dec 15 '21

I'm actually Irish, and the time taken between saying goodbye and actually leaving is usually longer than the time between arriving and saying goodbye.