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To be sickened by a couple who piles on the PDA every time one of them gets up to go to the toilet?

62 replies

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 20:42

I’m currently in a restaurant, and there’s a couple at a nearby table who are going overboard with the PDA. Every time one of them gets up to go to the toilet, they kiss, hug, and basically act like they won’t see each other again for years! It’s making the atmosphere uncomfortable, and I feel like I can’t enjoy my meal without being subjected to it.

AIBU to think this level of PDA is just too much in a public place?

OP posts:
Gummybear23 · 10/09/2024 21:00

Get a room!

Gummybear23 · 10/09/2024 21:00

Get a room!

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:00

ICanBuyMyselfFlowersICanWriteMyNameInTheSand · 10/09/2024 20:50

If Mumsnet deems YANBU what are you going to do?

Haha, nothing drastic! Just glad to know I’m not the only one who finds it a bit much. I’ll finish my meal and carry on - PDA or not!

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Webbymeister · 10/09/2024 21:01

How often does one go to the toilet in one meal

anotherbaby3 · 10/09/2024 21:01

Too much 😬😂 my cousin and her boyfriend do that every Christmas sitting in the middle of the living room with the whole family there. It’s so uncomfortable!

Webbymeister · 10/09/2024 21:02

Are they doing coke?

GlutenfreeFast800 · 10/09/2024 21:02

Maybe they had sex the first time they both disappeared and the second and third they’re playing with remote control, um “toys@?

GlutenfreeFast800 · 10/09/2024 21:03

Or drugs. Sounds grim either way.

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:03

JaneJeffer · 10/09/2024 20:52

Drugs

Oh. I hadn’t thought of that

I guess the kissing so much distracts so much . Like they’re holding each others necks and everything. Like they are at the table doing it now

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AgnesX · 10/09/2024 21:04

Where is it.... remember to avoid it. What age are the pair?

Not Macdonald's?

TheOriginalEmu · 10/09/2024 21:05

either they both have Crohn’s, a uti, or they like a bit ❄️.
the drugs might explain the PDA.

Mercedes45 · 10/09/2024 21:06

We used to double date with a couple like this. It was cringe inducing stuff.

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:06

Vanfan · 10/09/2024 20:53

I dont think they are going to the toilet for a wee.👃

It’s certainly starting to seem that way! Whatever the reason, it’s definitely making their PDA even more noticeable

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EmmaOvary · 10/09/2024 21:08

Coke.

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:09

CrouchingTigerHiddenChocolate · 10/09/2024 20:57

In the last 30 mins they have spent at least 15 minutes in the toilet or kissing?

They are probably sending each other dirty pics, or running off to call their husband/wife.

Yeah it’s definitely a lot of back and forth.
I’m almost convinced they’ll be doing the same in the toilets as they’ve just got up again! 🤣

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AccountCreateUsername · 10/09/2024 21:11

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 20:50

Well, the first time; they both got up together to go to the toilet. They both stood up, and kissed for like 2 mins, so I thought one of them was leaving or something. They vanished for 5 mins, after the big kiss, so I thought they had gone but they went to the toilet.

10 mins later, the lady got up and went to his side kissed is face off for 5 mins, went to the toilet and came back. Then shortly after, the guy went to her side kissed her face off and went to the toilet and came back!

So 3 times so far in like half an hour!

Are they eating food? Or just visiting the loo a lot and getting frisky?

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:12

anotherbaby3 · 10/09/2024 21:01

Too much 😬😂 my cousin and her boyfriend do that every Christmas sitting in the middle of the living room with the whole family there. It’s so uncomfortable!

Oh wow, that sounds really awkward! 🤣🤣
It’s definitely uncomfortable when PDA becomes so public. I guess some people just don’t mind the audience! Your comment has given me a good laugh.

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SaffronsMadAboutMe · 10/09/2024 21:13

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 20:50

Well, the first time; they both got up together to go to the toilet. They both stood up, and kissed for like 2 mins, so I thought one of them was leaving or something. They vanished for 5 mins, after the big kiss, so I thought they had gone but they went to the toilet.

10 mins later, the lady got up and went to his side kissed is face off for 5 mins, went to the toilet and came back. Then shortly after, the guy went to her side kissed her face off and went to the toilet and came back!

So 3 times so far in like half an hour!

They both stood up, and kissed for like 2 mins

No they didn't.

2 minutes is actually quite a long time. Almost the same time it takes to boil an egg.

If any of this is true, I reckon your timing's way off.

ETA: Just saw the 5 minute claim and that's even more ridiculous.

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:14

Webbymeister · 10/09/2024 21:02

Are they doing coke?

I’m not sure, I haven’t seen anything that makes me think that (besides the constant getting up?)

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cookiebee · 10/09/2024 21:19

This reminds me of sitting in a pub years ago with my parents, there was a couple at the next table all over each other, my mum made such comments as

“well their hardly spring chickens are they!”

”That definitely ain’t his wife the way they are carrying on!”

”I thought he was gonna have her over the fucking table!”

I miss her judgmental observations 😂

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:19

SaffronsMadAboutMe · 10/09/2024 21:13

They both stood up, and kissed for like 2 mins

No they didn't.

2 minutes is actually quite a long time. Almost the same time it takes to boil an egg.

If any of this is true, I reckon your timing's way off.

ETA: Just saw the 5 minute claim and that's even more ridiculous.

Edited

It genuinely feels like the PDA is excessive. I’m not making it up, just sharing what’s happening. I’ll try to be more precise if they keep this up!

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SaffronsMadAboutMe · 10/09/2024 21:21

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:19

It genuinely feels like the PDA is excessive. I’m not making it up, just sharing what’s happening. I’ll try to be more precise if they keep this up!

Why?

You're in a restaurant and you've spent half an hour on a chat forum.

You might as well have just sat home with a takeaway.

VelvetUndergrounds · 10/09/2024 21:21

Sounds like coke... How much food have they actually consumed....?! 🤔

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:22

AgnesX · 10/09/2024 21:04

Where is it.... remember to avoid it. What age are the pair?

Not Macdonald's?

They look like they’re in their late 20s. We’re not in a fast-food place, just a normal restaurant where their PDA is increasingly hard to ignore

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Wineandcupcakes · 10/09/2024 21:23

WavesofIrritation · 10/09/2024 21:19

It genuinely feels like the PDA is excessive. I’m not making it up, just sharing what’s happening. I’ll try to be more precise if they keep this up!

I think maybe it just feels like five mins to you. Because basically you have told us In 30 mins, they’ve spent 15 in the toilet and 7 kissing, so less than 7 mins at their table.

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