Dating deal breaker? Chewing with your mouth open?

Big time, I can’t stand it, it’s involuntary too, I retch when I see it. Close your gob when you chew.

I don’t know about dating, but my younger brother used to always chew with his mouth open. For a few years, (if he did it) I would ask him to close his mouth when he chews. He no longer chews with his mouth open.

I guess it’s more acceptable for an older brother to keep pointing it out than a significant other, though.

I can’t stand hearing people eat. I even have to turn music on if I’m eating a banana.

It’s one thing if it’s my niece when she was one, because that was adorable. But, if you are above the age of 20, to me you should at least have an understanding of etiquette around company. That means keeping your mouth closed while chewing, because otherwise it’s gross. Especially if I can hear it.

My hubby doesn’t chew with his mouth open all the time. When we are at restaurants he doesn’t, but he often does if he is watching tv and eating. I have to say that I have asked him repeatedly not to mostly because I don’t want him out in public and doing it.

His oldest brother, who is 44, eats with his mouth open all the time. It is grossest thing I have ever witnessed. He even has his nieces asking him to close his mouth. No one else really talks to him about it though and I’ve often wondered if they are doing him a favour by ignoring it as his social life/significant other life has suffered.

It amazes me that these two success business men both do it. Their mother is a Martha Stewart kind of lady, how did this behaviour get past her?

@tranquilsea

Maybe it’s a passive agressive thing…a way to annoy steeped under the guise of innocent unawareness. lol

I am always suspect when one makes a simple request and the person refuses to comply…almost always a P.A. reaction IMO.

Yes it would be a deal breaker.

My husband used to chew like a camel, elbows on the table, waving his fork around as he talked with food in his mouth. I had to tell him. It was because he ate alone a lot, and had no clue what it looked like. After I told him, he ate in front of a mirror and watched himself. It got much better after that.

It would be a deal breaker for me. Also, someone chewing gum and smacking with their mouth open is more than I can bear.

The worst thing of all times though, is seeing someone without all their teeth eat with their mouth open. The food shoots through their portals and… and… it’s just sickening.

@Coloma My hubby does stop when I ask him to, but then he eventually, gradually starts again. I love it when one of the kids eats with their mouths open right beside him and he asks them to stop.

This is a small pet peevish behaviour in an otherwise fabulous husband.

Wow, serious coin toss on this one because that’s something I have a hard time being present for and the man would have to be absolutely crazy about me and treat me out outstanding along with having a whole hell of a lot going for himself for me to want to hang out.

I know my guy eats like a caveman when I’m not around and that’s okay because I also have my alone moments of noisily chawing through a Chipotle burrito or other treat but when in front of others then I make efforts to not bolt my food or be obnoxiously loud or messy with it. I just got teased the other day for making a few too many happy sounds when eating my frozen yogurt, I forget even yum nom sounds are annoying.

Yeah, no. Again, it indicates a lack somewhere and I’m not up to training someone to be fit to be let into the house. It would embarrass me to no end. There is a lady where I work who is in her 60’s who sprays when she eats because she talks with food in her mouth. She knows it and does it anyway. I don’t want her food going into my mouth so I never sit near her.

Lol, I don’t really notice this stuff. I do tend to talk a lot when food is in my mouth, only because I’m impatient to get my ideas out and I hate waiting to be done chewing. So annoying! Lulls the conversation. I usually at least get it to a manageable level before I talk, though.

yes…do not chew with your mouth open..it just does not make good food sense apart from anything else!

Yes, deal breaker. That’s nasty. Then, if you started picking your teeth with a fork, I’m out the freakin’ door.

Big, huge time. I went on a date with a really good looking guy once, and he not only chewed with his mouth open, but he slurped too. Other diners were glaring at him he was so bad.

eeeuuuuccchhh!! definitely a deal breaker. Honestly if a person has reached adulthood without learning the most basic table manners, its too late to try to teach them, and honestly I can’t bear seeing or hearing it. I mean it physically makes me retch, more so the older I get. I’m sorry if that makes me sound very shallow, it just makes me feel physically ill. I have a phobia of choking, so seeing people bolt their food also affects me.
hugs honeys xx

To me, yes.