Oh dear, the weather is getting better here in the UK. You might think this is a cause for celebration, which it is to a certain extent. For me, though, it heralds PDAs (Public Displays of Affection).
I don't mind people
holding hands. In fact, the better half and I have been known to hold hands in
public. Admittedly, only when we go on the Tube in London and I hang on to him for dear life because I'm afraid of
getting lost. And I think we held hands in the street once in the eighties - the year
we met and new love had addled our brains.
On the whole, though, we
keep a respectable distance between us, although, no matter how much he’d like me to, I don't walk ten paces behind him!
I don't even mind a quick
kiss - at airports, railway stations and between grans and their grandchildren.
It's the whole-scale, full-on, should be in their own room type of PDA I object
to.
The other day I had the misfortune to be near a young couple
whose PDA with hands everywhere and lips locked, was even worrying passing pigeons. If it wasn't for the expression on their faces
I would have thought he was trying to resuscitate her with mouth-to-mouth.
Then I spotted another couple - old enough to know better - who were clinging to each other
for dear life and kissing more passionately than Jack and Rose in Titanic. At least Jack and Rose had the excuse the darn ship was sinking and death was a distinct possibility. The cynic in me decided they were married - but not to each other.
Approach me with arms open wide and lips puckered when I only saw you
last week and I go stiffer than a reinforced poker - but each to their own and you carry on with all that PDA if you want, just don't do it in front of ME!
Look at this:
Here's her other book: Not So Sweet Toffee
Yeah, it can be a bit much. Some people...
ReplyDeleteI was guilty of this with my first love. It was my way of defying high school bullies, I guess. ~shrugs~ My husband's shy nature later corrected the error of my ways. lol Be well!
ReplyDeleteSome people seem to not remember that they are out in public or perhaps they want everyone to see just how much they love this person. I don't want to see it. I don't mind a hug and hand holding, for others not for myself, I prefer to not be touched in public, but what you have pictured here is way too much!
ReplyDeleteDarn animal behavior! Get a room, for gosh sakes. There's nothing more embarrassing to me than being in a public movie theater and off come the clothes in a graphic sex scene. Awkward, depending on who one is there with.
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