Public Display?
By relundad
@relundad (2310)
United States
July 17, 2008 8:08am CST
Recently I was in a convience store and the couple in front of me couldn't seem to keep their hands off of each other and for some reason it appeared that they had magnets on their faces because their lips kept touching...lol. Me, I'm more of the kind of person that feels like this type of what I call extreme physical contact should be left in the privacy of your home. I mean don't get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with holding hands or an occasional peck in public. But when you are in a store for 5 minutes and you have touched your partner 20 times and french kissed them 10 times, that is just a bit overboard in my opinion and I find it quite annoying. I feel like saying "get a room or go home"!
Does this bother you? Or is it just a pet peeve of mine?
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43 responses
@amanda08 (647)
• United States
18 Jul 08
you, my friend, are definitely not the only one who finds this annoying.... I think that people should AT LEAST have the courtesy to go to a PRIVATE place to make out... it is a shame what the world is coming to.. more and more people every day seem to be losing their last shred of decency... I guess that the best we can do is to teach our kids right from wrong and try to keep their little virgin eyes averted when encountering one of these ludicrous couples in public. :)
@amanda08 (647)
• United States
18 Jul 08
I know it... I have a 4 year old who thinks the same way.... His innocent little mind only thinks one way... innocently.... anyway, to all those people who need to put their tongues back in their OWN mouths and who need to pull their hands off their mate's butt.. GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF... they think it is "cool" to draw attention to themselves in this way... when actually "cool" is the parents standing behind them in line who keep their wits about themselves and keep their childrens eyes and minds diverted with more appropriate things..... :)
@kareng (62179)
• United States
17 Jul 08
I feel the same way you do. It is disturbing and everyone doesn't want to see that. Imagine the influence it has on young kids, especially pre-teens who may look up to that kind of behavior thinking it is cool. Public display is rude. I think if people started saying something to these individuals, they may rethink the matter. And then again maybe not. Worth a try!!
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
17 Jul 08
Sounds like you had an encounter with industrial strength tacky.
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I faced that when I went to junior high and high school, as the kids couldn't get rooms or move out, so they used the halls as make out central. It got so bad that schools started placing 'no contact' rules in the books.
@Linda4ualways (2282)
• United States
17 Jul 08
No, I am with you on that one because you don't want to see a couple making love in line while your waiting to pay for you groceries. There's a time and place for everything.
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@dragonfly242 (1060)
• Bahamas
17 Jul 08
While i dont mind people showing affection in public, it does sort of bother me when they go overboard.
I dont think there's anything wrong with couples holding hands and kissing, it's only when they start fondling that i think they should take it somewhere more private.
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@honeydew82174 (1720)
• United States
17 Jul 08
I think it's cute when a couple hold hands or the man opens the door for the woman and fusses over here. I think its gross to be all over each other like that making out and have everyone watching you. Gee get a room!1 person likes this
@hannie5 (6)
• United States
18 Jul 08
I totally agree with you. It is a little gross in my opinion. There is no need to go overboard in public. To me it's just being a showoff. You can love someone intimately in more appropriate places like your own home, a hotel room etc. But to have to be all over one another in public is just wrong! I agree that they should get a room.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
19 Jul 08
I don't know. Walking down the aisle in a grocery store odds are my hand will spank my wife's but at least 2 or 3 times per aisle. I'm not really bothered by other people being affectionate. They could be rolling on the floor so long as they aren't blocking my path.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
19 Jul 08
I see. Again I don't have a problem with gentle affection occassionally. But come on really, how necessary it for you to spank your wife in the grocery store? And if you need to do that at each isle she must be completely abused at home! If a couple wants to roll on the floor I don't have a problem with that either, I would just prefer them to roll on the floor of there home and expose their kids to it and not mine!
Oh it's very necessary. She has a great butt and it's the best way to remind her I appreciate it. She'll say "Spank me" if I don't do it often enough lol. As for what we do at home... well that's probably not appropriate for this discussion so I'll leave it alone.
@relundad (2310)
• United States
19 Jul 08
I see. Again I don't have a problem with gentle affection occassionally. But come on really, how necessary it for you to spank your wife in the grocery store? And if you need to do that at each isle she must be completely abused at home! If a couple wants to roll on the floor I don't have a problem with that either, I would just prefer them to roll on the floor of there home and expose their kids to it and not mine!
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
27 Sep 08
You must have seen those little dolls like the stuffed bears that do have magnets on their mouths and are stuck together. Even those do not stay cute long for me. Holding hands, I agree with many people, is fine, but some things are better left to the imagination. When we are older, it is good to take one another's arm or hold hands because it is safer walking that way. People sometimes look and whisper, "Awww, that's so cute" but nobody should have to watch others cavorting indelicately.
I find it especially annoying in the grocery store, where they get in the way of serious shoppers and also mash the food.
