"Mexican Friendliness" Top 5 Page for this destination Mexico Local Custom Tip by TheWanderingCamel

Mexicans in general tend to be very friendly, outgoing, and love to talk.

Whernever they go they can easily make small talk with the person next to them, be it at the market, at the doctors office, or at the bus stop.

They love to joke about everything, even death. A sad event can be made fun of just to keep the mood right. Mexicans also use alot of hand movements to speak or get a point or feeling across. To show annoyance at something for example, the person would flick their hand as if shooing something away and at the same time make a quick tssk sound.

They communicate more easily with their hands, facial expressions and touching.

An american usually likes a good space between himself and the person he speaks with. With a mexican its different, it normal to stand very close to who they speak with, often invading what an american would consider personal space.

Mexican women who are chit chating e.g gossiping often touch each others hand and shoulders when the juicy parts come up. It is not easy to describe what I mean, but its a light tapping to get the others attention or to signal that an interesting or surprising part is coming up.

A funny one for me is an expression that is said often when something surprising is said.
For example say a woman is telling her friend something then when she gets to the good part , the other will be shocked and say loudly 'callate la boca!' (shut your mouth) but it means something like ' WOW, I can't believe it!"

Khadi