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It grosses me out even when people of the opposite sex kiss eachother. I've never been an affectionate person, and I really despise romance and nudity in movies and books, and don't care much to see it in public. In fact, I try to avoid going out into public because I tend to be anti-social.
You said in your OP that your husband likes to be affectionate with you everywhere you go, so that sounds to me like more than occasionally and that sometimes it must be happening in some places where it would be highly inappropriate for anyone to be doing it.
With regard to your question - okay, you asked, so here goes: I don't care about people's orientation and partnerships - that is none of my business, I'm not interested and I seriously do NOT want to know about it and I want it kept out of my face. So when anyone of any orientation puts on displays of affection in public they are advertising themselves, making a public statement and making their personal business my business and the business of everyone else they encounter in public with no consideration for everyone else's sense of personal privacy and public decorum.
Personally I don't appreciate other people publically forcing their personal business onto me, I do consider it a blatant invasion of whatever little privacy I have remaining to me in public. I see public displays of affection as being no different from the nature of uncontrolled, horny, excitable piddling puppies ineffectually humping the legs of strangers who are passing by. When puppies try to do that they get kicked and yelled at by the strangers they're trying to hump.
I have no doubt that many other people feel the same way, although maybe not in the same visual terms, but still the same principle. It's an invasive nuisance. My point being that if your husband is going to be demonstrating his affectionate puppyish nature with you everywhere you go in public then you need to expect that some people will be offended enough by the nuisance of it in their faces that they will yell slurs at you, and maybe even kick you .... or worse. So if you're going to be that way in public you should get used to some other people's reactions to your invasion of their privacy and recognize you have no grounds for complaint. Or else keep your affections confined to the privacy of non-public places, which is what the majority of conscientious and considerate people do anyway.
Nothing surprises me these days. In the Trump era, people definitely feel more encouraged to openly express their bigotry and meanness.
Exactly! When we’re at a bar/restaurant, we should be able to hold hands, or a quick kiss if we want to! Why are gay couples expected to act like total strangers in public?
That was my first post on this topic - which is more than you can say for yourself who won't give it a rest (what's the matter puppy, do you feel like nobody is paying enough attention to you?) - and I get the distinct impression from this last one of yours that you related to what I said and it hit a big petulant fragile nerve of yours. Hmmm? Keep in mind I was responding to the OP (as requested), not to you, and it's not your place to speak on the OP's behalf nor tell other responders to not post or to give it a rest. So go .... umm, bark ..... up another tree or give it a rest yourself.
My husband likes to be affectionate everywhere we go (not in an obscene way), I just wonder if it bothers anyone to see two people of the same sex kissing or holding hands in public?
I love seeing people happily in love so it’s perfectly okay with me.
Do you think that heterosexual couples holding hands just want attention?
I doubt this thread is really about any people holding hands in public, no matter what their orientation is. I'm pretty sure the thread is about an agenda driven demand for more attention than is necessary though.
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Keep in mind I was responding to the OP (as requested), not to you, and it's not your place to speak on the OP's behalf nor tell other responders to not post or to give it a rest. So go .... umm, bark ..... up another tree or give it a rest yourself. 
