Public Displays of Affection

March 7, 2007 by NML

I was on the train yesterday with the boyf who pointed out a woman who had her hand under her boyfriends coat and appeared to be stroking his crotch…. I don’t think that I have intimacy issues or am resentful about people displaying affection, but there are appropriate public displays of affection (PDA) and there aren’t….

Cleaning out your partners tonsils is not neccessary

Kissing, not snogging is usually the better route to go when you are surrounded by lots of people in a public place. If you’re in a nightclub or bar, it’s different, but when you’re on the 8.15am train service ram packed with commuters, it’s quite creepy.

Confine your PDA to your own space

It’s one thing for you and your lover to grope each other in your seat, but to spread yourselves into other people’s space is rude.

Groping is not appropriate

I have seen breasts felt, dicks rubbed, hand rammed firmly down the back of someone’s pants and this has all been before 9am in the morning. Have some respect - not just for other people around you but for yourself and your partner. There’s a reason why the phrase ‘Get a room!’ was invented…

Do you need twenty kisses?

She says two words. He kisses her. She says three more words, he kisses her again. She says one more word, he kisses her. And it continues on and on. Let me stick my finger down my throat! What is up with people that do this? Are they extremely insecure? Are they needy? Are they horny?

Licking is a no, no

I, like many people, feel uncomforable eating a banana in public, so how is that people can lick someone out in the open? Treating someone like a human icecream is grossly inappropriate.

Ear dipping - yeuchity, yeuch

Having someone dip their tongue in your ear is down to personal taste, but if you don’t like it, it can make you squemish. It feels the same when you witness it.

Sex is not a public thing

OK, we all know that people have sex in public but unless it’s your thing, don’t do it, especially with a crowd of unsuspecting people around you. I have come across people having sex in the cinema, and whilst I couldn’t see much…, I could smell it… I should sue for post traumatic stress….