Public Displays of Affection

[Andrea]

What is everyone's opinion of public displays of affection in school?

My school doesn't tolerate it but everyone still does it anyway. I think the occasional peck on the lips and hugging with your boyfriend or girlfriend is fine. I'm all for that, but lately a lot people are crossing that line. Many couples are making out in classes when the teacher leaves for a minute, on the bus, in the hallways, etc. It's really stupid, I think. My friends all hate it and so do I, but there really isn't anything we can do about it.

I rode the bus to school today because my car is getting fixed and this freshmen couple were making out right infront me and everyone was just staring, looking wide-eyed and disgusted. Some people just don't want to see that, you know?

My boyfriend and I don't make out at school, we just give each other a quick kiss and that's it. We also hold hands and hug each other sometimes. Simple as that. I really think people should stop crossing the line like that at school because it just looks really bad.

Should there be no public affection in schools? Do you think there should be just a quick kiss and a hug? Does this happen in your school? Does it ever bother you or someone else? What are your views?

[The Doctor]

Im all for like holding hands, maybe hugging or a kiss every once in a while, because honestly Steph and I are like that. But making out and stuff, now thats wrong, save it for your alone time.

[Hybrid_Bunny]

Like Nate said, I'm all for hugging and pecks on the cheek or lips but I think anything more than that is taking it too far. I might be biased about it though since I am hopelessly single and seeing anyone make out or even kiss would upset me. :wth:

[LPNeSSRGB]

I agree 100% with Nate and Felix. The only time making out at school is OK is when you are completely alone (which at my school would probably never happen.) That I'd say is for the more adventurous couples. :wth:

[Leslie]

Originally posted by Hybrid_Bunny@May 10 2004, 03:27 PM
Like Nate said, I'm all for hugging and pecks on the cheek or lips but I think anything more than that is taking it too far. I might be biased about it though since I am hopelessly single and seeing anyone make out or even kiss would upset me. :wth:
Aww! :hugz:

Well, I think that it doesn't matter in college any more... but in high school there has to be some limits because it gets out of hand.

[Canadian Joe]

Originally posted by Hybrid_Bunny@May 10 2004, 10:27 PM
Like Nate said, I'm all for hugging and pecks on the cheek or lips but I think anything more than that is taking it too far. I might be biased about it though since I am hopelessly single and seeing anyone make out or even kiss would upset me. :wth:
I guess it's alright, but since my gf and I go to different schools, it doesn't affect me right now. Until a few days ago, it used to upset me as well, considering I was in absolutely no position to get a girlfriend. You see, I'm the kind of person who gets absolutely no respect from anybody at school. I'm constantly harassed, have things thrown at me (usually my head), and have nasty rumors made up about me, which in turn makes me look even less attractive to anybody, and as a result, I firmly believe, no matter how stupid it sounds, that I'll never have a chance with anybody at my school. Ever. End of story. Thankfully, I've now got a girlfriend. She gets bugged about how her relationships never last, though, since usually the guy she goes out with turns out to be a dickweed.

I aim to break that streak.

[Maëlle]

In school, we have what my friends and I call 'Couples Plantations'. It's quite simple; they're located anywhere there are stairs (usually between 2nd and 3rd floor). I mean, parting from your boyfriend/girlfriend for 1:15 hour is just so long that you have to make out with him/her for the two minutes before the bell rings.

More subtle, there are also the gentleman in school; those are the boys who walk their girlfriend to their classroom and exchange a quick kiss before parting.

So I think that little display of affection like holding hands, quick kiss, hugs, etc are cute and don't bother me at all. But making out is definitely crossing the line.

[Todd]

There was an article in the humor section of our school newspaper last year making fun of PDA (big problem at the school). I'm on the newspaper staff, so if I remember tomorrow or Wednesday I'll open up that story and post it.

[ProJecT NotHinG]

i agree...if it's little stuff then thats ok by me, but taking it too far is beyond me...our school is so strict on it anyways, it sucks!

[Eilonwy]

Public displays of affection aren't that big a problem at my school, and I'm glad for it. That is something I really don't need or want to see. A little kiss or hug isn't that bad, but anything more is just gross. To me, when people do that, it's just a way to call attention and show off the fact that they are in a relationship. I think people who like each other truthfully wouldn't do that.

