Depends on the degree. I love holding hands or holding my husbands arm. And I have no problem with hugs and a quick kiss. But I wouldn't make out with him in public. It appears that when people do that, they're doing it so others will watch them. When I'm affectionate, it's for me, not others.

I'm usually on the fence about it (since I'm single right now). I think it's sweet when a guy puts his arm around me in public, gets all huggy or kisses me on the cheek...the other stuff turns me on but depending on my mood can make me feel uncomfortable. Plus I'm such an overthinker and too aware of how things look from other people's perspective. Because when I am single (like now), couples getting all sappy or handsy in public annoys the hell outta me. It's either sappy or gross, and reminds me how single I am. Then again, that's me being a bitter jackass! And the couples shouldn't accomodate me...still...

We really need an edit function - husbands = husband's.

I agree with the ladies above; also, it depends on HOW public you're talking. For example, PDA of hugging and kissing bugs the bejeezes out of me when it's just a few people--even if it's quick. When you're hanging out with a group, then your attention should be on the group--if you want to be alone, then please by all means hang out with just each other, but don't subject your intimacies with a group! However, the same kissing and hugging I mind in a group setting, I don't mind in public. Obviously I'd prefer not to feel like I'm watching foreplay, but otherwise it doesn't bug me.

My boyfriend and I always hold hands when we are walking around!
And we do kiss, like little pecks and soemtimes when I'm bad I will quickly brush his privates haha.
But we don't like make-out hardcore anywhere! Justs little kisses!

Like at a red ligth or when we are sitting beside each other or across from each other at dinner It's nice and I like it

Im with ya Ash!

My husband NEVER wants to kiss me in public. Even if we're at a wedding, and everyone else wants to! It drives me nuts. BUT. It's really nice when we're walking, and he'll grab my hand for 30 seconds and lets go. It really lets me know that he's thinking of me and that he loves me. So that's damn nice.

Hold hands- yes. make-out- no. if he's walking me to my car and I'm not going to see him for a few days, I'll give him a peck.

i couldn't agree more with onesong!!
i don't mind PDA.. like i hold hands with my boyfriend, and kiss here and there! but i dislike when you are trying to have a conversation with someone and they are paying more attention or kissing hugging their significant other.. i just think that you can wait until you are at home for that kind of stuff, when your out with your friends its time to be not all over each other, i try and stay away form that as much as possible.. cuz who wants to talk to two people who are all over each other... its good that your in love but there is a time and place... but that's just my opinion!

i'm not that affectionate of a person in general, so i'm good with handholding or quick pecks, but i know my boyfriend sometimes i wish i were more affectionate. but, mostly i think it's a cultural divide there since i'm asian and he's not, and we asians tend to be a little more reserved.

Depends... Like, if you're a student, don't make out on campus... I personally don't mind if it's just the two of us in public, and we're not going to be alone for awhile, and those people are never going to see me again. It's never a full makeout session... Just quick. Pretty PG. If you're in a group, it's just impolite.

Extreme degrees of PDA (read: grope-fests or makeout sessions) are so inconsiderate to those around, but a little hand holding I can deal with.

Even a peck on the cheek is ok if it's more of a "i care about you" than a "i want people to see me caring about you". Believe me, people can tell the difference.

I think a great way to gauge what is or isn't appropriate is, would you do it in front of your parents??

Although who knows what some brazen people are capable of.

I cant stand it! I hold hands and peck on the lips here and there -MAYBE but making out like a couple of horny teens in the middle of the street gets on my last nerve!!! If its a bunch of teens, though they still urk me, its expected - but when I see grown ass ppl sucking face and rubbing on eachother it makes me wanna get violent a little.

Its gross! Sometimes, little kids stop and stare! EW! Dont do it, I dont care if he's/she's the love of ur life - I dont want to see it or hear it!

Living in NYC I have shoved kissy face couples standing in my way plenty of times. OH and when I was younger, my cousin jumped on a couple making out on the grass (we pretended we were playing catch and throw the ball towards the couple).

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I never used to be one for PDA until my current relationship. I think it definitely has to do with my strong feelings towards him. I don't mind hand holding and quick kisses. He's usually the one to initiate, and while I was a little shy in the beginning, I've grown to love and expect it.
I think PDA is amazing with someone you truly love and respect. If you have both of those things it won't go overboard b/c, like remedios said, anything hot and heavy should be kept for yourself.

I think it's a little rude to assume that intense pda is for attention only. for the majority of the time, i think hand holding and a breif kiss here and there are the line. at the same time though, there are times when you feel very much in love and some what anonymous in public and a bit longer of a kiss is ok-- not just for attention.

Mild PDA is cute, and pretty normal - it's frustrating when people get angry about hand holding or forehead kissing! But extreme fondling is not ok! Makes for awkward situations.

right, kenziebaby. pda is not for attention only. when my then fiance and I lived 2000 miles away from each, the airport was sometimes our last time to say goodbye, for a few months. and im not going to feel bad about kissing him passionately..

Not a fan of PDA. I tend to be pretty shy so even hand holding can be a bit much, but it's still tolerable. A peck or two is ok, but full fledged making out..yuck. I saw too much of that in Paris this summer!

If we're in public and we don't know anyone around us, I'm all for PDAs! But if we're around people we know, I try to limit it to hand-holding, maybe steal a kiss when no one is watching, etc. One of my biggest pet peeves was when my brother and his ex-girlfriend used to snuggle and kiss and nuzzle up to each other at the freaking dinner table! Bleh! That's just uncomfortable.

Hand holding and quick hugs and pecks are fine, but anything more is just gross

i love it, in the car we make out hard core on a red light, light kissing when we eat out, and we always sit on the same side so that we dont have to lean across the table to kiss, huggies while walking. I can care less if you dislike it because i love it k Thanks!

