Kissing in front of family

I sit on DH's lap all the time (when there aren't any cahirs), but that is nothing new, at family functions we are always short on chairs.

FH and I dont kiss much in public at all, we just arent openly affectionate but when we do kiss we always hear a comment (nice ones though) about how its nice to see us being affections..lol weird i know. I did feel awkward showing my father the engagement pics because there was a lot of kissing and hugging and him looking at them made us both uncomfortable...thats just how my dad is though ..very strict and conservative

I don't think I've ever kissed FH in front of my dad. I guess I never even realized that. I just don't want to make my dad uncomfortable. I really don't know if he would be uncomfortable, but I don't want to take the chance.

Although I will say, FH kisses me in front of his family all the flippin' time. Literally. I'll say something he thinks is cute and he'll grab my cheeks and kiss me. At dinner. In front of everyone in his family. The first time he did it I dropped my fork, pulled away really fast and apologized and his family just laughed. Hahaha.

We are extremely affectionate in front of anyone practically. My family doesn't mind at all. It's not like we jump on each other and make out or anything lol but we'll have no problem kissing at the wedding =]

We have tongue and lots of it all the time! Kidding!!! Let me ask you this are you parents still married or in relationships with other people, when they are front of you do they kiss each other good-bye or hold hands when they walk? If you think about you are about to be married, like them, and as long as you are not as @his angel said "heavy petting" (BTW one of my favs to use all the time) you should be okay-but is all your comfort. DH and I did it all the time when we were engaged, but we also slept in the same room and lived together. I will say this our kiss at the wedding DH got a little excited with the tongue and I was thinking woah baby-grams in the front row! Go at your own pace- or here is an idea if you are up for it, talk to your dad. :-)

@Jaemi- FS and I have been living together for the past 4 years, and we have known each other since I graduated from HS. Back then when we first started dating, my mom was telling me that I should be careful about sitting close to FS on the couch, because she thought it would offend my dad. Now looking back, I think it was my mom's way of telling me what she was comfortable with, and not really about my dad. I actually have kissed FS in front of my dad before at the airport two years ago, but I think I kissed him so fast, I don't think my dad noticed really. As far as comfort goes, FS and I are very affectionate people, but something about kissing FS in front of my dad/mom makes me little uncomfortable. And I am wondering what that first kiss as husband and wife will be like, as FS would like tongue. That definitely makes me nervous! LOL

We don't ever kiss in front of our parents. It makes us both uncomfortable for some reason. We have lived together for 2.5 years and our parents know that. We stay in the same room when we stay with my parents and with his, so I know it doesn't make sense. I just feel weird about it. We hardly ever kiss in front of friends or anyone else either. So I feel weird about our first kiss being in front of everyone.

@Christine- Yeah it really doesn't make sense, but the weird feeling is there. I'm going to try and overcome it as we are going to be husband and wife soon.

We kiss in front of anyone. Again not make out (though I am sure in early stages there was a few drunken episodes of that too..PUBLIC not family *blush* We are a very affectionate couple and seem to make some uncomfortable by our closeness (like waitresses at restraunts who I assume dont want to interupt) but that doesnt stop us. We feel comfortable with each other & dont mind sharing that feeling in the open.

LOL I grew up with my father always kissing my mom all of time or grab her butt lol. So I am a very affectionate type BUT I try not to grab my FS cute butt in public :p

I feel uncomfortable kissing FH in front of his/my family.. don't know why

I don't do it out of respect. My mom cringes at me telling him I love him.

We kiss in front of whoever we feel like lol We are pretty much ALWAYS holding hands or sitting right with each other. I sit on his lap all the time or I'll just lean up against him. We are just playful, affectionate people. If he had tried to put his tongue in my mouth at the wedding though, I would have hurt him lol That would have totally made me uncomfortable!

We've always felt comfortable kissing each other around our friends and family. It isn't like we're full on making out or having sex in front of them but we'll kiss each other if we feel like it. I also sit on Ian sometimes if we run out of places to sit or if he steals my seat when I get up.

We dont mind a quick peck, hugging or holding hands in front of either parents. they know we love each other. As long as its not a full on make out session lol

It can be awkward and actually my husband and I talked about how to kiss on the wedding so it wouldn't be offensive but more than a peck. I even tried to get him to practice (lol) but he wouldn't. At the rehearsal he did a few pecks and our officiant made fun of us for making it so PG (so did our families...they booed us!). At the actual wedding I was not nervous at all to kiss in front of everyone (I was nervous at the rehearsal). He actually kissed me for a long time and very passionately. In fact the officiant had to tell us to stop and our families cheered us on. It was great! I guess I am trying to say don't be nervous. You two are getting married and it is the kiss that seals the union so you should kiss without worrying about others.

I try to keep things PG most of the time when people he knows are around for FH's sake. He's more introverted. I'm more "I honestly don't care what other people think", so when his friends/family aren't around I don't care about going PG-13 in public (or with my friends, I try to hold back a little with my family, but they are pretty affectionate bunch). Most of my friends are dancers, so we don't have that personal space problem. I literally was sitting in a friend of mine's lap at his wedding reception talking to his new wife. I love my friends.

And here I am on the other end of that continuum--it's my children who don't want me kissing in front of them. LOL

LOL @2d Bride. I guess it would be about the same as the other way around. No one seems to want to see their children/parents making out.