And Hybrid_Bunny, I can totally relate! :lol:

[Alacrity]

Originally posted by Eilonwy@May 10 2004, 08:14 PM
Public displays of affection aren't that big a problem at my school, and I'm glad for it. That is something I really don't need or want to see. A little kiss or hug isn't that bad, but anything more is just gross. To me, when people do that, it's just a way to call attention and show off the fact that they are in a relationship. I think people who like each other truthfully wouldn't do that.

And Hybrid_Bunny, I can totally relate! :lol:
Well said. We don't really have a problem with it at my school, but I hate it when people make out right in front of you. It's like, no one wants to see that, stop showing off.

[Will]

The ones that stop right in the middle of the hall to do it get on my nerves. I usually just shove them out of the way and then they get all mad and I laugh as I walk past. Good times.

[Radical Dreamer]

I think it's sweet when couples kiss or hold hand but full-blown making out is a no-no for me. It's pretty awkward and embarassing when you have a large audience too. I say the same thing about any couple making out in public: GET A ROOM!

:whistle:

[Amy]

Originally posted by Nate@May 11 2004, 08:20 AM
Im all for like holding hands, maybe hugging or a kiss every once in a while, because honestly Steph and I are like that. But making out and stuff, now thats wrong, save it for your alone time.
Yeah... what he said.


My school is bad. People even get in trouble for just holding hands. I got in a lot of trouble for hugging someone last year or the year before. It was stupid!

[ass_kicker]

i dont mind people hugging in the hallways. i dont mind light kissing either. but im sorry, heavy making out during class time is just stupid. AND NO HAVING SEX IN THE TOILETS :lol:

[Kate]

I'm kind of disturbed by some things I've seen in the hallways at my school. I saw a guy groping his girlfriend the other day and wanted to smack the both of them. No one wants to see that. I have a bf, but I won't let him kiss me in school. I save that stuff for when it's just us, cuz I know from experience that seeing other people making out isn't exactly pleasant.

[Trish]

Well my opinon is quite different, because I have never had a boyfriend and so seeing that kind of stuff in public can make me angry but sad.

Angry because I don't want to see that kind of stuff, it's like the old saying "get a room."

Sad because I'm jealous in a way...

[Kaleb.09]

Ive not had a girlfiriend either (its hard when you look 17, and not your real age 24) ive never really had any intentions about going out with anyone , untill recently, but I still cant see myself doing all that public lovely dovey stuff like hold hands and call her sweet names and that, I dont think its in my character to do that stuff in public. my grandmother once asked me if im gay , well not in that way but she said in her words '' times are changing and I will support any decision you make my child'' how embarrasing

[TheSunIsShining]

i suppose its better than watching people arguing and beating the crap out of one another

[Glenn]

Originally posted by TheSunIsShining@May 15 2004, 03:05 PM
i suppose its better than watching people arguing and beating the crap out of one another
U said it! :lol:

I think affection at school is ok. Even making out is alright I think.

[ass_kicker]

Originally posted by Glenn+May 15 2004, 08:54 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Glenn @ May 15 2004, 08:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--TheSunIsShining@May 15 2004, 03:05 PM
i suppose its better than watching people arguing and beating the crap out of one another
U said it&#33; :lol:

I think affection at school is ok. Even making out is alright I think. [/b][/quote]
i dont mind it as long as its not humping in the school corridors... :rolleyes:

[Kæton]

I don&#39;t mind it, but if they&#39;re making out or whatever in a hall way and I can&#39;t get around them, or they don&#39;t have the decency to wait until they&#39;re more alone instead of sucking eachother&#39;s tongues then and there, then it annoys me. Especially if I&#39;m eating and or trying to get to class. It&#39;s kind of odd while you&#39;re eating or rushing to your next class and you see someone pretty much almost eating someone else&#39;s tongue, you know? :wth: If they take up the entire walk way... that&#39;s annoying too because they tend to walk slllllllloooooowwwwww.

I personally haven&#39;t done such things because I&#39;ve never really had any chances to do such things :lol: :unsure:.

