Poll: How Much Is Too Much PDA?

amandabear
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 10:42 am: [report]

I violently dislike PDA. Even when I was in a long-term relationship, we never did more than hold hands in public.

bethlynn00
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 10:43 am: [report]

I think that obsessive PDA is really a sign of a bad relationship.  If you have to slob each other down in public, just to prove you are with someone, that’s not a good sign.  I find that stable couples are much more subdue in PDA, just hand holding a peck here and there, but not X-rated action, especially in front of friends. Plus it’s just tacky…

Rose
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 11:10 am: [report]

I was on an international flight recently and the couple next to me were not only necking enthusiastically, they kept bumping and rubbing against me, even though I was leaning as far away from them as I could without falling into the aisle.  Unless they ask me to join them, that’s just rude!

_jsw_
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 11:16 am: [report]

My philosophy on PDA is that you shouldn’t do more than you’d be comfortable watching your grandparents do.

Humble Bee
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 11:20 am: [report]

lol Rose.
I can’t stand that passionate PDA, It’s like, I get it, your in love damnit! My friend keeps inviting me to places with her and her new boyfriend, but the way she talks about him I just knooow I’m going to be there starring while they’re sharing a piece of spaghetti accross the table. Sometimes she makes this “I know your jealous face” but I swear I’m not, I just don’t want to watch them slobber all over eachother or hear, “yes baby” all night.

kr070707
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 11:54 am: [report]

When I was in high school there were about six or seven couples that would gather in a big section of a hallway (right by the doors where everyone walks in, of course) and make out before school started. I guess because they were doing it before the school day started the teachers couldn’t do anything about it (which makes no sense). It got to the point where it was pretty disgusting and a bunch of students decided to take action. First, they posted signs saying things “PDA-free zone” and the like. The couples just tore the signs down and continued groping. Finally, the students against PDA made big poster-board signs and picketed, chanting “PDA is not ok!” It was hilarious and eventually the couples were shamed into keeping their hands off each other.

At the time I completely sympathized with the anti-PDA faction, but since living abroad I’ve realized that other cultures just turn a blind eye to it and don’t care. Here couples passionately make-out everywhere: street corners, bars, subway cars, buses, shopping malls, etc. No one cares because they did the same thing when they were young. I personally can’t go to those sorts of extremes in public, but I’m learning to not be so surprised or disgusted when a couple is grinding on the subway seat next to me.

Chebs
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 12:24 pm: [report]

I slightly vary the PDA depending on whether I’m with a group of people or its just me and my SO.  In a group, I’ll just hold his hand or arm.  If it’s the two of us, I’ll sometimes kiss his cheek or rub his neck.  Personally, I’m uncomfortable with making a spectacle of myself, and I’m not sure how some couples feel ok about practically dry humping in public.  As long as they stay out of my personal bubble and the noises aren’t pornographic in volume/nature, I can ignore them though.

majicksand
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 02:32 pm: [report]

My husband and I are quite affectionate.  We do strive, however, to be appropriate.  I’d say people who are offended by a quick kiss that I would happily and unashamedly share in front of my parents need to be a little less sensitive.  Mindlessly groping is an entirely different matter.

LunaLena
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 02:49 pm: [report]

PDA really only gets on my nerves when I’m forced to watch/endure, like when I’m stuck on an escalator behind a passionate couple, or when people I’m out with start heavily making out.  My boyfriend and I usually keep it to just a quick kiss or two or him putting his arm around me, but I’m not particularly bothered if others want to go a little further.  I just roll my eyes and look elsewhere.

Sweet Cheeks
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 04:48 pm: [report]

I’m all for some PDA. I’m a very passionate person and I shouldn’t have to feel restricted just because I’m in public. When I feel like hugging/kissing my man in public, I do it, but in a respectable way.

If I feel like I’m in, or looking at, the opening scene of a porno, it’s definitely time to hit the brakes!

C.Munro
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 04:57 pm: [report]

I’m generally not a fan of PDA, but I do remember this one time hooking up with a girl I met at a wedding.  We ditched our respective dates and went to the Mudhoney show in Deep Ellum, and ended up mugging down at the edge of a moshpit.  Even while I was doing it, I was disgusted with myself.  Not enough to stop, though.

bogart4017
wrote on October 20 2009 @ 10:29 am: [report]

I don’t see it as much as i did 20-30 yrs ago so thats why its sticks out like a sore thumb when i do. I kind of expect it at international airport terminals but subway stations? Damn, you’ll be home in a few ok?

spatula
wrote on October 20 2009 @ 11:03 am: [report]

HATE PDA. Anything more than a little peck is totally inappropriate. People do not care that you have a new love, and that #&@$% is not cute.