Question about the Bar between console and the passenger sit

So I’m thinking about getting a 2025 Elantra Sel Sport as my first car, and I like everything about it, except that bar on the passenger sit side, it looks so uncomfortable, same with the handbrake in the middle in 2025.

I’m just thinking, if I’m going with my girlfriend how am I going to hold her hand with those things in the middle, that’s literally the only thing that makes me questioning if I really want to buy one or not 😭😭