Do you still hold hands with your other half?

[AmberGer]

Just been sat in the car, watching couples coming in and out of school (parents evening) and noticed how few parents hold hands while they're walking together.
I've been with DH over two decades but we still do.
Just a casual observation. I'm not doing a survey or anything

DH and I been together 22 years and we hold hands when we're in town or going to a restaurant or on a walk but the few times we've been to school together I felt very uncomfortable holding hands so we don't. I've no idea why I felt like that though.

Together 21 years & we often do.

Yes but not every time.

Yes we do. Not all the time, but a lot.

@FindingMeno

No. I try to pretend I'm not with him.

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We do occasionally but wouldn’t at school (when our DCs were younger). Together 35 years.

Yes, but definitely not in the playground/walking to the shed/the doctor's/butcher's etc. We hold hands when out for a relaxing walk or walking to a restaurant etc. I feel self-conscious holding hands in places like the playground - like I'm being a bit 'look at us, look how in love we are'. I don't think that about other people who do it though!

So maybe you'd see more hand holders in popular walking spots?

20+ years. Met just out of our teens. Yes, we hold hands sometimes. But wouldn’t coming out of a school parents evening…

Yes, we both like it. I have small hands and he has big hands, and it feels nice

If we're not dog walking, yes. I have arthritis in my scaphoid and somewhere else so can get painful.

@FindingMeno 🤭😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

And no from me. I hold my kids hand sometimes but it gets clammy and hot. I prefer not to impress DH with my sweaty palms. Oh and it feels a bit show offish for me sorry.

I was just talking about this with DH at the weekend. We were away for the weekend and noticed a lot of older couples on walks, holding hands.
I’d pointed out to him a few weeks before how the couples on A Place in the Sun are always holding hands and how staged it looked.
I’ve always got a small child swinging off my hand, or invading my personal space, so I’m very anti holding hands, or any public displays of affection really. I do feel sorry for my DH really, but I think I’m still traumatised from the “touched out” feeling of having very young children. I prefer to sleep alone and very rarely choose to sit by anyone on the sofa. I think I may be extreme though!

Yes, we do. Been together 39 years.

Just noticed you mentioned school...we wouldn’t in that context I don’t think because that’s an appointment of sorts (hard to explain what I mean), and I can see how it might come across as try-hard ’couple ness’.

I was a single parent for most of my children’s school days so would never have happened anyway. DH and I may have held hands when we went along to university open days and such, though (although I can’t remember).

It’s just an extension of who we are and what our relationship is like - we both really love snuggling, still go to sleep in each other’s arms every night, often spoon whilst sleeping, cosy up to watch films, hug and kiss a lot and so on. So it feels natural to be close when we’re out and about.

Yes

Yes we do, together 36+ years, but not all the time. In the context of a parents' evening we probably wouldn't so don't form any conclusions from your playground study! 😄

10 years. Yes we still hold hands walking down the street or sometimes in the middle of the night sleeping ❤️

Yes
Together 54 years. Married 50.

We've never held hands. It's just not comfortable for me as he's almost a foot taller. I hate anyone linking me as well.

About the 'try hard' aspect. What might not be obvious is that DH is helping steady me. I'm disabled and my balance is shot. On a good day without my stick and the confidence he'll stop me face planting I don't look quite so rubbish.

It was on the road outside of the school, Not in the actual playground.
Just watching parents walking up the road and going in and others coming out of the school and walking down the road.
Maybe it wasn't a good time for me to analyse that sort of behaviour.
It was just something I noticed and got me thinking, that's all.

Yes, but not on local trips to do chores, but some of the time when we go for a relaxing walk in a park/countryside.

I’m single at the moment but have always held hands with partners. Walking along, sitting (theatre, cinema, pub), in bed sometimes too. It sounds a bit weird written down because I am in no way clingy but I do like holding hands. Such a simple pleasure.

Yes often but probably wouldn't when on 'official parenting business'. Parents Evening is not a handholding moment.

But when we walk together we often do, especially in winter I like to hold hands in his coat pocket. I am less keen in summer when my hands get too hot!

Yes, we hold hands or we'll maybe link arms if it's cold. Together 30yrs, married 25.