Messy eaters

[radiantquest]

All this eating and burping talk got me thinking about people who are messy eaters.

1)Some people are prim and proper. Never anything on their fingers or face. Every bite fits perfectly in their mouths.

2)Some people get food on their fingers, corners of their mouths occasionaly on their shirts. Some trouble with tough foods to eat ie spaghetti, some lettuces that don't fit nicely in the mouth.

3)Some people are total slobs. Try to cram as much food in their mouths as possible. Have sauces on every finger. Constantly have food on their faces. All their clothes have food stains.

Which kind are you and the ones around you?

I guess I should add that I am normally a 2, but when I am very hungry or the food is something I really really like I turn into a 3

 

[TooPatient]

At home I''m a 2. It just happens. There are some foods that just drip and are messy. (I do try to be clean though) If it is something I know is messy and is going to get on me, I just eat naked.
(seriously. It is just the 2 of us. I don''t want stains.)

In public I''m a 1 -- I''m super careful about what I order. If there is something messy, I just don''t eat it. (have to leave something on the plate anyway)

 

[Camille]

1 by nature [french mother] with yummy exceptions [BBQ] not that many 2 around.

 

[kama_s]

I had the worst dining disaster today. I had lunch with a friend and we went for thai. I ordered a lemongrass soup and there was just something in the spices that made my throat go insane. It made me cough after EVERY SINGLE bite!!! I'm trying not to choke while coughing and drying up tears from my eyes. It was bad. And everytime that happened, I'd somewhat drop my spoon into my bowl, and spill a few droplets around me. Didn't make a splash, but it wouldn't be the smoothest delivery either.

BUT the soup was SO delicious, I couldn't not eat it. So I ate the whole damn thing and coughed my way through it. No idea what was in it that irritated my senses so much. Clearly, I can't be taken out.

ETA: USUALLY I would be between a 1 and a 2. I've never spilt anything on my clothes in over 15 years. I barely ever get my fingers and mouth dirty, but I do have trouble eating some food items because I have a relatively small mouth.

 

[Italiahaircolor]

I''m a pretty solid #2. I strive to be a #1...and if we''re dining out, fancy or at a dinner reception/party I''m very aware of myself and can usually restrain from drippling all over myself like a toddler. But at home, in the privacy of my kitchen, all bets are off.

 

[tyty333]

I''m a #1. I take my time and calculate every bite.

My husband is a #2. I hate trying to talk to him when he has food on the side of his face but then I think its not worth
mentioning.

My FIL is a #3. I just dont even watch him eat any more. When he eats at our house there is always a mess under his chair.
If you didnt know better, you would assume a kid ate in that seat. He eats way fast like someone is going to steal the food
off his plate. Like I said, it drives me nuts so I dont even look at him while he''s eating.

 

[chiapet]

I''m definitely #1. And because of that it takes me a long time to eat. I cut my food into little bitty pieces so that they fit perfectly in my mouth.

 

[monarch64]

I''m a #1. Can''t stand messy eaters. I went on a date this summer with a guy who ate his chimichanga or whatever it was, with a fork, that was fine...but THEN proceeded to stir together everything else on his plate--rice, beans, guac, and sour cream, into this disgusting soupy mix and then ate all of that. I was beyond disgusted and embarrassed for him. Needless to say I didn''t see him again. Blech.

 

[kenny]

I usually don''t spill outside my bowl.

 

[Cehrabehra]

If I have chicken wings I am a 4 finger eater (two per hand), for ribs it can be as much as 6 and for chicken legs it is 3. I have never understood using 10 fingers to eat a rib but I have one son who does it all the time and I find it overkill lol

And sometimes things drop even if you don''t want them too... right on the boobage typically. Joy!

Honestly it depends on what I''m eating... quiche I''d be a 1 but bbq ribs - I don''t know how anyone can be anything but a 3 lol

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 9/24/2009 9:13:54 PM
Author: monarch64
I''m a #1. Can''t stand messy eaters. I went on a date this summer with a guy who ate his chimichanga or whatever it was, with a fork, that was fine...but THEN proceeded to stir together everything else on his plate--rice, beans, guac, and sour cream, into this disgusting soupy mix and then ate all of that. I was beyond disgusted and embarrassed for him. Needless to say I didn''t see him again. Blech.

this reminds me of this guy I dated... he was tall, a singer and firefighter, gorgeous, muscular... nice and smart - total package guy. One day we went to breakfast and he made a big spiral of ketchup over his whole plate - my god I never saw him again. Ironically, the things my husband does with his food are the same if not worse at times and for whatever reason I can forgive it in him. Love is a weird thing...

 

[KittyBling]

Date: 9/24/2009 9:51:42 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
If I have chicken wings I am a 4 finger eater (two per hand), for ribs it can be as much as 6 and for chicken legs it is 3. I have never understood using 10 fingers to eat a rib but I have one son who does it all the time and I find it overkill lol

And sometimes things drop even if you don''t want them too... right on the boobage typically. Joy!

Honestly it depends on what I''m eating... quiche I''d be a 1 but bbq ribs - I don''t know how anyone can be anything but a 3 lol

LOL! That is sooo true! I try to be #1 but I''m usually #2. Sometimes you can''t help it with messy foods.

 

[AdiS]

Date: 9/24/2009 9:13:54 PM
Author: monarch64
I''m a #1. Can''t stand messy eaters. I went on a date this summer with a guy who ate his chimichanga or whatever it was, with a fork, that was fine...but THEN proceeded to stir together everything else on his plate--rice, beans, guac, and sour cream, into this disgusting soupy mix and then ate all of that. I was beyond disgusted and embarrassed for him. Needless to say I didn''t see him again. Blech.

Same here. I have an unexplicable love for cheeseburgers though, which are the only real challenge for my neat eating habits. Yet somehow I do manage to keep myself and my clothing clean.

Hubby is somewhere between #1 and 2. He''s not really a messy eater, but he''s not as freaked out by a drop of sauce on his shirt as I am either.

 

[Irishgrrrl]

I''m a 1. Everyone else in my house is a 2 . . . even all three dogs!

Seriously, if I knew anyone who fell into the 3 category, I don''t think I could stand to eat with them. EVER!

 

[LadyBlue]

I''m number 2, I just don''t have patient to be number 1, well only if we are dining with extrangers, then I become a 1

 

[jewelerman]

most of the time im a solid #1...raised in the hotel/food trade...cloth napkins,chilled glasses,eat pizza with a fork type.But every once in a while i like to just sit in front of the telivision and cram down the junk food with out a care about what lands where!Thr rules about messy eating are mainly about what im wearing and who im with...in a suit and good jewelry and rings im very careful about eating,in old jeans and an old tee-shirt and no rings on...i can be a slob!

 

[T L]

It makes you wonder since she''s invited to so many events, and hosts them, if HM, the Queen gets sauce on her gowns?

I''m a 2.

On that scale, my two boys are probably a 3, but ten times magnified!!

My daughter is a 1. She''s so prim and proper!