How Do You Define PDA?

Recently my volunteering friends and I discussed PDA (public displays of affection).  My two friends talked about their husbands’ discomfort with PDA.  Well, I could relate to that: it tends to make a lot of people uncomfortable.  But then I learned that what they meant by PDA was hand-holding, hugs, a quick kiss. My one friend said it took her husband years before he would hold her hand in public.  The other said that when she and her husband meet up somewhere, when her husband arrives all the other women in the room get a hug, or sometimes even a … Continue reading

Do You Do PDA?

As I’ve said before, one of my favorite commentators is also someone who regularly feeds my muse: Jade “The Muse” Walker. She’s been really good about continuing to send me links to interesting articles in spite of the fact that I’ve gotten sidetracked in writing about them. One of the last ones she sent me was about an experiment ABC News conducted in both New Jersey and Alabama. It had to do with public displays of affection, also known as PDA. A couple of years back they’d done an experiment of the same nature. They hired actors to pose as … Continue reading