@bieke81 (1067)
• Belgium
17 Jul 08
Maybe they are just starting out. I know when my husband and I were just together I couldn't leave him alone either. Nowadays I'm lucky to get a kiss once in a while, at home, when the kids are sleeping 
. It wears off, you know, you need to enjoy it as long as it lasts, I know I did. And sometimes I would like to go back to those days.
Have a nice day 
. It wears off, you know, you need to enjoy it as long as it lasts, I know I did. And sometimes I would like to go back to those days.
Have a nice day 
Have a nice day @sweethopia (65)
• Philippines
18 Jul 08
My partner and I were the same way. We have been together for 12 years. When the relationship was just starting we were all over each other ALL the time. I remember one time we were at a mall and we had just gotten back together after not being with each other for a couple of weeks and we were just kissing on the escalators and stuff and people looked at us funny. But I was young then so...
...now we don't kiss or hug in public. Maybe just a peck on the cheek:)
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
21 Sep 08
I have to agree with you. It is one thing to hold hands or touvh arms and sometimes a little peck but to be making out in front of everyone like that, never is no need for it. Keep it in your home, I say.
One time I went to the casino with my husband and at the end of the evening we saw these two men necking up a storm, in the corner. They were men around the age of 60 and I thought it was so discusting. Not just because they were two men, but to be making out like that in public and at their age. Come on, go get a room. My husband gave me a little hit in the arm when I said that out loud so they could hear me. They just gave me a dirty look and went right back to their petting and kissing. Yuk! We left right then and there.
@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
17 Jul 08
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b]Me too, i don't like watching couples doing too much public display of affection.
Love is so sweet. Sometimes people don't care what other's are saying. Or it's just that lovers have created their own world. 
The world that the outsiders doesn't exist.
That's why the people who see them and who are disgusted by their display of too much affection, is like a bird to them. Just an audience of no relevance. Sometimes, if i see couples like them. I just ignore them.[/b]
b]Me too, i don't like watching couples doing too much public display of affection.
Love is so sweet. Sometimes people don't care what other's are saying. Or it's just that lovers have created their own world. The world that the outsiders doesn't exist.
That's why the people who see them and who are disgusted by their display of too much affection, is like a bird to them. Just an audience of no relevance. Sometimes, if i see couples like them. I just ignore them.[/b]1 person likes this
@momjessie82 (344)
• United States
22 Sep 08
Mild displays of affection do not bother me at all. My fiance and I will hold hands in public and occasionally peck in public. That is the extent of it though. However, I feel that the people that are groping, feeling, and literally making out in public are very annoying. There is a time and place for that and public is not it. That is not something that I want my children to have to witness when out in public at a store, restaurant, or wherever else. It seems to bother me the absolute most when we are at the park and the kids are playing. It just seems very rude and totally disrespectful to me. I can understand exactly where you are coming from and it is not just you. I feel the same way.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
26 Jul 08
I think I am quite modern by Indian standards and wouldn't mind seeing someone holding hands and hugging or giving a peck. But being all over each other would definitely make me uncomfortable. I find it romantic when people are so much in love that they have the look in their eyes and they keep smiling at each other and are ablivious to the rest of the world. But not that obvlivious that they think every place is the bedroom (or wherever they wish to do it).
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
23 Jul 08
If the couple is married but not to each other,then it is a little stupid. But if they are free to be together, I find it romantic.I like to see there is still passion in the world.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
18 Jul 08
I thought that it is a normal thing in western countries. If it does happen here in my country they will be dragged to court and fined for being unmarried and acting in an obscene manner in public.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Jul 08
relundad yes it bothers me too as I think when they get that
hot and bothered they should ever get a motel room or go home, and do it in the privacy of their own bedroom.A smooch or two is one thing but french kissing and other bodily contact is reeally
too too much. Making love should be a private thing done in the
privacy of your own bedroom.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Jul 08
slippery finger again, should either get a motel room]
or go home. not ever lol
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
26 Nov 08
Hello
My fiance and me are always holding hands and sometimes will share a short kiss . this is when we are at the park or maybe at a concert , or ball game . I cant think of doing that inside of a store tho . they say there is a time and place for everything and sometimes couples do take it to far . was at an ourdoor concert once and the couple was going way to far . kissing , touching in naughty areas , and taking clothes off , and then they thew blanket and who knows what did ya know .
My fiance and me are always holding hands and sometimes will share a short kiss . this is when we are at the park or maybe at a concert , or ball game . I cant think of doing that inside of a store tho . they say there is a time and place for everything and sometimes couples do take it to far . was at an ourdoor concert once and the couple was going way to far . kissing , touching in naughty areas , and taking clothes off , and then they thew blanket and who knows what did ya know . 
@rbailey83 (1428)
• Canada
13 Aug 08
i have no problems with public display's of affection, it can be over done, but i will french kiss my girlfriend in public for a while, or just a kiss on the lips, but everyone is different some people don't even like to show any kind of public display of affection
