At what point do bad manners become too bad?
It's been bothering me for ages, but DH has numerous habits which really get on my nerves, but I'm always trying to check my reaction to make sure I'm not just being a nasty nagging wife or something. things like
- he'll dig through serving plates of food to find best bits for himself, even if we have guests over, and often before even offering to guests
- acting as if he hasn't eaten in a week, shovelling so much food in, he looks like a bloody chipmunk and then has to chew loudly and sometimes with mouth open.
- chicken wings, his elbows stick out so far i'm always worried someone is going to trip over him
- have guests over and he sits with his leg crossed over with his foot sticking way up in the air literally in the face of people, or starts picking at his toes on the couch while guests are over, etc etc.
- have had to tell him not to clip his nails at the dinner table
- rushing my/ds/everyone's dinner so he can have his dessert sooner
feel like it's getting out of hand, but also feel like i can't say anything because of the reaction (mostly trying to make me feel bad about bringing it up).
has anyone got any experience bringing it up and getting the manners to improve?