What's your line on affectionate gesture versus contact which can be considered weird by some? I used to hug everyone! As a child, I'd hug strangers and tell them I loved them! I'd stare for hours at people and chatter constantly, all once considered "bad" and we got spankings.

I also picked up the English habit of saying "love" and "mate" in casual conversation. Is that rude too? Ah fuck it. As a great man once wrote "I yam what I yam." (points for source!)

And yet some Aussies get mighty pissed being called mate...