Old etiquette for men: never offer your hand to a lady. A lady who wants to shake hands will offer hers, palm facing downward.
“Old etiquette for men: never offer your hand to a lady. A lady who wants to shake hands will offer hers, palm facing downward.”
True. And that is the way it was in the good old days.
That’s not true. In business situations, you are expected to offer your hand in a handshake.
I just had to do so a couple of days ago to a woman I had never met before in a business meeting.
Additional old etiquette for men: Only offer your hand to a woman if to assist her in alighting from a car or perhaps navigating around an obstacle like a blockage on a side walk or a similar situation and of course holding open a door. And when walking down a street with a woman the gentleman walks to the outside.