Poll: Public displays of affection

[MrHide-Patten]

Whilst I won't start screaming to the heavens if a couple gets all affectionate with one another in public (straight,or gay, etc), I'm all for them 'getting a room'.

If a pair are doing it around me constantly, a mild joke about 'getting a room' will be appended with 'fucking seriously'.

It's a bit like the Monopoly man running around with wads full of money shacking it around and flashing it in my face; 'look at this thing that I have that you never will, hawdy, hawdy, haw.' Rub it in shit pickle.

 

[Weaver]

So long as you're okay with me watching

 

[EeveeElectro]

When I'm with my boyfriend, I'll hold his hand, peck him on the lips or just do something like rub his arm. Things like that I'm fine with.
Snogging or dry humping is just... childish imo. I know how much you want the person but I can't help but think it's pathetic when you can't put each other down for four seconds while you're in public.
I've served a few couples who just held up the queue by stopping and just snogging. I've seen loads of women cling to their boyfriends for dear life or force their faces towards them for a big kiss when they go near another woman. Just strikes me as insecure is all.
Maybe it stems from my hatred of the sound of kissing, the disgusting, slurping kind. Wait until you get home, I say.

 

[Creator002]

Hate seeing them and would never do them.
There are degrees however. Holding hands, arms around the shoulder and a peck on the lips, fine. Anything else is off the table for me and I dislike seeing the same,

 

[michael87cn]

Isn't it obvious? I mean, if you think about it for a few seconds it should be. People don't like being uncomfortable. People like to feel safe. People don't like unpredictability.

If you're frenching, it seems likely you could do anything, strip nude on the spot, etc. There are videos online of people doin' it in the middle of supermarkets...

It's all about respect. If you have respect for others, you won't make them uncomfortable. If you are disrespectful and make a public display of yourself, expect people to think you're rude. You're being rude.

Do you yell in front of people you don't know? Or do you quiet your voice? Why? Out of respect. You know you will alarm those people that don't know you if you start to yell - for whatever reason -. If you do yell out, do you not expect people to look at you with alarm?

If people are holding hands, and then they start feeling each other, and then they start french kissing, isn't it natural that they're going to keep progressing? Why would you even french kiss if you WEREN'T going to progress to the next step? You're just getting yourself excited for nothing...

The phrase get a room is adequate. You obviously want one!

Obviously, this is a cultural thing. If people are lounging all over Mexico frenching all over the place, far be it from me to judge. But in my country, it's a weird thing to do.

 

[Clarkarius]

Nothing wrong with it at all, hugs and kisses between couples in public spaces are fine with me, and are completely natural, providing it does not go to far towards the the touch and feel side of these things.

The only time I would dissuade people taking part in PDAs would only be if it is inappropriate for a given setting when an event demands a degree of seriousness, or when hanging out with friends who you know would feel uncomfortable with a couple being to intimate in public. For example you would not decide to kiss your partner during a funeral service, or in front of all of your friends who are single or whose partners are absent. That would just be in bad taste. But when on a date, a day out, or if you are just going on walk with your partner, then that's perfectly fine, just remember to pick your moments carefully and be respectful to those around you who may not share your own views on PDAs.