Have you ever been in public (whether it be at school, or at a restaurant, or maybe even just walking down the street), and it seems like everyone around you is being all mushy and gross? I know what all of you must be thinking: This girl is just single and bitter. Well that would be false. I am neither single, nor bitter. I just hate PDA. For any of you that can’t keep up with acronyms, PDA stands for Public Display of Affection. And let me tell you: it’s nasty. Everywhere I go, all I see is couples making out and grabbing each other like no one is watching. So here’s a PSA (Public Service Announcement): if you’re one of those people who is constantly showing PDA, please stop.

If you go to the mall, there’s those couches in between stores for people to take a break from shopping and want to rest their feet. But for some reason, some couples see those couches as an opportunity to make their PDA stationary. I’ve seen people sitting on their boyfriend’s laps, kissing their significant other, and the all-time low: spooning on the couches in the middle of the mall (yes you read that right. Spooning). And that’s just when it gets to be too much. I understand some handholding, or maybe a peck on the lips every once in a while. But when you resort to spooning on a couch that is not in your own home, you’ve gone too far. If you feel like cuddling, here’s a thought: go home and cuddle. Cuddle all you want. Cuddle all day if you’d like. Heck cuddle for three days straight. But don’t cuddle in the middle of a shopping mall with hundreds of people walking around. It’s just gross.

And another thing I don’t understand is when a couple will sit on the same side of the booth in a restaurant like they’re waiting for another couple to join them. They snuggle up close to each other and kiss the whole time they’re there. Wouldn’t you rather look at their face? Have a conversation maybe? Isn’t that what going out on a date is for? (You know, besides free food). If someone ever tried to sit on the same side of the booth as me on a date I would get up and move to the other side. This is my side. Get out of my side.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the alternative PDA (that would be Private Displays of Affection). I actually think Private Displays of Affection are fantastic. I’m fine with cuddling, and handholding, and kissing. Hey, I’ll even say I love it. I just like to enjoy those affections for when I’m not surrounded by other people. To me, that makes it a lot more personal, and way more romantic, because there aren’t a bunch of people staring at you wondering why the heck you’re kissing in public.

So next time you’re in public with your boyfriend or girlfriend, and you get the urge to kiss them over and over, maybe don’t. Maybe just go home.

Okay. Rant over.