AITB for refusing cheek kisses from my foreign acquaintances?
My husband is Latino. I am Cajun. We live in a major southern US city. My husband made new friends from his country, and they keep kissing me on the cheek. NOT putting their cheeks against mine and going "mwah." They like fully, whole-lips, kiss my cheek, sound and all. I am not from a family that hugs or cuddles. I do not like being touched. Even my husband's family knows this, and we only hug, and it's great. When I visit my husband's country, I accept the standard greeting, I even do the kisses, when in Rome, blah blah.
Today, some friends from his same country came to our house. They got up to kiss me, and I turned my body sideways and said, "Ah, just a side hug haha, I don't do the kiss thing." One of them froze and put his hands up. "You don't kiss?? What do you do when you visit [their country]??" I just shrugged and smiled. (I WANTED to say, "Well, as you can see, we're not there," but I held my tongue.) He went 😬😬😬 with that inhale hiss sound, like a "yikes" sound. "That'sssss tricky... Wait, aren't you French??" I chuckled and said, "No."
After that, I tried to change the subject and ask about their day, where they went, if they had fun, and the two friends straight up ignored me. Like, they started talking to my husband and ignored my questions, and talked over me. "Anyway, man, let's get into this game. Hand me the controller. You're gonna love this." My husband tried to laugh and explain what Cajun means, but they talked over him and didn't reply.
AITB for refusing this greeting? How can I better refuse it in the future? I KNEW this moment was coming all day, so I tried looking up how to refuse cheek kisses in the US, and found absolutely nothing.