Thats when someone comes home from work and he says salam to everyone in house, but does not shake hand with anyone. But when we go to relatives/friends we shake hands with everyone.
I do that too i.e no handshake with family members usually.
But
My father had a different routine. When he cames back from work, he says salam in loud voice(and separatlely to those who are not present in room) and shakes hand with everyone including my mother.
When I was kid I used to shake hand with him while sitting casually. Then one day my Mamoo saw this and gave me good thrashing that you lazy bum stand up when you are shaking hands with elders
Again now I dont see any similar routine in other homes. We dont consider our brother, sister,mother, father important enough to shake hands with them ?
Hi Code.
Normally i don't shake hands with family like my phuphi
Phupha chacho and others but when i was in Pakistan
i did shake hand with family only female.
And ya uve to stand up when u meet lolz.
But it's very strange here i dont shake hands with family
but in Pakistan i did.
But i think its normal.
But what my father do is I think a little bit better. I remember he never took time in knowing who is feeling well and who is not, by the temprature of hands :)
Well I am not saying that this action says somthing more of caring and love, but it is very positve for inter family relation.
On the other hand. Elders in some homes dont say salam to younger one's, even if they are comming from outside. And this tendency is inhereted by children as well, which is ofcource, bad manners.
we say salam to everyone at home. No handshaknig involved.. we dont even hug (unless forced to on Eid).
But when i go back to pakistan, we shake hands with everyone (males/females), but with older women we give hugs.. hmm actually older men too (those that are related)
