Should I dump my boyfriend because he won't stop eating crisps?

I think you are being unreasonable because I don't think you care enough about him by the way your post reads. You are thinking about moving in together, but you prefer to post on a message board, rather than speaking to him directly. Not a good omen for the future. People have differing needs....this seems to be his.

Well OP you've had enough feedback from other posters.
Is he still your (golden) wonder or will you walk(ers) through the door?
Ultimately only you can decide if the (kettle) chips are down enough to go.

I have a borderline phobia of crisps so YANBU, that would make me feel sick as well 😂😫

Sounds like he could be ND but if he gives you the ick he isn’t for you.

sophisticated crisp 😆

I love mumsnet, it never fails to leave me absolutely baffled after reading posts like this, and the number of responses from people seeming equally disturbed by a man eating crisps 😆 I personally don't understand this issue - as long as he isn't force-feeding them to you, I say let him have at it - but I'm clearly in the minority and am a grubby crisp snaffler myself, so am biased.

That's beside the point though, if him eating too many unfancy crisps bothers you enough to even prompt this post, you need to break up. It's pretty clear imo that you aren't in love with him, so I wouldn't waste your time.

My mum remembers fondly when she used to go the pub as a child and have a bag of ready salted crisps with a bottle of Vimto 😬

Omg yes this!!! WHY SO GOOD?!

What's great is a packet of ready salted (Walkers) eaten alongside a bar of Dairy Milk.

I paid extra for a big bag of the co-op's fancy sea salt and chardonnay vinegar crisps the other day.
What a disappointment!!

Yabvvvvvvu.

You can dump him for any reason you want

(I would)

I couldn't be with someone like this because I love food and trying new foods when I am away, trying new recipes. DH is the same, we like cooking together, trying new restaurants etc. Our kids are not fussy eaters in the slightest.

It would turn me right off. It's on you to decide if it turns you right off.

I was all set to say YABU from your title but the lack of hand washing, the exploding crisp packets (why?!) and not trying any local foods would put me off to!

The not washing hands and the hiding of empty packets set off my alarm bells.
He is showing you his lazy dirty habits while at the honeymoon stage. I unfortunately have personal experience of this.
GET OUT NOW!

I love crisps and def no crumbs left after I’ve finished or dust on fingers as lick them 😊

I mean if he was eating kettle chips and chomping on them noisly, i could understand murder!

It wouldn’t be the crisps for me, as I do love an onion ring. It’s the not washing hands/putting rubbish in the bin and not trying different foods that would give me the ick. I do also love monster munch FYI as well as a posh crisp. I do not discriminate 🫣

Probably a bit too posh for him ?

They are god tier crisps! Add in Oinks, Frazzles and the roast beef Monster Munch into that as well. You won’t taste better. You need to head to the nearest corner shop when you are next here. Guaranteed to sell all of the above and in bigger grab bags as well.

There absolutely is.

Firstly, his choice of crisps is much more superior to kettle chips which are arguably the most boring and greasy crisps you can purchase.

Secondly, yes the wrappers and crisp packet popping would do my head in. My 5 year old does that, I would not expect my husband to so I would ask him to stop doing those things.

But overall I think you would be better to end the relationship and allow him to find someone who actually wants to be with him. To consider breaking up with someone because they eat 3 packets of crisps a day is ridiculous in my opinion. Everyone has bad habits including yourself. I would much rather be with someone who eats 3 packets of crisps a day instead of someone that beats the shit of me or emotionally abuses me. Put it into perspective and you will see how silly you are being.

As far as trying other foods, I am a fussy eater myself, my husband isn’t and over the years he has encouraged me to try new things. I used to go abroad and all I would eat from the buffet was chips and salad. I try most things now down to my husbands positive and non judgemental influence. If he has grown up in a household that wast adventurous with food, it’s very hard to change that mindset as a adult, he needs time and someone who loves and cares for him to show him it’s okay to try new things.

That person clearly isn’t you, let him go and you go and find your greasy fingered kettle chip cruncher.

After a 2 week holiday you either love him so much that you laugh off his crisp habits and McD preferences with indulgence, or you have the ick, which will snowball.

I couldn’t tolerate being abroad and not visiting local restaurants and cafes, tbh unless it was a City break I wouldn’t even be on hol in a place that was like to have a McD. So for me it would signal an incompatibility.

It's a joke about a previous thread with a very similar sounding premise...

Are you dating my 15 year old son??
I do think that there is a teenage boy inside every grown man to a greater or lesser degree.