[Neil]

:lol: Sounds like me and Cassie :P. Well we&#39;re not that bad.

[Anthony.]

They can do anything as long as they aren&#39;t in my way or that it&#39;s not plain and simply disgusting.

[Glenn]

I guess I don&#39;t mind people making out, but it drives me insane when they walk slow and make out in the middle of the hall. Makes me want to push them over.

[coley8605]

oh lordy. there&#39;s a guy and girl that contstantly make out and grope each other near my locker everyday. gag me, please. just save it for later, kiddos. our principal even went over the p.a. one day with, "students, as spring time rolls around, might we remind you that public displays of affection are not accepted. period." or something like that. it&#39;s bad here.

[Cassie]

Originally posted by Neil@May 17 2004, 11:47 AM
:lol: Sounds like me and Cassie :P. Well we&#39;re not that bad.
No we aren&#39;t.

We simply scar your friends with brutually honest outbursts and comments. :lol: I&#39;m not guilty, I swear. Neil&#39;s corrupted my innocent youth. :shifty:

[F-ck Casey]

I don&#39;t like public affection, nor public sex.

I mean, I don&#39;t want to be sitting in a chair, and have the thought in the back of my mind: hey, I&#39;m sitting on a chair where two people just ####ed.

Go- err, bed companies, made beds for a reason, you know.

[Neil]

You corrupted innocent little Neilie&#33; I swear&#33; :lol:

[Cassie]

Originally posted by Casey@May 21 2004, 07:47 PM
I don&#39;t like public affection, nor public sex.

*shudders*

[Danielle]

I don&#39;t really mind the holding hands and stuff but I have 2 friends who are always making out and it gets annyoinbg because they do it constantly so no one really talks to them. i can&#39;t really say i have been in their position cos i am a life long single.

[Link04]

Yea, PDA&#39;s are fine, but there are definitely limits. My girlfriend and I hold hands all the time in school, and even cuddle in the one period we have off (kind of a study hall, but the teacher leaves for lunch), but we&#39;ve never made out there in school. :whistle: ;)

The thing is, if you&#39;re actually in love like I am, you tend not to care about what other people think very much. But I&#39;ll be the first to say, constant groping and practically dry-humping right oustide of a classroom is disgusting.

[Debus]

I don&#39;t like it personaly. It&#39;s very depressing for single people such as myself to see all these people like getting off with each other every two minutes plus it&#39;s not the most pleasant thing i wanna see. Most lunchtimes when i go up to my tutor room for registration and my mate and his girlfriend have been up there you walk in just in time to see them snogging each other faces off. I always tell them to just get a room because it really is something i do not want to see. If people want to have a little kiss before lessons or give each other a big hug all the time then that&#39;s fine by me but i get pretty down when i see all these people all loved up. The closest i have got to a boyfriends is hugging my guy mates which i do everyday and i find that perfectly acceptable. Even if i did have a boyfriend i would not want to be kissing him, tongues and all every two minutes at school. I don&#39;t like people looking at me so i would be embarrased. Hugging, hand holding and kisses on the lips are fine in my books. Nothing more

[F-ck Casey]

Originally posted by Ginjarulez@May 22 2004, 12:09 PM
I don&#39;t like it personaly. It&#39;s very depressing for single people such as myself to see all these people like getting off with each other every two minutes plus it&#39;s not the most pleasant thing i wanna see. Most lunchtimes when i go up to my tutor room for registration and my mate and his girlfriend have been up there you walk in just in time to see them snogging each other faces off. I always tell them to just get a room because it really is something i do not want to see. If people want to have a little kiss before lessons or give each other a big hug all the time then that&#39;s fine by me but i get pretty down when i see all these people all loved up. The closest i have got to a boyfriends is hugging my guy mates which i do everyday and i find that perfectly acceptable. Even if i did have a boyfriend i would not want to be kissing him, tongues and all every two minutes at school. I don&#39;t like people looking at me so i would be embarrased. Hugging, hand holding and kisses on the lips are fine in my books. Nothing more
if you&#39;re that lonely, there&#39;s a website that offers a pay service to date a fake girlfriend. The girl is supposedly real.

