Kiss Me, Stupid: A Guide to Public Displays of Affection
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In general, I loathe Public Displays of Affection, particularly when I am part of the public and not part of the affection. However, I have been known to involve in this kind of self-involved display on occasion, so here are some of the places where I deem it to be acceptable.
Please add yours so I can be sure not to go there.
While I personally wouldn’t want to be affection on the pier itself (it smells kind of fishy and is pretty dirty), the beach in Santa Monica is a perfectly acceptable place to be a little cuddly.
While I personally wouldn’t want to be affection on the pier itself (it smells kind of fishy and is pretty dirty), the beach in Santa Monica is a perfectly acceptable place to be a little cuddly.
The carousel on the Santa Monica Pier has those little chariots that you can sit in with your sweetie. Its totally OK to kiss in one of those.
However, it is NOT OK to ride one of the horses while your boyfriend stands next to you and kiss. Gross.
Train platforms are a perfectly fine place to bid a touchy-feely farewell. This kind of affection has to make up for the fact that there are no more tearful jetway goodbyes.
Train platforms are a perfectly fine place to bid a touchy-feely farewell. This kind of affection has to make up for the fact that there are no more tearful jetway goodbyes.
I’ve never been to the top of the Eiffel Tower, but I have to imagine that I would want to kiss someone if I were up there. Ditto for the Empire State Building.
Apartment Building Lobbies
Nothing’s more unsettling than seeing people smooch on the sidewalk in the morning. Nobody wants to see remnants of whatever happened last night, so keep it indoors people.
To be honest, I find it especially irritating when couples are kissing and giving each other googly eyes over bacon and eggs. You know what it means if they are? Not only are they having an incredibly romantic and sweet morning, but they had an even better EVENING. Which just sort of sets the PDA over the top, since you’re forced to know the truth…..they got some action. You didn’t.