Public Displays of Affection
At least this is cute
PDA has always been a touchy subject (no pun intended). Some people find the mere act of a single kiss in public to be inappropriate while others may think it’s cute. Some couples forbid themselves from doing anything to look like a couple, making people guess whether they are friends or lovers; other couples let it all out in the midst of a crowd, making people guess whether they are lovers or the client and worker of an escort service. While appropriate levels of PDA vary between people, I have encountered certain situations that I think everyone would agree to be too far.
Last week there was a ‘couple’ at the restaurant that I work at. I hadn’t noticed this ‘couple’ until I saw the look on one of my coworkers face and heard her say, “Oh my god. Did you guys see those people over there?” This was followed by other coworkers laughing at the absurd couple who was making out in their booth and making fun of the server who was serving them, or at least trying to between breaks to catch their breath.
I forgot to go check out this couple but roughly two hours later, I noticed a couple French kissing across the booth, hands on each other’s faces, trying to awkwardly hug despite the fact that a table was in the middle of them. Sure enough, this was the same couple. As disturbed as I was by this extreme level of PDA, I was also amazed. How could a couple make out in public for two hours plus, and still not want to leave to continue in private? Furthermore, they were sitting in the dining room section surrounded by young families and older folk. I asked the server how much he liked serving them and he grumpily replied that it was awkward and he just gave up on trying to approach the table. He also told me that a woman at another table of his was quite angry at the fact that her young children were watching the happenings of a soft core porn while they were trying to have a fun family outing.
A second instance was spotted by a friend of mine and she had digital proof that she wasn’t making up this ridiculous story. She was walking around the city with a friend in the middle of the day only to come across a man standing in front of a park bench. At first glance this seemed strange and they wondered why he wasn’t sitting, nor facing the road. At second glance, they saw that his pants were pulled down and there was a woman sitting on the bench. Now try to line up where her face was in relation to his waist… gross.
The last story, although unsure of how factual it is, may top the cake. A couple was making out pretty heavily on the patio where I work. The man chose to pay with credit card once they finally decided it would be better to bring this home. My friend who was serving them dropped off the bill with the credit card slips and a pen and went on his way. When he returned to the now empty table to pick up the billfold, the neighboring table called him over and told him he may want to throw his pen out. Apparently the couple wanted to get in some last minute fore-play with his pen as a tool to get the girl going.
Believe me, I’m a huge fan of holding hands in public and giving the occasional smooth on the lips. But shoving your tongue down each others throats for hours or exposing your private parts in public is going a bit too far in the PDA department. I don’t understand why people want to give strangers a peek into their private affairs by making them public, but please, keep it in the bedroom, or at least progess that way if you can’t control your hormones.
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