To want to barf over couple on train doing PDAs opposite me & my DD

[Rockaria]

Got train back from a major city tonight & shared a 4 table with a young, loved up couple who were kissing & generally pawing/fawning over each other. Was with my 11 yr old DD. Now I know I'm being harsh but I honestly wanted to smack them both across the chops!

1. they were so loved up & I was envious coz I have a failed marriage & recently broke up with a P who was a selfish twunt & broke my heart by 'future faking' when I was just a stop gap
2. it was not appropriate behaviour for a crowded train in front of my DD!

Yes, I know I'm BU, but just needed to vent :)

I just commented on the other pda thread but it's so awkward and annoying when you are trapped like that with them slobbering away. I had a similar one once with a couple practically licking each other's faces across the table from us but then doing this weird stare at us like they wanted to shout LOOK WE ARE SNOGGING AND IN LOOOOOVE. It was very weird.

YANBU I must be old fashioned and dull because I just think keep it private.

That's horrible. There is no excuse (unless they are very, very drunk).

I just wanted to say 'enjoy it while it lasts love, coz he'll soon be sneakily watching porn/setting other women/shouting in your face & blaming his MH problems/moaning about everything, but nothing is his fault'*
*delete as appropriate.

Cynical? Moi? ;)

I meant 'sexting' other women, not setting!

Ask them if they've had their tea yet?

Always used to work on us

I had to sit at a neighbouring restaurant table with Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson doing that once. And that didn't end so well, if that makes you feel any better, OP...

I don't think it's any more shocking for your DD to see it - but agree entirely that it's generally inconsiderate (and pretty narcissistic) for them to do it in front of anyone of any age.

I don't want to see your slobbering, dear strangers. Put it away. Save it for private. You aren't impressing anyone.

A couple were passionately snogging near 10 year old DD and I on the ferry the other day. We gave them a sideways glance, looked at each other, I gave DD a check them out look, along with my best Les Dawson face, and DD burst out laughing. Couple moved on.

DD's at the sweet stage when kissing and passion scenes on the telly make her cringe ...so I make kiss noises to make sure she doesn't miss them... PDAs positively crack her up.

I expect when you've moved past the word 'barf', you'll be better equipped to deal with examples of other people daring to find each other physically attractive in your presence. Hang on in there.

NB - it's quite likely that neither of them had cooties

Yes, Rock, do make sure that you use the correct medical term next time. Barf, tsk. The term you're looking for is "emesis".

I don't think 'the correct medical term' is relevant, really ('emesis' is a noun, by the way).

Feeling nauseated by the sight of other people being mildly physically affectionate is, in my experience, something that ten-year-olds generally grow out of.

Yes, you're right, it is a noun - I knew that. The irony is that I have just posted on another thread complaining about the growing tendency for people to use nouns as verbs

Perhaps it's time I went to bed . . .

I see couples marching side-by-side; mutely and obviously hugely resentful of each other...

I see parents hissing at their children. Or ignoring them. Or laughing meanly at their mistakes.

I see teenagers lost in their phones, pinging 'jokey' insults to each other.

I see grown women ripping each other to shreds on the internet.

....and I'm supposed to feel sick at the sight of two young people who fancy each other, making out a bit?

Multivac I think this thread may have possibly been a little more lighthearted than you're making it

Op I understand lol the seating arrangements were unfortunate in that you had nowhere else to look! My partner and I hold hands and stuff in public, full on snogging however stays in the home! Although things may have been different when I was a teenager!

Maybe we're all just too British!

Dh and i walked down a public footpath on a sunday around midday to see two young people dtd on the grass. I got the giggles badly. The girl did look very embarrassed as dh walked me past quickly... I did wonder about the young family we meet two minutes later on the path going the other way. So british not to say anything...

I remember when I was 8/9 my Aunt and uncle would always come into the living room and start snogging and giggling. It was so fucking awkward, I hated it.

No YNBU.
There is a time and place for all that, and it is certainly not on s train full of people making them feel uncomfortable. In fact in some countries I think it's actually illegal

I can't say it bothers me. It can be a bit inappropriate sometimes, but on the whole it's nice to see happy people in love. I get jealous when I see it too, because my DH died, not because he turned out to be a wanker, but no one lives with that new relationship glow where they're all over each other forever without going through any unhappiness, so let them enjoy it while it lasts.

Its the slurpy sound effects that make me cringe!