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Well that would depend on how you were introduced to them...EXAMPLE: "I would like you to meet John and Mary Smith" In this case shake hands with the man first. In "Meet my Mom and Dad." it would be the woman. :)

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It is pretty simultaneous. If one does it first, the other will immediately reciprocate.

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