couples walking through shops holding hands

[DosDuchas]

Has anyone ever BARGED through the barrier they create and shouted STOP HOLDING HANDS FGS YOU ANNOYING PEOPLE?
( or perhaps something snappier?)

marks and spencer today - it was like british bloody bulldog, especially when the man LEADS the woman through the shops, swerving past racks of clothes, creating a four foot wide barrier

i have noticed generally that on a narrow pavement people walking side by side ( for whatever reason) don't give way like I am sure they used to,, thereby forcing the other person into the gutter!

Dd and her bf do this but they are 13!

Anxiety means when I go out im always holding dh's hand. It's never been a problem to anyone yet.

It's probably my uncle. He's on his third marriage and took leisurely hand holding strolls along the beach or wherever with all three. When they visited a relatives they were holding hands to walk from the car to the front door - a whole 12 second stroll. I sound so bitter

Hmmm the hand holding doesn't really bother me as much as when two people who aren't holding hands but walking side by side, move apart from each other so that they take up all of whatever space is available, and I have to step onto the street to get past them. Grrr.
Clearly we need speed limits in shops and on footpaths, or perhaps a slow lane and a fast lane.

I'm all grown up and I'm safe to cross roads on my own now.

YANBU

I don't like holding hands either, it feels restrictive. Poor ole dp

Don't care if others do it, but in busy town centres/shops it's every woman/man for themselves

yup exactly Cinderling

Regarding affection,that is not my beef

Dont you have sex to show love? Id say hand holding is just ostentation

They walk towards me, hobbling along on my crutches, and don't uncouple or move to the side. Oh, no it's me that has to stop, move and go round them as if they are some special fecking item who will melt in to a puddle if their hands aren't touching for 30 seconds! It drives me mad!

I don't think DH and I ever hold hands when we're out any more; we usually have two demon children fifty feet away from us sprinting in opposite directions. I can't remember a time we ever did; PDAs aren't his thing at all.

Had a bad day OP?

DP and I have been together 12 years and still hold hands. What of it? Obviously I pay attention to the number of people around and we wouldn't merrily stride 2 abreast and force people off the pavement, or create an obstruction in a busy department store but in general, where's the harm?

Likewise shopping 'for her'. Why would my DP not come shopping with me on occasion? We don't shop often, so when we do we tend to make a day of it (lunch or drinks & dinner).

Shared email addresses would be odd though, I'll give you that

We sometimes do when out walking not in shops but maybe along beach we would

inhales @buggers

I'd love to have a SO who would hold my hand, stroke my hair, make me a mug of tea, bring me some chocolate, do the dishes sometimes, take the bins out

Eh, this is turning into quite a list so I'll just stop.

I had no idea there were people who don't hold hands. Do you at least link arms? It's far from an unusual thing to do and I don't think you can infer anything from a couple doing it - practically every couple does it sometimes. But as ever in life, of course you have to be considerate. I've never noticed hand-holding to be an obstacle in shops though!

I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

Except it does sometimes make me a wee bit teary.

Mainly because I love the feeling of walking hand in hand with someone, and I am a card carrying singleton - not through choice

Urgh, I hate it too. We have done handholding but, like a pp, we don't often ?ith two kids to keep under control, and I do pay attention to other people so stop holding hand if needed, even with the kids. FairyCaravan you have my sympathy, I have a bad back and find twisting and moving around tough, I thought people would be better if I had a stick but evidently not :(

I remember one occasion of couple handholding selfishness - I was a few months pregnant on an icy day, walking very carefully on the parts of the pavement which weren't slippy and iced over. A couple asked me to move over, into the ice as there was no where else to go, so they could pass while not losing handholding contact. I did refuse and said I would walk on the ice as I was pregnant, well I wouldn't even if wasn't pregnant, ass wipes.

Adele, just seen your post. Yes, me too

If there's room on the pavement I will always hold my husbands hand. I like it - it feels nice. Grief there's some miserable buggers on this thread.

My DH likes to walk behind me, in step and put his arms around me. I have to resist screaming STOP HUMPING ME IN THE SUPERMARKET. FOR THE LOVE OF THE LITTLE BABY JESUS GIVE ME SPACE MAN. He gets all nuzzly too.

I wish he'd just hold my hand.

does he do that at home too?
Do couple walk around the kitchen holding hands?

Only by accident. I was shuffling along in the shopping arcade when they barrelled down on me, I failed to leap aside so they had to drop hands to get past me. he called me a cunt and she said "Jesus Christ you stupid bitch." Somehow I feel they deserve each other.

Sorry OP, but DP and I hold hands everywhere except inside shops or on busy pavements. We hold hands watching TV (unless engaged in something more intimate) and usually go off to sleep holding hands.
But then we've only been together for 8 years, so still in the honeymoon period :)

I miss holding DH hand. Can't do it when you're pushing a buggy.
Neighbour in my old house told us off for doing it. I think she didn't like any sort of public display of affection so every time we walked past her window for a while I would do something like kiss him or grab his bum.
He didn't seem to mind.
Selfish people will get in your way when you're out and about whether they're with their oh or not.

DH likes the kitchen. I'm often standing still trying to wash up or chop veg or listen to something which is happening on the radio and he seizes the opportunity afforded by inertia to come and nuzzle.

If he was a dog I could break him of the habit.