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Dating and Public Displays of Affection

Is hugging, kissing or the holding of hands in public acceptable behavior or not on a date? There are various views on public displays of affection, depending on the personalities of the people involved. Some people are very private and don’t like being romantic in public, while other people are very extraverted and enjoy openly express their affection in public. When on a date, it is important to be respectful your partner’s feelings about such things so that you do not embarrass them or make them feel uncomfortable.

Private people are usually very sensitive to public displays of affection. Let’s say for instance a man is walking down the street with his girlfriend, who is a private person and suddenly he stops and tries to kiss her in public. Most likely, in this case, the girl will push her boyfriend away, as she does not want to kiss him in front of people on the street. This sense of self-consciousness may be rooted in some previous negative experience from her past. With this in mind, the girl’s boyfriend should respect his girlfriend’s private nature and save his romantic expressions for when they are in a private place.

Extraverted people are very expressive in public as a general rule. When an extraverted man woman is with a private man, some interesting things may happen. For instance, the woman may reach out to hold her boyfriend’s hand in public and he might avoid her hand. In such a situation, a woman must understand her boyfriend’s private nature and not push him into a public display of affection. A woman’s feelings may get hurt if she wrongly interprets her man’s introverted nature and thinks that he does not want to be with her. To know the difference between the two situations may require time and understanding within the relationship.

Another situation arises when an introvert dates an introvert. In a case like this, nobody makes any romantic gestures toward the other in public and both people are happy and content with expressing themselves in private. Two people of similar personality generally get a long very well without the need to explain themselves to the other all the time.

On the other hand, when two extroverted people date each other, there can be a lot of romance being displayed in public places. Extroverted people freely express themselves openly without any concern for what other people think. One never knows what you might see happen in public in such situations.

Finally, true love can take a couple to a zone or a place where they are oblivious to the world and don’t care what people think around them when it comes to public displays of affection. Some of the most random and spontaneous expressions of love can be the most meaningful to a relationship and nothing should prevent that expression. Feeling inhibited only deprives couples of feeling the true depth of love that they are meant to experience. Be free and express the love you feel to your partner regardless of where you are! Love is so important that expressions of it should flow freely.