on the upper arm, just tapping actually, but the movement is rather like hitting without the force of an actual hit.
The handshake with a long-term male friend would be similar in some ways with the handshake with my father, but there would be an air of frolicking about it, because it seems ridiculous to use such a formal gesture with someone that is relatively close in friendship. The handshake with the friend would likely end with our arms around each other's shoulders in a jolly, relaxed fashion (Knapp & Hall, 1992, p. 239).
The handshake with a new male acquaintance would be very much as described previously as the formal handshake with a business person, rather stiff and formal, directly in front of the body and rather high in front of the body with no other physical parts touching. If the new acquaintance is someone that I have heard a lot about before and am eager to meet, the handshake might last a little longer and have some of the aspects of the shake with my
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