Translations:First Impressions Matter/8/en

Cultural expectations vary considerably. Norms around greetings, physical distance, footwear, refreshments, and how long a visit is expected to last differ between regions and households. Community perspectives generally favour asking rather than assuming, and treating the host's habits as the reference point within their own home.

| Safety=First impressions also function as an early risk-awareness mechanism, and this works in both directions. A guest is forming an assessment of the host and the space just as the host is forming one of the guest. Both assessments are legitimate, and neither obliges anyone to continue.