Tuesday, 04 August 2009
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Guys And Table Manners
Ladies, how many times has your man slurped his soup or asked if he could have your dessert and take it without a reply? Oh, what about all those times he's so drunk from drinking too much with you in the restaurant that he makes random outbursts? The list goes on but the bottom line is...
Why do men (most) lack table manners?
Is it just part of the whole charade that we have to be "masculine" that makes it a must for us to ignore manners (even if we're just eating)? That it's okay for us all to be vulgar else be labeled gay?
Have you ever had this experience and would you date someone who's got no table manners?
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Comments (31)
People really do that? I'm glad I was raised heavily on etiquette.
Mine loves pleasing and impressing me, so I have no issues.
I've never noticed this
Sounds like female nonsense.
My boyfriend doesn't have the best manners, but mine aren't perfect either, so it's whatever. I wouldn't judge someone based on their table manners, it's just not something that's uber important to me.
Have you ever met an Asian that didn't slurp their noodle soup? There really is no other way to eat it without slurping.
My girlfriend steals my dessert though, so :P ppppppbbbbbbbbbbbbbbhhhhhhhhht.
I've seen guys with no table manners. But I've also seen girls with no table manners.
Gross either way. I think society is failing to teach people proper etiquette in this new era.
erm; dk this sounds like stereotyping and sexism.
most of the men in my life are practically neater than I lol
I have really good table etiquette in my opinion. I grew up having to eat at the table all the time with my family. Personally I don't know any guys with really bad table manners.
i could never stand a girl that was anal enough to care--and such a girl could never stand me, either. (though i'll admit there IS a line...it's just a lot lower than where you apparently draw it.)
Minor things are ok, but if he's farting through dinner, I would just run out of there. SO EMBARRASSING!!!!
'Cause some just don't give a hell.
I don't like it if anyone eats messily- I think some people need at least some basic manners, it's polite and have bonus points for me. Man or woman, we all need to eat with good manners. (and it doesn't make you gay just because your manners are so much better than sloppy people). but my problem is... I slurp my noodles, while all my friends look at me funny. But good thing! lots more people are getting used to it.. but I feel so foreign (because I am. ha.).
It's very possible to be masculine and have table manners. Just ask any one that's attended a military academy and ask them about eating at attention. It sucks, but some of the thing you learn doing that are valuable for formal dinners.
I grew up learning not to smack, to sit up straight, to not use my hands unless I'm eating finger food, keep my head up, etc.
"... who's got no table manners?"
that's probably more annoying than lack of table manners.
eh, no table manners, he probably doesn't have manners elsewhere. Would not be impressed.
I'm lucky enough to not have to deal with this.
This is a major turn off! Thank goodness none of my friends or ppl I dated were like this
Just because I can't say it enough:
Generalizations are bad.
Sounds like you've just been with rude men. I've never seen a guy like that. I don't think it's most men, I think it's some men who are like that. Also there are some women like that. My boyfriend doesn't do things like that in public. He'll do silly things when it's just us to make me laugh.
stop slumming
Burp!!!!
I can't stand it if he doesn't have any table manners. It would be a HUGE turnoff for me... hopefully I don't have to deal with this... or only minor forms of it.
went on dates and said date would eat with his mouth open, accidentally spit across the table and our eyes met when my face twisted in utter horror. he was never seen again.
bad table manners are a major social faux pas. you should know NOT to behave like that in public although your family accepts you for who you are. ugh... my bf usually eats in my pace; SLOW, although he can scarf it down if he's hungry enough. i think, most of the time, he mimicks my eating patterns and I take care NOT to be a slob around the table. it's all about "training" ladies... you can do it OBVIOUSLY and directly: "omg, you eat like my grandpa!" or subtle cues: suggestion of using BOTH utensils or chewing before talking and swallowing before opening.
etiquette/manners are bullshit. lets all pretend like we're in the victorian era and eat like prim and prissy assholes. ive never known anyone to eat like a caveman in public. you must have some really fucked up social circles.
If im in my own house, and were eating a burger im not going to take a knife and cut the shit up just to impress someone with how proper I eat my lumps of dead flesh on a sesame seed bun. But im not going to spit across the table and talk with a mouth full of food either. If anyone eats like that theyre probably doing it just to fuck with you because youre booshwah and too uptight. If you're worried about someone labeling you as being gay, your eating habits arent even in question; maybe you should change that half-naked wet man you have as an avatar perhaps.
This post is full of fail.
as long as no one is trying to talk to me with a mouth full of food. I swear to god I could fcking punch someone in the face for that.
This would be a very superficial reason to not date a guy for...they could be taught to have some manners in front of you and your family/friends and his family.