I don't know why it is but ...

... I seem to be one of those people whom whenever they meet me, they want very hard to squeeze my hand so tight as though they want to break it.

I mean, I admit I'm sure there are tons of people out there who if they saw me would sooner kick my ass the first chance they get, but I'm not talking about those fuckers.

I'm talking about people I know, people I work with, heck even people I consider friends.

It's almost as if it were a test of strength - as in, can one shake my hand stronger than I can shake their's.

It's not like I'm Paul Anderson or built anything like him. And certainly I do not present myself to be a mountain of a man, or full of muscle or strength. I'd like to think I'm a somewhat average-heighted man, average in weight, and pretty average in strength.

But somehow it seems people look at me, and want to crush my fingers into rubble. Do I come off as macho?

Maybe some of those people are just glad to see me. That could be I suppose.

Or may be it's just living in the USA? Living in North America? Being foreign?

Then I wonder when they observe that I'm not nearly squeezing their hand as much as they're squeezing mine, do they ever feel guilty or embarrassed?

On the other hand, maybe I'm the only one who feels this way or has observed such a thing. Oh well.