couples walking through shops holding hands

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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

What tilliebob said. Miserable, cynical, snarky posts. We often hold hands when walking. Probably wouldn't in crowded shops because of awkwardness. Never occurred to me anyone got so upset over this!

I don't think anyone should inconvenience others in shops but the fact that some people hold hands in an affectionate way is not the worst thing! Nothing to do with age I would have been mortified by anything like that at 15 not so much at 50!

You'd love us, OP, we sometimes walk along in a threesome with linked arms (me, DP and DSS)

This is the best "suck the joy out of life" thread I've read for a long time

'It's not people being miserable twats it's just really annoying when hand holders think they're invincible so can walk ridiculously slow blocking the pavement expecting people to walk around them'

But that's true of annoying parents with big buggies, and families walking in a mob at the same speed as the toddler and teenhordes. And tourists. Bloody, bloody tourists.
It's not the soppiness, it's the fact their behaviour sometimes impacts negatively on other people and their mutual adoration creates a squigey blockage in the flow.

I hold dh's when we're out together without the kids but that's rare, very rare.
I hate groups of people who take up all of the pavement and walk at a snails pace so you either have to walk at their pace or walk into the road to get round them.

Tossers!!!!!

I think that should be onto the road

I'm all for it IF they are not snotty about parting if they are in the way or blocking the pavement. I quite like a hand hold myself. Not with myself, that would be odd. The worst offenders for pavement hogging tend to be family groups though. I live in Central London and while obviously I have to accept crowds as part of the deal, it would be nice if groups of tourists could work out that taking up the entire pavement and thus forcing other pedestrians into the road is really inconsiderate!

I hate kids with scooters or those bloody wooden bikes and big buggies with stuff attached

Wooden bikes. I still don't get those.

Exactly alcon

Loving this thread...

Does it make any difference if you're not a couple? My mother trained me up to link arms with her when walking.

No it doesn't.

I regularly have to walk on to the road on the school run to pass a mother and daughter who sometimes link arms. They might be ok with being late picking their kids but I'm not.

Wooden bikes? Do you mean those balance bike things that you can't peddle? They are....pointless

Tried it, felt like a 7 year old on a class trip, moved on.

That's me. I'm very short.

DH sometimes has an absent minded moment and grabs my hand as we cross the road. I just let him now.

When we are somewhere not crowded I sometimes tuck my arm in his as we walk but never in crowds.

Last summer I was trailing behind on holiday and I saw ds ahead with his arm round his dad probably annoying everyone but at 20 and much taller now I thought it was lovely

YABU

After reading this thread I want to hold DH's hand even more, but it's not possible because we're always at it.

My first marriage was with a no hand holder and i hated it 2nd marriage with a handholder and it brill i love holding hands we also do the soon as out of car hold hands even up to front door also hold hands if watching tv i like human touch we both give each other a quick kiss when we pass each other in the house we both like it

I just think it's a bit pathetic really. I mean, DH and I have a great relationship, but we don't need to prove to the world that we're together every time we leave the house. I don't "get" hand holding just as I don't "get" snogging in the street unless you're 15 years old and have nowhere else to go.

I had an ex who was a hand-holder and it made me feel really stifled. It was frustrating not to have my own space when I was walking around, and I'd shake him off - only for him to then get all needy and hurt.

But then both DH and I are very independent generally, which is probably a lot to do with it.

My husband is a hand holder, he is constantly groping for my hand as soon as he can. I grab my children's hands instead haha oh wait yuck they always have sticky hands. Hmmm.

It is not about proving anything or independence or being pathetic

We hold hands when out and about, but as we don't often shop together we don't get in anyone's way. We don't share a bank account though.

Noddy, there's no point trying to explain to folk with preconceptions and fixed mindsets - you'll just get told your protesting too much! Obviously all we hand holders are concerned about is how we look to others - even though our relationships have fuck all to do with them

*you're - up since 4 with a puking child!

I love holding hands with my OH although, we are considerate enough to part and walk one behind the other if we're on a narrow street or path (but that's just so I can get a gander at his arse)

I don't hold hands because I am a grown up, able to walk down the street by myself and I am no longer 15 and so besotted with dh that I can't bear to spend a minute not touching him.

I am utterly besotted with my husband and do have a physical need to touch him. When he walks in a room my heart often flips.

I am of course capable of walking down the street alone as I am sure you know, but I find it unnatural ( for me) to be near him and not touching him.

DH and I are very independent people.
BUT

We still hold hands when we're going out together.
And we still have a joint email account.
(However, we also have our own personal ones, as well as work ones.)

I can't believe I'm actually having to point this out, on what is supposed to be a lighthearted thread (I think ), but it's about what works for you as a couple and individually.

If you don't like holding hands, then that's fine. Nothing to do with showing off or being immature or being pathetic, or any other of the ridiculous things that have been written!