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Happiness is a good thing, that goes for gay or straight.
Oh no...I am gay and I would never show any form of PDA! About as close as I would get is a hug hello or goodbye, since that can be accepted btw males in certain cultures, or is familiar enough that might not cause too much concern.
Holding hands?....no way! Kissing or a peck on the cheek? Absolutely not in public.
Oh no...I am gay and I would never show any form of PDA! About as close as I would get is a hug hello or goodbye, since that can be accepted btw males in certain cultures, or is familiar enough that might not cause too much concern.
Holding hands?....no way! Kissing or a peck on the cheek? Absolutely not in public.
A surefire way to get stares and catcalls.
I have no problem accepting gay people doing these things that heteros often do. I guess in many large cities, like NYC, people are accustomed to humans just acting like humans. I'm sorry that you have to watch yourself in that way.
Why should you have to look at things meant to be kept private?
Well, as said before, it's cultural.
So there are two ends of the bell curve and most people fall in the middle as somewhat tolerant.
At one end is the way that some young people behave in parks, which is how animals in zoos behave; and at the other end is the sort of behavior that your German grandfather thinks is appropriate.
I used to believe as your grandfather did. I was raised in a home in which there was very little sign of affection between parents shown in front of the kids. I now think that was too restrictive.
I do NOT like, meeting people, to kiss and hug them, though. People meet relative strangers and react in this way when meeting in public and it looks so phony to me. I even think handshakes probably spread disease and I wish European culture would take up the short bow as a greeting the way the Japanese do. I worked in a Japanese company and find it endearing with the added benefit that germs are not spread. The Japanese are not noted for being inhibited or prudish about their bodies, either.
Just a little. Hand holding back rubbing. That's it. I kissed in the parking lot. But it was dark.
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