PDAs, dating/seeing/etc., and people watching
Hello everyone!
You've all been so helpful in the past, I wanted to ask three more questions for an H/D fic.
1. How do the British really feel about PDAs? I have a scene set in Paris where Harry sees two men kiss each other. Not "tonsil hockey" kissing--it's just a few closed-mouth kisses, but they're very intimate. Draco definsively asks him if it makes him uncomfortable and his answer is basically that of course it does, he's British. Seeing two people kiss in public makes him uncomfortable, but to say that it's because it's two men that it makes him uncomfortable would be hypocritical. Draco isn't bothered by it, but he's been living in France for 10 years. I just want to be sure that I'm not playing into a stereotype. He's 28 in the fic, if that makes a difference.
2. Would they say they'd been dating someone/seeing someone/going out with someone, or would they use a different term? They weren't living with the other person, but they'd been together for a couple years. I'm pretty sure any of the three would be okay, but I want to check because I've thought something was right or wrong before and it wasn't.
3. Generally speaking, do the British typically enjoy people watching? I have them at a sidewalk cafe in Paris people watching. Is this something someone would do in England? Go somewhere, maybe a park, and just sit and watch people go by? Unfortunately, here in America, people are more likely to be looking at their phone than the person sitting across the table from them, forget about watching the people around them.
Edited--8/24
Thank you to everyone who responded to my questions. I've replied to everyone--or at least I think/really hope I have. It may just be the way computer displays comments, but all of your comments are up top, and all of mine are on the bottom, which makes it &^%$#@@ hard to keep track of who I've replied to, especially if I get interupted. Thank you all again.
You've all been so helpful in the past, I wanted to ask three more questions for an H/D fic.
1. How do the British really feel about PDAs? I have a scene set in Paris where Harry sees two men kiss each other. Not "tonsil hockey" kissing--it's just a few closed-mouth kisses, but they're very intimate. Draco definsively asks him if it makes him uncomfortable and his answer is basically that of course it does, he's British. Seeing two people kiss in public makes him uncomfortable, but to say that it's because it's two men that it makes him uncomfortable would be hypocritical. Draco isn't bothered by it, but he's been living in France for 10 years. I just want to be sure that I'm not playing into a stereotype. He's 28 in the fic, if that makes a difference.
2. Would they say they'd been dating someone/seeing someone/going out with someone, or would they use a different term? They weren't living with the other person, but they'd been together for a couple years. I'm pretty sure any of the three would be okay, but I want to check because I've thought something was right or wrong before and it wasn't.
3. Generally speaking, do the British typically enjoy people watching? I have them at a sidewalk cafe in Paris people watching. Is this something someone would do in England? Go somewhere, maybe a park, and just sit and watch people go by? Unfortunately, here in America, people are more likely to be looking at their phone than the person sitting across the table from them, forget about watching the people around them.
Edited--8/24
Thank you to everyone who responded to my questions. I've replied to everyone--or at least I think/really hope I have. It may just be the way computer displays comments, but all of your comments are up top, and all of mine are on the bottom, which makes it &^%$#@@ hard to keep track of who I've replied to, especially if I get interupted. Thank you all again.