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Thinking about this football winners kiss .

(109 Posts)
eazybee Wed 13-Sept-23 11:46:38

He showed by his subsequent actions how unsuitable he was for the post he held, not the kiss. All he needed to do was to make a simple apology to the woman, and the situation would not have escalated.
How is his mother's hunger strike coming along?

veejay Wed 13-Sept-23 11:29:46

I don't think this man should have to resign .he is Spanish it's just their way ,I had a Spanish friend and she would hug anyone with out a thought.
I think he was just so pleased for them he did it on the spur of the moment,it wasn't sexual.i think all this fuss in he circumstances is ridiculous ,all gone too far

Foxygloves Wed 13-Sept-23 11:25:16

I’d be the last person to make excuses for lecherous behaviour or sexual harassment, but this amused me.

Poppyred Wed 13-Sept-23 11:21:42

I must admit though that I was shocked at all the furore about it….. He looked genuinely overwhelmed with the win and the kiss was in the heat of the moment…..

Poppyred Wed 13-Sept-23 10:08:28

It was a daily? Occurrence back then wasn’t it…..and no one took a blind bit of notice. A lot of men I knew back in the 70s would be on the sex register now or even locked up if things had been different.

foxie48 Wed 13-Sept-23 09:32:56

I remember complaining about a director who put his arm round me with his hand on my breast. I moved away quickly but when I told my immediate superior, she told me it was "just his way". This sort of behaviour was so common in the 70's, particularly by men with power and authority. Seems not a lot has changed.

Aveline Wed 13-Sept-23 08:39:55

Oh yes. I have my hand out for a handshake as soon as anyone looks like they're moving in for a kiss. Family excepted of course.

Wenmore Tue 12-Sept-23 23:06:12

Scottish New Year is letch central, l always follow the male perogative and shake hands and quickly step away. Those that dare dive in for a kiss find themselves air kissing into space.

Floradora9 Tue 12-Sept-23 21:44:17

I remembered when I was a late teenager and worked in a bank, being in Scotland, kissing went on quite a lot around New Year . When we went back to work we would be kissed by the three male senior members of staff. I cannot remember where the other men kissed me but I do remember the sloppy kiss on the lips we got from the assistant manager. He was a married man with children .
Many years later I worked for a different bank and was more mature and sure of myself. I used to say to my boss that I did not kiss him the rest of the year so why should I do so after the New Year. We had a horrible HR young man who also tried to kiss you . When he tried I turned my face away and he kissed my cheek. He was the same young man who was Santa at the joint Christmas party and you had to sit on his knee before you got your present. I got round this by not putting my name in the hat to have someone else draw it out and buy me a gift.