A woman has admitted her boyfriend’s table manners make her feel so sick that she wants to ‘dump him’ – even though she thinks he could be ‘the one’ without the bad habit
We all do things that drive our partners mad – but this one takes the crown.
We’ve all got bad habits, and sometimes they can annoy our partners to no end. Maybe you always forget to put the toilet seat down, or you leave the lights on when you leave the room. Most of the time, our partners love us despite our small annoyances – but one woman has said she’s finding it hard to keep up her relationship with her boyfriend because of the vile things he does whenever they have dinner.
The woman has been dating her boyfriend for three months, and believes they could have the foundation for a “long-term relationship” – if it wasn’t for one small problem. He has “awful table manners” that are so bad they turn her stomach, and watching him eat makes her “want to dump him”.
In a post on Mumsnet, the woman explained: “My boyfriend of just over three months has shocking table manners. Lip smacking, eating with his mouth open, licking his knife, licking fingers (this is the worse one as it’s often and noisily and doesn’t use a napkin), licks the plate at the end of his meal … you get my drift.
“In most other aspects I think we have the foundations for a long-term relationship, however, when I see him eating I want to dump him!”
She added that she has “hinted” to her partner that his behaviour was “not the done thing”, but he doesn’t seem to have taken any notice and hasn’t stopped. The woman is now considering giving her boyfriend “an ultimatum” – either he stops his gross table manners, or she leaves him.
Commenters on the post were horrified, with many saying they could never stay with a partner who had such bad manners when it came to eating. One person wrote: “I couldn’t continue to go out with someone with such bad table manners, it’ll only get worse the longer you carry on.”
Another said: “I left a really nice boyfriend because he talked with his mouth full. I told him to stop. He didn’t. Be honest and open and tell him it’s turning you off.” And a third shared: “That’s made me feel queasy just thinking about it! My four-year-old niece has much better table manners than him. He must realise others don’t behave that way and it’s rude but he doesn’t care. Throw this one back.”
The woman later returned to the post and said that his table manners weren’t this bad when they first started dating, so she now believes he may be showing a “lack of respect” toward her.
She added: “His table manners have worsened since our first few dates, so he can rein it in. It shows a lack of respect for me that he thinks it’s acceptable to eat like a pig in my company (at home and eating out). I will give him an ultimatum and if he doesn’t change f***ing fast, he’s f***ing done.”
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