What counts as an un-acceptable PDA?

[Omega 354]

Thought this could be interesting stemming from the topic in the entertainment forum.

[Guest Laffy]

I know this is a stupid question but do you mean just out together, with friends or at work. Just being out together do what ever you want I have no problem, with friends as long as you don't get too carried away to the point the friend feels like a third wheel or gooseberry go for it but at work I think a line should be drawn and under no circumstances should you have sex in the toilet at work it is just wrong on so many levels.

 

I always feel weird with heavy petting or prolonged kissing just because I feel weird while they are making out and that is normally my cue to leave. If you don't leave make sure you don't get trapped in a work toilet while they have sex, just saying it seemed to last forever although having a text message with my mate in the other toilet as we were trying to work out what they were doing as at one point he seemed to be attacking her was so funny we had to hold in our laughter which was really hard. He was not particularly big but could last quite a while and had good stamina which was good to know.

 

Also he has never lived it down and wants to know if we videoed it. My friend may have I don't know but I was just trying to stop laughing. I have know the bloke for 15 years and is kind of my adopted little brother and the girl is an ex of my brothers so is mortified it was I that witnessed that act (kindof). so funny though.

 

Talking of PDA's don't stand naked with your hands on your hips asking if it was big enough if you don't want the two girls to have a view and come out of the stalls to have a look so funny. He really had no clue we were there at least i don't think he did.

[Omega 354]

In public, as in front of people in a public setting, so shagging in a toilet isn't a PDA because it's not really public.

[Shaun2J 127]

I don't think it's unacceptable in a sense that you're not allowed to do it but just think about the person sitting next to you at the bus stop or in a pub or such, right? Holding hands is fine, a peck on the lips, maybe a slight 3 second snog, hugs and being silly are fine by me, just everything that goes too long is a no-go for me. I guess being too conspicuous is what I mean.

 

On another note, I am completely unable to say pet names to my other half, I barely even say her name! So sweetheart, baby, boo boo and what not isn't in for me. Which is OK because my girlfriend isn't into that too.

[Guest dpddave]

I think everything on your list is acceptable in different situations. I don't want to see a couple snogging and dry humping each other in the milk isle in Tesco but if they're at it at 1am in Wetherspoons I couldn't care less.

[Guest John Hancock]

Well I f*cked the entire poll by only ticking the things I find acceptable, not unacceptable, so sorry for that.

 

For the record, I find everything on that list acceptable other than French kissing and heavy petting. I should say though, there are situation where it's fine, like nightclubs or places like that, where the rules are toned down.

[Omega 354]

For the sake of the simpleness lets say that we're talking about on outside public area or a shopping mall or something like that, rather than anywhere that isn't a generally public case.

[Guest The Beltster]

For the record, I find everything on that list acceptable other than French kissing and heavy petting.

Agreed, same for me.

[Guest Anime Otaku]

I agree with Belty, FML.

[Guest The Beltster]

Is it too late to change my opinion?

[dsrchris 190]

Consenting adults can do whatever they want in public (within the law, I guess). It's down to them if they want to "affirm their affection" in front of other people. I just don't like it.

 

But then I'm not about to sit there and be privy to it anyways, I'd probably just walk away shaking my head.

 

But then I'm a weird Ice Man of Plerg, so what do I know? :lol

[Maxximus 353]

I'm with Belt and Wheels too. I also voted on pet names because while it's okay some people are annoying as f*ck about it with all the pookie and boo boo and bae and whatnot, that crap makes me want to punch a child. Their child. Right in the face. Hard. With my fist.

[Guest John Hancock]

My pet-names are always bizarre, and only ever used once. They're still pet-names though, so I can't hate. F*ck stock pet names like "baby" and all that shit though, it's not your pet-name if it's a million other people's too.

[Maxximus 353]

Pet names are acceptable only when only you and your significant other knows what they are and what they mean. The whole 'baby' and whatever other garbage people use is cringe worthy. I've never once in my life called a girl I dated, even the one I married, 'baby' not never once. Ever. F*ck that, I'd rather be water boarded.

[Guest John Hancock]

I have called girlfriends "baby", but, in my defence, every single time, my entire motive was to annoy them, because I'd never go out with a girl who actually wanted to be called that.

[dsrchris 190]

Does it count if you say it in a funny accent, whilst pretending to be a pervy Turkish waiter or Egyptian stall owner?

[Guest John Hancock]

Turkish accents make anything acceptable.

[dsrchris 190]

To be fair, it's not really Turkish. It starts out well, then somewhere in the middle my brain decides it wants to start speaking in an Iron Sheik voice. :lol

[Guest Anime Otaku]

Iron Shiek voice is only acceptable if you use an acceptable level of swearing, which is "as punctuation".