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Too close of an embrace or are people just jaded?

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Submitted by zerostepdrama on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:24am

Too close of an embrace or are people just jaded? What do you all think of these pictures?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4085102/PICTURE-EXCLUSIVE-P...

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Submitted by momjeans on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:50am

No doubt, the man's a god. Never in my life have I been moved to ugly, happy crying like I was when I saw him perform live.

But, yeah, I think he's just a very passionate man who loves very deeply. It's just a certain type of touchy-feely parenting style. I was raised in a family of huggers and mouth and cheek smoochers. And personally, I'm always taken back by people who never hug others. Ever. I recently noticed, in the many years I've known my in laws, I've never seen them hug or kiss their own children, let alone one another. I always gave my parents hugs upon departing.

On the flip side, yeah, in passing I might think that he and his daughter to be a romantic couple, if I didn't know who either of them were... but shockingly affectionate? No.

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Submitted by Willow2010 on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:53am

Meh...I think it is ok. We are a very close family and hugs and head kisses are not unheard of in our clan.

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Submitted by DaizyDuke on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:54am

I would be annoyed if my father did that to me, but that's the nature of OUR relationship... I love my dad, just not in a touchy, huggy, kissy, feely way. YKWIM? And who knows what was going on at the time?? Maybe she just almost drowned or saw a shark in the water and was terrified. She doesn't looked bothered by it, so neither am I. Wink

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Submitted by Livingoutloud on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:54am

We are all very affectionate. My adult DD is affectionate with both me and her dad. I dint see how it's wrong. Not like they are naked

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Submitted by Aniki-Moderator on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:55am

For some reason, I can never get it out of my head that he resembles a flesh-colored prune more and more...

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Submitted by hereiam on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 12:06pm

It's one picture at a family outing.

What makes some of the stuff we read about on this site inappropriate, is the WHOLE picture. The unhealthy parent/kid relationships that are allowed and encouraged, to the point that all other relationships are cast aside. Not all father/daughter bonds are weird and creepy.

McCartney is getting older. They should embrace while they can.

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Submitted by hereiam on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 12:29pm

He is remarried and his wife was there, as well as Stella's husband and kids. If you scroll down, there are a lot more pictures.

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Submitted by Aniki-Moderator on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 1:04pm

Fruity, I recommend our family cough syrup. Equal parts of honey, lemon juice, and whiskey. Keep refrigerated. You can also put some in a mug with hot water for a medicinal hot toddy.

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Submitted by GRITSinAL on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 1:29pm

I feel it's weird and too close. It literally looks like a couple. It's all going to have to do with how we are culturally or how we were raised though. I am not a touchy feely person, and neither was my family.

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Submitted by not2sureimsanea... on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 1:56pm

DH just started implementing the new rule that he won't kiss DD3 on the lips anymore. He's SO sad about it but he says he doesn't want it to be weird (he kissed his dad on the lips until he was 6, and I kissed my mom on the lips until 7).

He stopped showering with her when she was 2.5 (and called his penis a "butt-tail"--I almost died laughing). I know there's so many things he has to stop doing just because they're opposite genders that I can keep doing, like cuddling and holding her close in public (he's starting to lessen it as well) or else people would look at him weird. So while I did think they were a couple at first, I don't think it's that weird if they grew up very affectionate.

But that's just the way society is, I guess.

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Submitted by not2sureimsanea... on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 2:37pm

Sorry I probably should explain--I showered with my mom and sister until we were like 10, probably to save money/water. We pretty much only shower with our kids--if one of us is going to shower, the other undresses the baby (and DD3 when she was much younger) and hands her to the parent in the shower, and then waits with a towel and clothes to dress them when they're done. It really saves time. I still shower with BD3.

I'm asian so coed stuff is usually the norm (like we shared bathrooms with boys even in kindergarten without even stalls or doors--boys peed in a giant urinal thing in a line, and girls had toilets lining the bathroom and everyone goes at once), DH is not so he felt really strongly about the showering thing once DD started really talking.

I just think, if I died, DH would be the main caretaker--are our daughters not going to shower/wash privates on days my mom or his mom aren't there? And what of DH's gay friend who has 2 daughters with his partner, they do all the "mom" stuff because there is no mom to speak of.

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Submitted by Thumper on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 3:21pm

Ewwwwww YES it is too close.

Jaded, no.

I believe there is a huge line between what moments are romantic between adults AND between your kids.
That is an embrace most lovers do.

JMO

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Submitted by Peridwen on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 6:25pm

Jaded yes. I think that photo immortalizes a single moment in time that is interpreted to have lasted much longed than I suspect it actually did. She looks like she is talking to someone else, her dad wrapped a towel around her shoulders, hugged her and kissed her cheek before moving on to the next person. I'd be surprised if that embrace lasted longer than a few seconds. It looks like Mr. McCartney took over towel duties for the whole group if the photo of him waiting for the next person is any clue. A paternal gesture - nothing yucky about it.

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Submitted by Acratopotes on Thu, 01/05/2017 - 1:07am

Well father and daughter - he's 74? she's 45 - did any one notice SM's face in the back ground?

I'm sorry but I do not agree with this at all, but it's their business, I know I would flip my lid if SO embraces his spawn like this in public...

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Submitted by IslandGal on Thu, 01/05/2017 - 11:18pm

Ehh..I can see both sides to this. On one hand..its sweet..the other..bit overboard. No way would my Dad do that to me at that age..but to each their own.