PDA

Out and about, taking care of our daily business.  Pausing to check our watch for the time, waiting for a passing car, answering our phone (which we should have left at home); we notice a couple engaged in what is called a public display of affection, aka., PDA.  Poll a group of people and you'll get a variety of responses.  Some of the most common include: "Aaahhhhh", "Yuk", "Get a room", "How come you never do that to me?"

How people define "public" when it come to PDA varies also.  Now I admit, I don't really care to see spit trails between two people smaking on a park bench, or hear moans that only make me want to run home and shag my wife; but there are types of PDA that tell the world how you feel about your partner.  One of my favorites was a commercial where a man and woman are standing on some steps in front of a large court house type building.  All of a sudden he yells at the top of his lungs, "I LOVE MY WIFE!!!"  She looks all around as the pigeons in the area scatter.  She is unaware how to respond.  Then she embraces him and whispers softly in his ear, "I love my husband."  All of us handle PDA in different ways.

What got me thinking about this was a post my son made on his wife's Facebook wall.  He simple said "I love you."  Almost immediately, a couple of his friends began giving him a hard time, using a "playful" slur.  I was proud of my son. 

When we think of being in public we usually think of being outside at a park, in line at a store, in a stadium at a ball game, etc.  But that "public" has nothing on Facebook or any social media.  In our general definition of "public" there would only be a few people that would see our PDA, chances are they are unknown observers, never to lay eyes on us again.  However, what can me more "public" than Facebook?!  Where else can one express PDA, not in front of a few strangers we will never encounter again, but in front of those that we claim as our "friends."  Expressions where the spit trails aren't seen, the goo-goo eyes are hidden, the groping hands are reserved for a later time; yet the one we adore still feels all the emotion.  PDA of the heart.

I also enjoyed reading one of my daughters having a short and similar exchange with her hubby on their Facebook walls...again, I was proud.  I hope that more and more couples will use Social Media outlets like Facebook to not only reach out for more "friends", but as a way to express to those "friends" how enriched their life is because of their relationship and attact/encourage "friends" to show some PDA today.

~ Digger