Granted you&#39;d have to go lesbian or bi, but...yeah. Thought I&#39;d throw that in there, just incase a member of LPA is really lonely.

[Debus]

Ummmm i think i&#39;ll pass thanks Casey :wth:

[F-ck Casey]

Originally posted by Ginjarulez@May 22 2004, 02:47 PM
Ummmm i think i&#39;ll pass thanks Casey :wth:
just trying to help people :whistle:

[Debus]

Originally posted by Casey+May 22 2004, 09:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Casey @ May 22 2004, 09:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Ginjarulez@May 22 2004, 02:47 PM
Ummmm i think i&#39;ll pass thanks Casey :wth:
just trying to help people :whistle: [/b][/quote]
Lol ok :P

[LornVourkolakas]

What is everyone&#39;s opinion of public displays of affection in school?

I think it&#39;s okay. I know some relationships in which the couples could only see each other in school. It&#39;s okay to hug and kiss. That&#39;s life.

But if groping is going to be involved, get a classroom. I prefer it to be one that I&#39;m not in. =P

[Cassie]

Kissing, cuddling, that&#39;s all pretty common PDA at my school.

My only peeve with PDA is when the two are affectionate...

against my locker&#33;

That&#39;s a big no-no. I have no patience. Find the janitor&#39;s key and grab a closet. Or go roll in the park out in the back. Just away from my eyes.

:lol:

[Nikki]

Originally posted by LPNeSSRGB@May 10 2004, 10:34 PM
I agree 100% with Nate and Felix. The only time making out at school is OK is when you are completely alone (which at my school would probably never happen.) That I&#39;d say is for the more adventurous couples. :wth:
Yup. That&#39;s exactly it.

I mean firstly you have to know both parts of the scale to make an unbiased opinion...Which I have..so there >_>&#39;

Like HB (heehee...that&#39;s a sauce, you know?) said: some singles can get upset when they see couples - I know I used to get pretty jealous of it and stuff, so you have to calm it down.

Ok I&#39;ll admit, me and Jon have the occasional peck and hug and mild-mannered stuff in public: but the rest is just us and us alone. Unless cameras are stalking our every move..

I do however really hate it when you get people who are like dysons (powerful vacuum cleaners) on each others faces. Not very nice.

[Cassie]

Originally posted by Kat@May 23 2004, 01:28 PM
Like HB (heehee...that&#39;s a sauce, you know?)
HP sauce?

:lol:

[TheSunIsShining]

Originally posted by Kat@May 23 2004, 07:28 PM
I do however really hate it when you get people who are like dysons (powerful vacuum cleaners) on each others faces. Not very nice.
Ew. my stepdads like that. i feel for you ...

[ass_kicker]

Originally posted by TheSunIsShining+May 24 2004, 03:30 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TheSunIsShining @ May 24 2004, 03:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Kat@May 23 2004, 07:28 PM
I do however really hate it when you get people who are like dysons (powerful vacuum cleaners) on each others faces. Not very nice.
Ew. my stepdads like that. i feel for you ... [/b][/quote]
your stepdad? man. thats some gross stuff right there. i hate it when my parents do that. it makes me get goosebumps.>_<

[Mechanical Christ]

They shouldn&#39;t do it in public. to stop this is usually go up to them (who are blocking my locker ) and go AHEM&#33;

[Michele]

Originally posted by Hybrid_Bunny@May 10 2004, 10:27 PM
Like Nate said, I&#39;m all for hugging and pecks on the cheek or lips but I think anything more than that is taking it too far. I might be biased about it though since I am hopelessly single and seeing anyone make out or even kiss would upset me. :wth:
:D me too :angry: unless i became un single i would *AM* pissed whenever i see it cause i&#39;m single... :unsure: unless i became unsingle :rolleyes: :whistle: :shifty:

[numbgurl2004]

i think its funny. at mys school everyone is always making out in the halls, so im use to running in to ppl who are doing it. me and my b/f dont, ever do that at school, its just an invasion of privacy, and honestly wtf is up w/ppl who think "hey babe&#33; lets show everyone that we know how to use our tounges&#33;" lol its ######&#39; [arse-ish]&#33; :teehee:

Edit by Kat: >_>&#39;