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Shaking hands

Last post Thu, Feb 21 2008 10:28 AM by Liesl. 5 replies.

• Liesl

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  • Shaking hands
  • Posted: Mon, Feb 11 2008 6:45 PM

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  • I met someone new today and as she shook my hand I winced and yelped. I always forget that I can't do that anymore. But really, what do you say? "I'm sorry I can't shake hands, I have arthritis," sounds so clunky. What do you say?

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• MissLiz

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  • Re: Shaking hands
  • Posted: Tue, Feb 12 2008 7:34 AM

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  • Make eye contact and just nod.

     

    Place your hand gently upon their's after they extend it.

     

    Try not to forget it hurts for you!

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• Wheelin Rev

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  • Re: Shaking hands
  • Posted: Tue, Feb 12 2008 9:31 AM

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  • MissLiz:

    Make eye contact and just nod.

     

    Place your hand gently upon their's after they extend it.

     

    Try not to forget it hurts for you!

     

    Nicely stated MissLiz! Dave

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• Liesl

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  • Re: Shaking hands
  • Posted: Tue, Feb 12 2008 10:16 AM

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  • MissLiz:

    Make eye contact and just nod.

     

    Place your hand gently upon their's after they extend it.

     

    Try not to forget it hurts for you!

    Can you believe I've tried that, and it didn't work?? Some people are seriously aggressive about their hand shakes!

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• mamarama

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  • Re: Shaking hands
  • Posted: Thu, Feb 21 2008 9:07 AM

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  • I do one of two things.  If it's someone that I need to establish a rapport with and they extend their hand, I take theirs in both of mine, briefly and gently squeeze then release it saying, "I have arthritis in my hands so handshakes are a tad difficult, but I'm so pleased to meet you!"

     

    If it's not someone I need to establish a rapport with, then I just smile and say "I'm unable to shake hands, thank you though".

     

    It's okay to just tell people that you don't shake hands with anyone (be sure to include the anyone so they don;' think it's just them).  Even if I'm having a 'good' day, I try to avoid germ spreading so limit my physical contact with people outside my family.

     

     

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• Liesl

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  • Re: Shaking hands
  • Posted: Thu, Feb 21 2008 10:28 AM

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  • That's a lovely suggestion!

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