kind of an interesting topic and not one i would have thought to blog about previously! but today i saw two couples embrace and kiss (passionately) in the station and instead of my mothers voice in my head saying something like 'there's a time and a place for that sort of thing' i simply smiled...
so what does it all mean? am i getting older? am i glad that now i have someone to publicly display affection to i'm ok with it? is her voice no longer the voice in my head? or am i simply not offended by other people showing their affection for each other?
not to say that i am in favour of (nor particularly comfortable witnessing) overtly sexual behaviour in public (there really IS a time and a place for that) but what sort of a society do we live in where showing how much you care about someone is inappropriate???
seriously, society would be a better place, people more humane and accepting, if we were in fact comfortable being 'human' in front of other people...
and i'm not just talking about being happy either - i remember a time when my life wasn't what it is today and after a painful therapy session i couldn't stop crying - i was on the bus at the time and whilst i was mainly wrapped up in my own little world of grief, i did notice the sideways looks i got from fellow commuters...
kinda sad really...and really not the sort of place i want to be a part of, so i guess that's why i have worked hard to overcome the childhood conditioning (the stiff upper lip...) and to be courageous enough to allow myself the freedom of expression...
so to all of those lovers out there today whose love for each other was on display: thank you...
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