They don't hold hands. They don't post photos. They don't use pet names. They are "private." They are "mature." They are "above all that." They are also fighting constantly. The "no PDA" couple is a specific Nigerian archetype. The performance of privacy is actually the performance of problems. The refusal to post is not modesty; it is evidence management. The "we don't need to show off" is "we have nothing to show." And the tells! The passive-aggressive quotes. The sudden absence from events they used to attend together. The "I'm focusing on me" posts that appear after every fight. The privacy is not peace. The privacy is hiding. But the contrast! The couple who posts everything and fights nothing. The couple who holds hands and means it. The couple who is actually happy, actually private, actually secure. They exist. They are rare. They are not the ones announcing their privacy. The "no PDA" performance is often insecurity dressed as sophistication. The belief that love is more real when invisible. That commitment is proven by absence. That the less you show, the more you have. The math is wrong. The math is common. Are you in a "no PDA" relationship? And is it privacy or problems?
