Public display

I recall one similar incident involving young students, they were wearing school uniforms and were behaving a bit too intimately in public. This has definitely made people uncomfortable because of their age and behaviour. If this was an adult couple, probably they would not have attracted so much attention. Personally, I feel I can only accept a certain level of intimacy in the public, holding hands and an odd kiss here and there is all right, but when there's a lot of hugging and touching here and there, I would feel very embarrassed and will look away. Once I saw a couple, the lady was leaning against the side of the train, the man had his arms around her and they were talking. Everything is normal until after 5 minutes, the man gave her a kiss on the mouth. Then they talk again, and again in a few minutes time, the man kiss her again. So this went on for my entire journey, every 2-3 minutes we get to see a "free show", it's very disruptive!

Personally, I don't mind if a couple kisses in front of me. But full blown making out I'm not comfortable with. If a couple is making out in a park, make sure it's not on a heavily traveled path or that at least no one is around when you start. Also, bedrooms are a great place instead of in public. I know whenever I make out with a partner, I try to make sure that no one else is around. It almost ruins the mood as well. Overall, I say that PDA has gotten a little bit out of hand.

What kind of newspaper is that? Do you have any link? oh well if that is only here in the Philippines one thing for sure it will be a big deal and yet that could be one of the biggest shame.

I know as Asians, openly showing affection to each other is not part of our culture. We all grew up in conservative countries and our initial feeling to these kind of instances is to be uncomfortable. If I were to see that couple either as a parent of one of the children or just a bystander, I would really feel uncomfortable at first. This is because I'm not used to it. But it's the modern world and it's the twenty first century. People and culture have really changed and we can't stop it. Having said that, I also agree with conserving our culture, but can we really stop its change? I feel that we can't. But it doesn't mean that we just have to sit around and watch it drastically change right? What we can do, I believe, is to accept it ourselves then guide the young by telling them that they're not prohibited to do what they want, it's just everything has consequences and that they must be ready to face those. =)

I don't mind seeing a little peck, but I don't think its exactly appropriate in some situations. Like you mentioned, it may not be appropriate in a park full of young children. I highly doubt they want to see that. Personally I don't like seeing people making out in front of me. If people want to do that, cool, do it when your by yourselves and I'm not there. I'm not a fan of PDA at all, the most I'd do with my boyfriend when people are around is holding hands. There's no need to make people around us uncomfortable.