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Miss Double ShotSleepyhead and I were in the elevator yesterday when a woman and her boyfriend jumped on a few floors below ours. She was holding onto him tightly, whining in baby talk and, when the elevator stopped a few floors later, grabbing him even more tightly and nestling into him.
Because we all work in the same building, we see some of the same people every evening, including her - I've never seen her act that way, though, probably because she's always been by herself.
It always cracks me up to see how people change when they're around their loved ones . . . I'm super independent and not touchy-feely at all, so I'd rather not grab onto my gentleman friend in public and mumble in baby talk - it's just not how I roll.
Have you noticed this in other people or in yourself? Do you revert to a different version of yourself when your boyfriend or girlfriend is around?
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Yeah, I think we all act differently around different people.
The key is to pick a boyfriend/girlfriend who inspires you to act your best.
yuuck. i cant stand people who are ALL OVER each other...i think that hugs, holding hands, light touches and pecks are all appropriate but when people are clingy i get annoyed. i'm very shy about pda
I enjoy making fun of people who change like that.
i talk to her a little differently than i would to a guy friend, but that's about it. i guess we're too old for that already.
Lol I wouldn't change my personality... but of course you act a little different. You relate to them differently than others.
Yes, sometimes I may do the sweet talk, but not so baby-ish. I sure as hell don't act the same with someone I'm with romanticaly then with my mum. It's two completely different relationships there for my actions are going to be different.
some people go way too overboard with the personality changes once their SO is around and it tends to look kinda stupid but yes, small personality differences no doubt will occur.
Haha, not in that way, but i think everyone acts a little different when they're around someone they're in love with.. i'm happier, more easily amused, i laugh a little more, but also a bit calmer. :)
This question makes me drift to thoughts of PDAs... and how I once saw this guy and girl, in the middle of a crowded mall, with people walking all around them... Making out, full on. It was just inappropriate in such a public place. :(
That's to be expected. I love playfully holding his hands & snuggling up next to him as we're walking down the street. I don't think I do the baby voice stuff.. although, I think I might pull a sad face occasionally if there's something I want. xP
i think it's hilarious when you know the SO is on the other line when your boy picks up the phone. he gets all soft and goochy while jes before girls nothing but 'biatches and hoes'
honestly, cant stand when a guy babytalk on the phone to their girlfriends. BUT, i'm a firm anti-cornballer. ha
I think we all tend to act differently around other people. Some may think it's being fake. It may be, but it might also have to do with the fact (code: my belief) that different people bring out different sides of a person when around them.
Well, I don't really care for men cursing in general so it's nice when my SO is talking to me, he censors himself a bit. But that's just me :)
Haha yeah I notice how lots of couples act "different" towards each other ahah. I find it kinda cute though because all of a sudden their tones of voice change and idk! :)
My boyfriend and I act pretty stupid ahah .. well, more like silly. And I love it! because normally, I'm like super serious and so anytime I'm with him I have that opportunity to act terribly sarcastic and funny and it won't matter how the rest of the world sees us. <3
I have a friend like this. She acts like a nun when her boyfriend is around, and is kinda stand-offish as well. It annoys the hell out of me because when the bf is gone she's all, "hey let's be friends again" type of crap. I think people that act this way are not true to themselves and makes you wonder who the REAL person is.
I'm currently not in a relationship, but I've always hated when I was with someone I would always feel... not myself. I don't go baby talking or anything like that, but the confidence I had when I was single is something I don't have when I had a boyfriend. It always makes me feel like a boring person that's too afraid to say anything more than safe mode cause i don't wanna look or sound stupid. I would always feel like i'm not pretty enough. It's such a tiring feeling. Don't know why! But hope it don't happen the next time when i'm with someone, and since the last time I was in a relationship had been over 3 years! T_____T
@mrcolorful@xanga - You and me both.
I tone down my child-like behavior [it isn't annoying behavior, just silly] when I'm with him.
I'm also more affectionate and a bit playful around him, giving him hugs or sneaking kisses, pokes, or soft kicks to his leg, which is odd for me to do around family and friends so I keep that stuff to a low minimum when they're close by.
I'm also less judgemental. When I am judgemental, I say things to be make people laugh. But since he isn't really that kind of person, I don't do it as much when we're together.
So I do change a bit, but not too significantly much. :]
Just bc youre super independent doesnt mean it has ANYTHING to do with "grabbing onto your gentlemen". Youre simply not into PDA--thats how you roll. Does it occur to you that some chicks who hold onto their guy just likes to be close? They like the feel of it, so what? Let it be. You need to think outside of the box and not be so judgemental.
I act different around my SO but he's seen me around my friends as well. You need to act different around your SO...your SO is your SO...not just an ordinary friend. Just like how you would act differently around your family than your friends.
ewww I hate PDA and by bf knows that. I act the same around everyone: people at church, school, my family, my bf, strangers--they all see the same Larianne.
Ahaha, yeahh. I've seen that before with this one girl in my History class last year.
There was this girl who would like hang out with these two kids, and she'd be all over one and like act all babyish and stuff. They weren't together or anything, I just thought she acted that way.
Until I've decided to talk to her once.
And she was all like cursingish and irritable and whatever. I was like "Uhmm..." at that, because I would've never imagined.
And then I thought she was going through a phase. Natural enough, right?
But then she started talking to that guy again, and she was all babyish and helpless and stuff and y'know.
I just found it funny. XDDDD
When I was with my (now ex) boyfriend, I would get more shy and less talkative. You can imagine how long that relationship lasted...
yeah, but can you treat your SO like just another person?
you have secret jokes, and affectionate actions, and love towards each other. that'll make you act differently. hopefully.
It's cute, but I make fun of it. It all sometimes seems childish and immature, but I mean, come on, has maturity EVER been a staple of humanity as we know it?
i change;
im not as girly
like you knwo when your best friend comes up to yuou and is like did you hear emma is dating charles
than you would have to be like NO WAY ARE YOU SERIOUS LIKE OMG NO WAYY! ilke for reals?
but around my boyfriend im just laid back && silly;
and sarcastic but i would never go as far as baby talk in an elevator;
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