Public Displays of Affection

[Sightless Wisdom]

Honestly I don't care as long as it's not physically in my way somehow. I spend most of my time around couples so people making out doesn't bother me like it used to, so unless it's in a public place and the couple in question is holding up pedestrian traffic... doesn't matter to me.

NOTE: This does actually happen to me fairly often; I'll be walking around my school, and there in the middle of a busy staircase... some couple decides to have an extremely long hug or make out right in front of everyone. That's when it's a problem.

 

[Woodsey]

Girl number 2 is a moron, end of. How fucking repressed must you be to count hand holding as indecent? As long as I can't literally see you licking each other's tongues I don't care.

If I saw people dry humping though I think I'd die of laughter.

 

[enigmaticchaos]

I like hand-holding. Its cute. I wish I could do it with my boyfriend, but that is not a good idea. ALthough if we are somewhere private or secluded, we do that. But yeah, kissing annoys me if it is obnoxiously done - right in the middle, in front of everyone, attention-grabbingly. Sure, go off, find a corner, do whatever. But don't be like a couple I saw last week on the train, making out in front of the door and actually preventing people getting on and off.

 

[drummond13]

My fiance grabbed my ass briefly in public today. Anyone who has a problem with this can deal with it.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Handholding: Fine.
Simple kiss on lips: Ok.
Placing hand on prosterior and genitalia: You're pushing it.
Dry humping in public: Get a room.
Making out on a seat: I will lock you in the cellar, hanging in chains, 500 feet apart.

So i'm not annoyed by it too much.

 

[The Hero Killer]

Because I'm such a lonely bitter bastard I hate seeing any couples. Me and my friends always talk about how we wish we had a Death Note when we see a couple walk by or people kissing in public.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Holding hands? Okay.

Kissing? Depends, if it's long or raunchy, then no.

Starting rub eachother? No.

Hugging? Yes.

 

[game-lover]

Doesn't bother me at all, but then I am used to being the one partaking in it so I couldn't care less.

I don't really think that people who haven't experienced it have much comment, if you haven't ever just lost yourself fully in a passionate moment like that you have no idea how good it is and how oblivious you are to ANYTHING.

See, I think about this and all I can wonder is what is preventing a couple from keeping themselves from getting into such a situation in the first place. What does it take to go from a regular kiss to ramping it up several notches and forgetting where the hell you are?

If that's a regular occurrence for people, maybe they need to get a grip or something.

 

[Last Hugh Alive]

My breaking point is represented by the "X."



Eye contact | Holding-Hands | Hug | Kiss | Making-Out | Dry-Humping | Sex

You've pretty much taken exactly how I feel and made it visual.

I don't have a problem with public displays of affection, but it gets disturbing and inconsiderate once the two are sucking face.

 

[Android2137]

Holding hands, quick pecks, and affectionate and adorable hugs are all I can stand in public. Groping, making out, and outright grinding against each other should be done in privacy since I consider that foreplay.

 

[Funkysandwich]

I don't really care. Holding hands totally isn't a big deal, Kissing is fine so long as they aren't attached at the face to each other.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I really don't have an issue with PDA. I suppose it can be annoying if it's full on contact, but I rarely see that happen. Most other PDA I don't really care about. I have better things to spend my time worrying about.

 

[Amondren]

Up to kissing is fine and having your arm around them while sitting but anymore like touching boobs goes a bit to far.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

I can take PDA to a point, and I try to be respectful of other people's limits in my own displays. If my boyfriend and I are out doing stuff, generally we'll be holding hands or walking with our arms around each other. Sometimes, I'll lean up for a cheek or (quick) lips kiss, or nuzzle him a little. We're a very touchy-feely cuddly couple, and for the most part people think it's adorable.

I'll admit to having done much more than that in public before (although never to the point of having full-on sex, that's just uncool).

 

[Biosophilogical]

I feel like everyone who answers this thread should have to state whether or not they're virgins.

I think that in public places (like parks, side-walks, etc) people should just try and keep it in their pants (and no, I don't mean to both undo your flies and do it through your pants!). I'm fine with anything as long as it isn't sex (or masturbation). I may not enjoy people sucking face like the other person stole their filling, but what I enjoy isn't important, because it is none of my business. The only reason I'm opposed to public displays of sticking each other is because normally there are children in those public places, and children shouldn't have to see that if the parents don't want them to.

Although if you really can't help yourself, at least find a somewhat private place to do it, like in the park, behind a tree, in the shade, away from the main thoroughfare/play-sets. If you know the 'shaded, secluded park areas' I'm talking about, then I don't think I need to explain further, and if you don't ... then I've got nothing, maybe you should go to more parks.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot the reason I quoted you! I'm a virgin, and I consider myself fairly lenient about this stuff.

 

[Polarity27]

Hand-holding and a brief kiss are fine, I'm very uncomfortable with anything more and I'm *massively* uncomfortable with PDAs in a place where you can't easily leave, i.e. a party where everyone is sitting around the fire at night and some people are talking and two people are sucking face and groping. If I just drove two hours out of my way to be at an event, it sucks to have to turn around and go home simply because a couple can't take it back to their damn tent.

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

Hah kissing hardcore kissing, sucking face its all good to me and i do it with my girl. Groping too...actually she gropes my ass and my d*%& alot more than i do her boobs or ass. X_X
But i dont mind it i mean whyu would i. Im thinking when it gets a bit warmer down here to do a quick shag in the park pP

I also dont mind people doing PDA (lol its now a term huh) i find it amusing and besides...good on them. I can see how sometimes single people get annoyed by that but hey...once you guys get a parthner then you will probably do something similar.

 

[aldt]

There are two options:

1. You make out in public. You're comfortable with that. Other people aren't comfortable with it. Overall comfort factor: low

2. You don't make out in public. You're comfortable with that. Other people are comfortable with it. Overall comfort factor: high

Is your saliva so important to your significant other that you would ask strangers to alter their fundamental social standards? If yes, fine, but remember that you're kind of a dick.

 

[INF1NIT3 D00M]

If I want to kiss my girlfriend in public, I'm damn well going to kiss her. We hold hands, and I often walk with my arm around her waist. When I say 'kiss', I mean a kiss on the cheek, or perhaps a peck on the lips. It's affectionate, not explicit. Oh, and let's not forget: Nothing says "I love you" like a firm, open-palm slap on the behind.
If it bothers you, that honestly amuses me. Go ahead and ask me to stop. I will reply with a hearty laugh and a "No". To be honest, I've never seen anyone react in any way to anything we've done. Nobody has said anything to us about our PDA, and it's never been anything particularly raunchy so there's never been an issue.

Personally, I don't really care what you do in public as long as you're not breaking a law. If you're doing it in public, you don't mind people seeing. If you're showing off (not like I've ever really noticed anyone showing off since middle school), you're not scoring or losing any points of favor with me.

One note though:
If you ever touch me or hug me or call me "Bro" and I have not given you some form of invitation to do so, I WILL hurt you. Nobody shows PDA to me without my consent. Nobody. Naturally, my girlfriend never has to ask permission to show her affection, and the same goes for my immediate family. However, no stranger, friend or acquaintance gets to come within a foot of my person without my approval.

 

[Seieko Pherdo]

Personally I couldn't care less what other do in public, it's there own business and therefore is no concern of mine.