Public Displays of Affection

[crazydaycarelady]

I'm fine with holding hands, hugging, and kissing (not French kissing) but anything else needs to be in privacy.

[CedarCreek]

Dh and I basically just fist bump in public.

[MotherNature]

I'm w/ most here. a peck on the lips, even a quick French kiss, hugs, hand holding, arms around shoulders or waist don't bother me. Making out seems a bit tacky to me. Prolonged deep kisses are a bit excessive.

[AnneCordelia]

I think the photos on the cover of Time are fine. Its not sloppy or graphic. Everyone loved that pic of the soldier kissing the nurse at the end of WWII when it appeared in Life magazine. Dont even get me started on the rape culture that glorifies a man kissing a strange woman.

I am fine with basic pda...hand holding, hugs, simple kisses. Im not so into more intimate pdas...making out, groping, etc. This applies to everyone regardless of sexuality.

[littlemissmuffet]

Okay....with the whole DOMA being reconsidered by the Supreme Court, and the issue of Time magazine I just recieved that has two women on the cover kissing......where do you stand on public displays of affection?

While I am in support of the GLBTQ community, and have several friends who are gay/bi/lesbian, I don't neccessarily want to see gay/lesbian couples kissing....BUT, I feel the same way about heterosexual couples. I think there is a time and a place for kissing/rubbing against each other etc. and it does not happen to be in public places, no matter your orientation. I also don't want to see it on the cover of a magazine (Time magazine SUX, btw)

So, how about you?

I don't care. My husband and I are down right nasty in public, ... and if people don't like it they can turn the other way. We hold hands EVERYWHERE we go. We hugs lots. But we also grab and make out too. Of course, if there are kids around we only peck and hold hands. Lots of people have glared at us, but nobody has actually SAID anything. We do get lots of comments that it's nice to see two people so in love, etc.

[Heidi]

I feel the same way about it. I don't like seeing anyone kissing in public ... hetero or not. Hand holding I'm ok with and hugging too as long as it's not over the top groping and @$$ grabbing.

PS I love the Kindle commercial:
Girl in sun chair an in bikini has Kindle
Hot dude next to her in a sun chair doesn't
Hot dude buy Kindle and tells girl in bikini they should celebrate
Girl tells hot guy that her husband is at the bar getting her a drink
Hot dude tells girl "So is mine"
Camera pans to two guys at the bar (one is apparently the girls husband and the other is the hot dude's husband)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS3t9reE364

This isn't overly "in your face" but proves it's point

That commercial made me laugh out loud...very cute and "cheeky"

[Heidi]

I used to think PDA was gross, but I think I'm getting sentimental in my old age. I love seeing couples nuzzle or smooch innocently. Making out is too much for me. Groping is too much for me.

The teens that nuzzle and smooch make me nostalgic, and the older couples that do it make me hopeful.

[daycarediva]

I'm not a pda person. Dh and I will hold hands, or dh will put his arm around me, but that's about it. Our wedding kiss was terribly peck-ish because I am so shy. At home, my dd and ds are all "GET A ROOM!" ::