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View Poll Results: What do you do when you see 2 same sex couples kissing
Go on with your day like nothing happen 20 23.26%
Scream in horror as all PDA's shouldn't happen no matter sexuality 4 4.65%
Stare in shock cause you're caught of guard 8 9.30%
Smile at them and go on with your day 65 75.58%
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 09:37 AM   #1
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Default Are you still shocked?

So when it comes to PDA's, I'm still caught of guard when i see a couple of the same sex making out and this usually causes me to stare. Now i have no problem with them doing it and i have no problem doing PDA's much myself, but its the fact that its same sex and that i don't see it often that slaps me across the face!

Now how about you, are you pretty much desensitized or are you like me? I live in a big city but not many same sex people do PDA's
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 09:44 AM   #2
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I smile, and continue walking.
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 09:54 AM   #3
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I smile, and continue walking.
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 10:14 AM   #4
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I stare, but because i'm jealous. Want someone to told hands with
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 10:28 AM   #5
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I dislike PDAs, no matter what the genders of the participants. For some reason, everybody seems to think public transportation is a great place to taste each other's tonsils. I finally found a way to get them to stop - I pull out my phone and pretend to record them.

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Old 20th Oct 2010, 10:32 AM   #6
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I honestly envy it. So I usually just grin and walk on.
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 10:36 AM   #7
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I would definitly smile, as I do every time I see happy people kissing, gay or straight
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 10:46 AM   #8
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Default Re: Are you still shocked?

If a couple is kissing, simply kissing not making out, then I don't mind and would probably do so myself with my partner. However, if the couple is making out, that I don't want to see regardless of the genders of the couple. If you want to cuddle, hold hands or kiss in public be my guest, but I do not want to see people making out or groping each other, save that for your alone time.
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 11:27 AM   #9
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Default Re: Are you still shocked?

I can't think of many times I've actually seen same-sex PDA's. Oddly enough, one of those times was two guys holding hands in a mall in the world's most redneck town...But on the rare occasion I do, I just smile and keep walking. It makes my day
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 12:22 PM   #10
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I don't mind PDAs. Most of the time, they go unnoticed for me. For example, at the train station in Dorval, I saw a lesbian couple making out on a bench, but I didn't even notice until my mom pointed it out. She said something quite crude, but I just told her that it doesn't matter. And I remember seeing two guys get on the city bus once and when they sat down together, one put his arm around the other. I smiled then. xD
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 12:33 PM   #11
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I saw a gay couple in the supermarket. And a lesbian couple in the mall. I'm totally cool. I dunno if its my gaydar developing since i came out or coincidence, but i'm seeing a lot more of us around.
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 02:05 PM   #12
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I'm completely fine with it as long as it isn't like making out. If I see them kiss I just smile and keep walking.
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 04:11 PM   #13
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i think it's really, really cute regardless of gender
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 04:26 PM   #14
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Default Re: Are you still shocked?

Part of me is very green and gets very jealous but then I just get happy that they have each other evening if they just met it still makes me happy that two people found each other and are together, even if its only for the moment.
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I cannot stand PDA's no matter the sexuality. ...Probably because I'm bitter and been single for years. But anyway... I still smile when I see them.
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Old 20th Oct 2010, 05:36 PM   #16
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I stare, but because i'm jealous. Want someone to told hands with
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and I dont care, but if its like in a line at disneyland and a couple is making out in front of me too much then i get annoyed. But other than that it doesnt matter. I think its sweet, especially in gay couples..
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Old 21st Oct 2010, 09:55 PM   #17
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Default Re: Are you still shocked?

I live in a somewhat conservative city, so it's pretty rare to see full-frontal public displays of affection, let alone those not of opposite genders.

So while I would definitely be shocked, I would also be very jealous!
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I think it's refreshing and very sweet. Would probably make my day.
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I just smile and keep walking, and this:

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