Holding hands? we'll talk, outright making out? Fondling? sex in the middle of the street?

I just picked up my boy from the airport last night, he'd been gone for a week in India and Dubai, and I gave him a biiiig hug and kiss right there on the curb. And on Halloween we were both drunk at a club and made out in the middle of the dance floor for a bit haha, but other than that we limit it to hand holding and the occasional peck

I will hold my hubbys hand, quick peck on the cheek or lips, You wont catch me embracing him, open mouth kissing, sitting in his lap, or anything else that is just uncouth.

No one wants to see tongues, or hear juicy kisses, or see hands going up shirts or skirts.

We do have some PDA (hold hands, I place my head on his shoulder, he put his arm around my shoulder, etc.) Sometimes I give him flirty looks. But that's about it.

The rest we save for private.

i hate PDA, well intense, disgusting PDA. a peck or holding hands is very sweet and loving, imo, but it doesn't need to go any further than that in public. save to groping and tonguing down when you're in the privacy of your own homes, thanks. i hated when my ex wanted to kiss in public all the time.

My fiance and I ALWAYS hold hands and will hug or give each other a kiss without any thought. As long as it's sweet and not too much, I don't mind witnessing it. It often makes me smile at a couple to see them that into each other. But there are some people you just want to tell them to get a room and move out of theway.

I think the airport, at least for me, is an exception for PDA. People there are either saying good bye or hello after a while so its cool. My biggest thing, like others have said, is when you are in a small group of friends and there is that one couple that refuses to seperate. And then they wonder why no one wants to sit next to them when they are spooning on the couch. I think when you are in public, just try to be considerate of those around you. We all have to share the public space!

i also wanted to add that the intimate side of your relationship is for the two of you...and the more you put it out there the less you have for yourselves! and...really, if you're spending all your time making out, then you obviously don't have that much to say to one another

I may be in the minority here, but I do not touch while in public. I think it's really gross and inappropriate. I have never kissed or held hands in front of anyone!

My boyfriend and I are on the same page, so it's cool.

I agree with Starturle about the airport thing. One of the saddest kisses of my life I won't be seeing him for nearly a year from now :'(

PDA is fine as long as you dont cross the line (making out/humping/feeling eachother up). Ya know, use discretion sometimes.

Holding hands, kissing is ok. But makinb out is were i draw the line.

I usually stick to small kisses and holding hands. Anything more is just too much, imo (putting your hand in your sig. other's back pocket, groping, French kissing, swooning while looking in each other's eyes...are you serious? People don't want to see that stuff.).

i concur!

it depends..but i wouldnt mind

quick kiss and hug is ok..

I've never really liked PDA's. It's always annoying and that lovely expresseion "get a room" is always appropriate to shell out! But I do think that a quick kiss on the lips to say hi or bye is ok. I like to caress my man, and vice versa, but I tend to do it in a descrete way. Like when we are sitting, I put my hand on his lap or rub his back, just to let him know that I'm really into him! But DESCRETE is the key word here. I dont like when others perform PDA's so why should I be a hypocrite!

I think PDA is really cute until is goes to far. Sticking your tongue down someone's throat and groping them all over is skanky.

My darling would never NOT hold my hand when we're walking around. Hand holding is NOT PDA to me... its pretty much standard! Even when we're having dinner out and waiting for our meals, we have to hold hands over the table, haha. Its ridiculous.

A quick hug and peck is fine. Anything more is just plain rude!

(agreed with the airport thing though - I went away for 3 months once, and when I arrived at the airport, I thought I'd keep my composure, but couldn't help myself when I saw him waiting for me...)

Like most everyone said, I think hand-holding, arms around another, and light kissing is fine.

I won't say that I haven't done more (new relationships, long-distance relationships anyone?) but I myself tend to feel uncomfortable with doing much more than I previously listed.

Just be aware that there are other people around you and how you might looks to others - and be respectful of that!

I won't make out with my boyfriend in public, but I will kiss him or hold his arm or his hand or whatever. I like touch.

Holding hands and a quick kiss are sweet things that should be shared whenever.

I've always been against extreme displays of affection in public. Except I got really drunk one night and kept making out with the guy I was dating in front of his friends (not very long after I had met them either!). He didn't seem to mind; thought it was funny actually, but I was so embarrassed the next day.

I love it! I love holding hands, hugging & kissing. My boyfriend on the other hand doesn't. It's very frustrating!

except at the airports like others have said. He holds me and kisses me and is very affectionate.

I agree starturtle44, when my boyfriend and I are saying goodbye (long distance relationship) at the airport I don't give a rat's (behind) who sees us and kiss him. I can't help it when I know that I wont be seeing him for weeks/months.

Yet I never grope inappropriate places or anything. I think the rule with PDA is if its a PG-13 rating or above then it will be pretty uncomfortable for people around you, not to mention impolite. There might be kids present etc...

but I'm all for hand holding, light kissing, or caressing (hair, cheek) all that sweet stuff. great post!

I would never do full on PDA in my life its tacky. heck i dont think im even pro hand holding! maybe a peck on the cheek or like maybe touch me but thats it.

Whenever I'm out with my boyfriend we hold hands or I hold onto his arm, we hug and give light kisses. I hardly get to see him at all right now so, I just like being able to touch him, even if it's just hanging onto his finger. When we've gone out with his brother we might hold hands but, we're just not overly physical around people, just makes everyone feel akward. I think full on makeout sessions, with groping included, are rude and gross in public(totally fine in private though). I agree with everyone on the airport thing though. And I'm all for people saying "get a room" to those who like publicly groping each other.