Loving couples as described are not annoying because they are couples, they are annoying because the individual people in the couples are annoying. Frankly, I am not sure that there are any real people who act that way - sounds more like sitcom fare. Couples like that are dreadfully irksome on the screen, though.

"Irksome" is a very gentle term, Tophat. The idiot couples I used to have to hang out with made me want to vomit. Especially when they were being all cuddley-poo in public and turn to me to engage me in the baby talk. It was, however, ever-so-entertaining to mock the hell out of them with my SO and have them not get it. Used to give me the giggles. But in all honesty, they're usually faking it from what I've determined... the ones with the matched clothes, baby-talk, overtly trying to get other people's attention with their snuggles/cuddles.

However. The normal, everyday affection that people express towards each other is not on my list of Annoying Social Behaviors. As long as you're not trying too hard to get anyone's attention with your affectionate behavior, enjoy it. LIfe is short. ;)

Ehhh. The two basic laws of mankind are:

1) Don't bother other people.

2) If you're the other people, don't be too quick to feel bothered.

I'd say the above attitudes toward goooshy are a clear violation of Article 2.

Besides, some of the attitudes attributed to "happy couples" in the article are more those of "insensitive and supercilious couples."

Holding hands and kissing in public (and even a little more) is understandable in the first flush of a good relationship; it makes me chuckle, especially with teens. I remember what it felt like. I'm still fairly touchy-feely with my wife in public, though it's limited to hand-holding and arms around the shoulders at the theater or when sitting together on a couch and visiting with people -- and, yeah, an occasional kiss. Although we've run across people who think even that is "get a room" behavior. I think the problem is theirs.

As for loving couples who stay self-absorbed no matter what, I'd say that the issue is that they're self-absorbed people at the heart of it, and would probably be more so than average even if they weren't in love. Real loving, close couples face the outside world -- together, as a team.

I envy them, but i cannot hold anything against them. They just got lucky earlier than i did and who knows, the happiness might not last. Either way, i dont want to wish them bad or hope they fall apart. I woudlnt want that wished on me.

Im like 5757, they intrigue me. and like Gilda, id be a hypocrit for saying they piss me off.

And why is it so hard for us to encourage and accept other's happiness or that whcih we dont have?

was with a girl and she and I were exchanging lists of pet peaves in relationships, and one thing that came up was "couples who have those cutesy nicknames". We then would crack each other up by calling one another by the most sappy ones we could think of. Wouldnt you know it, but the nickname calling stuck and became part of our interaction. So we ended up doing the very thing we made fun of...crazy.

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I am reminded of a song by Joe Jackson... (Anyone may post this song before I do).

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OK!

- my parents had matching "Haliburton is for Lovers" t shirts. Oh, and a wooden heart with a doily hanging from the rearview mirror of their car that said: 'I love you soooooo much!' on it.

Joe Jackson's Happy Loving Couples:

From ( http://www.lyricsdownload.com/joe-ja...es-lyrics.html)

I just been to see my best friend
He's found another girl
Says she's just about the best thing
In the whole damn world
And he says, can't you see
What the little lady's done for me
Says it like he thinks I'm blind
But the things that you see
Ain't necessarily the things you can find
But those

Chorus:
Happy loving couples make it look so easy
Happy loving couples always talk so kind
Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner
Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine

People say I'm too damn fussy
When it comes to girls
Happy couples say I must live
In a lonely world
Wanna be, wanna really be
What my friends pretend to be
Be it in my own good time
Being kind to myself
Till I become one of two of a kind

But those...

Chorus

You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine

[You know what I mean, happy loving couples
in matching polo-neck sweaters,
reading ideal house magazine, yeah]

Wanna be, wanna really be
What my friends pretend to be
Be it in my own good time
Being kind to myself
Till I become one of two of a kind

But those ...

Chorus

You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine

[Right, that's enough]

Why happy couples are so annoying
By Bob Strauss

I got about two paragraphs in and quit. This article is far more a reflection on the kind of person Bob Strauss is than it is a reflection on his pathetic attempt to stereotype a group of people dubbed "Happy, Loving Couples." Bob Strauss is in dire need of a blowjob.

Find happiness and hold on tight. Love shamelessly and wrecklessly.

I believe Mr. Strauss was employing a little cynical, self depricating humour. I do agree that it might reflect more on the author than the lovey-doveys, but he does have a point that apparently a lot of people on this thread agree with. Turns out very few people like watching others fooling around because it's uncomfortable to watch. I agree. Unless their naked and or having sex in public, which I've never seen, but if I did, I'd watch very closely.

I think I fit in where most of you fit in (except ratbastid) in that I like to express to my wife how much I love her and I'll not be afraid to let the world know it to a certain safe and socially acceptable extent. But too much is too much, and I know where to draw the line.

Dave an I are a happy couple, but by that article only #2 and #3. We cant help finishing each others sentances hehehehe it just comes naturally.

I dont think we cause queasiness though....Ratbastid...do we?

I just don't think the title of the article is appropriate to his point. It's Annoying people that are annoying. Loving, happy couples are a good thing, and examples to others. I learned through watching my parents and grandparents how to treat my spouse. They are both loving and happy couples. Moderation is the key.