I frequently visit my husband's family (and there's a lot of them). The way they greet is by shaking hands and then kissing on the cheek. I'm not much of a touchy feely person, I just like to say "Hi, how are you" and leave it at that. To add to the problem they live in a small coastal town and are always handling fish, shrimp, and other seafood and they hands are often wet or reek of raw fish smell and it quite disgusts me because it makes my hands smell horrible (I'm not a fish person either) and I can't run to the bathroom after I greet every one of them to wash my hands (like I feel like doing), and it leaves me with this gross feeling. It's a culture thing and I'm sure they're going to think I'm rude if I don't do it their way but it really bothers me. What can I do (other than not seeing them).
Their hands are wet because they are serious ALWAYS handling seafood and cooking.
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