Are you repulsed by other people being physically close?

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Yeah.. I wonder if this is something most people feel or just an Aspie/'me'-thing...

I usually live alone but for Christmas I'm home at my mother's... she has a new boyfriend who is hanging around here most of the time... and I find it disgusting? Like.. they act like 12-year-olds.. I always saw my mother as pretty asexual. I'm pretty sure there wasn't much going on between her and my father anymore, and he died 7 years ago. But right now as I'm sitting here on the computer, with the door closed, they sit in the next room and I can hear them making out.. they don't even care... I almost want to vomit. I know I should be happy for her or something but we never had the best relationship, so I don't care that much if she's happy or not. But it's not just this case, I generally hate people being affectionate around me. I mean, I don't mind if they are being rather discreet, just a quick kiss or anything, I don't care. But when I sit in a train for example, and in the next seat two people are kissing in this weird wet way, which seems more like foreplay, I do really get sick. I have to struggle to keep my face neutral. I want to scream at them to stop bc I just don't wanna see it and it makes me really uncomfortable. Do you feel the same way?

People making out in public is gross. Get room people!

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Excessive PDA is just gross, period.

IMO parents making out in public would make anyone want to barf. Public sloppy kissing and touchy-touchy is revolting.
Private touchy-touchy with the right person is another matter altogether.

I don't mind much when strangers doing PDA unless they're dragging me into their business.

When it comes to my friends and relatives, still the same like with strangers. Except my own mom and dad.


If the OP's mom was my own mom, I might have a strong urge to punch her boyfriend on the face and tell them to get a room.

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Well, affection from family and intimate from my partner does not worry me, in fact I love it.

Strangers in places like shops standing in my personal space, that really makes me want to scream.

my neighbors do have loud intercourse, and i'd prefer to not have to hear it i've never actually seen people make out in public lol, if i don't expect it, it would be shocking. i think seeing people being mushy or kissing is perfectly fine, honestly. i'm not much for my own PDAs, though. i've been reluctant to even hold hands in public with someone before haha. in private is an entirely different story though

I hate it, and it really grosses me out. nasty.

I don't mind holding hands and hugging, and one person puts his arm around the other's shoulders, but that's it. hate it when people kiss on the mouth in public. disgusting.

I once saw a young man and woman dancing in the middle of the street. he held her very close and looked into her eyes. I didnt mind that and found it romantic and inspiring. but this is one thing, and this is another...

They've been together for about 9 months now so... they should be out of the first phase.. but still acting like an annoying teenie couple.. yesterday I did actually listen to Death Metal over the headphones really loudly.. but still in the breaks between the songs I can hear them kissing.. and everytime I walk into a room they are in they're all over each other, I cannot even sit on the couch with them and watch TV because it's so awkward. I sit all by myself in my room most of the time which isn't exactly what you expect when you come home for Christmas. It wouldn't be so bad if I'd had time to prepare for this, but she told me he would be around for 2-3 days and we'd have the rest of Christmas for ourselves. Now spontaneously they decided he'll be here EVERY DAY, ALL DAY. She does not understand that this is stressful for me. I actually started to cry an hour ago or so and she told me I was being impolite to him and that I was ruining Christmas. I wish I could go home to my own flat earlier but my train back goes on the 3rd of January...

I've never been repulsed by it, I don't believe. It has, at times, made my very uncomfortable to be around a couple who is going at it pretty hot and heavy.

At the moment, seeing other people together, happy, and affectionate makes me very depressed, though.

Yes yes yes! I went out with family and friends today and we took lots of pictures, so we all had to hug and be touchy touchy. Everyone kept saying I looked really stiff and awkward in my pictures because...ew.