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

As someone with ARFID I can guarantee that food is not why I travel.
For some people food is just not important. I travel because I like seeing the world but have zero interest in the food. There’s nothing wrong with that. It doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy local cuisine.

I got the ick just reading this. YANBU. I couldn’t be with a man who behaved like this.
32 yo leaving crisp packets down the back of his bed?! He’ll be great at housework, then! 😂😂

I'm in a relatively new relationship (7 months) after over 2 years of being single with some dating disasters along the way. Everything seems great on paper, he is kind, has a good job that pays well, not bad looking, treats me well and never allows me to pay for anything. For context, I am 28F and he is 32M- we both live separately at present. I would like to settle down soon.

I'm unsure if I am self-sabotaging, but some of his eating/snacking habits disgust me, to the point that I think I've developed the ick. This came to light properly on our recent 2 week holiday-prior to this, the longest we had spent together was about 3 days. He eats at least 3 packets of crisps per day and not the sophisticated type i.e kettle chips, think more Skips/monster munch/Nik naks/cheesy wotsits/space raiders. He doesn't wash his hands after eating the crisps and requires prompting to do so. This often results in him having disgusting synthetic crisp dust all over his fingers and fingernails.

Even more disgustingly, after he's finished with a packet, he arches back his head and empties the remnants of the crisp crumbs into his mouth. It's almost as though he cannot bear for a single scrap to be wasted. But the most disgusting is sometimes, after finishing a packet, he will blow up the packet like a balloon and pop it. This has resulted in me being sprayed with crumbs. I've also found scrunched up crisp packets wedged behind his bed, almost as though he can't be bothered to walk to the bin.

We recently went on holiday to Spain and it was mortifying-he didn't try any local food and just wanted to eat British food, McDonald's and crisps. We went to the supermarket and he loaded up the trolley with crisps. I haven't said anything yet, he is keen to start looking for a flat to rent together, but I just can't help but thinking I would prefer a man who doesn't eat over 3 packets of crisps a day and doesn't smell like pickled onion Monster Munch or cheesy wotsits. Is eating all of those crisps a dumpable offence?

Not wanting to eat only English food when abroad is not being a massive snob, for goodness sake.

It is a major part of why you go abroad, isn't it? I would find being with someone who only ate English food very boring unless there were health issues involved.

Wouldn’t care about the crisps, but not binning packets would set off alarm bells for me about ‘is he a grown adult who can fend for himself or is he used to a woman doing everything for him and you’re going to become a replacement Mum figure @Spicyseniorita7

Not wanting to eat only English food when abroad is not being a massive snob, for goodness sake.

It is a major part of why you go abroad, isn't it? I would find being with someone who only ate English food very boring unless there were health issues involved.

Monster Munch? 😂

He sounds like a child. Embarrassing. And I’d never get past the tipping up of the packet thing. 🤢 I bet he licks the lids of yogurts too, or petit filou as he undoubtedly hasn’t moved past them, either.

But worst of all is the going abroad and only wanting to eat British crap. That should be more than enough reason to immediately dump him.

Even not eating local cuisine abroad brings out the massive snobs. Dumping a bloke for eating crisps when you've got other women needing to access Clare's Law. Absolutely bonkers. Yes, there's a middle ground but leave the bloke in peace to eat his monster munch.

I think if you really liked this guy this would be a very small issue. Don’t dump someone because they have food restrictions/are fussy, but also don’t settle down with someone that you’re not that into. He deserves to be with someone that actually likes him.

I'm in a relatively new relationship (7 months) after over 2 years of being single with some dating disasters along the way. Everything seems great on paper, he is kind, has a good job that pays well, not bad looking, treats me well and never allows me to pay for anything. For context, I am 28F and he is 32M- we both live separately at present. I would like to settle down soon.

I'm unsure if I am self-sabotaging, but some of his eating/snacking habits disgust me, to the point that I think I've developed the ick. This came to light properly on our recent 2 week holiday-prior to this, the longest we had spent together was about 3 days. He eats at least 3 packets of crisps per day and not the sophisticated type i.e kettle chips, think more Skips/monster munch/Nik naks/cheesy wotsits/space raiders. He doesn't wash his hands after eating the crisps and requires prompting to do so. This often results in him having disgusting synthetic crisp dust all over his fingers and fingernails.

Even more disgustingly, after he's finished with a packet, he arches back his head and empties the remnants of the crisp crumbs into his mouth. It's almost as though he cannot bear for a single scrap to be wasted. But the most disgusting is sometimes, after finishing a packet, he will blow up the packet like a balloon and pop it. This has resulted in me being sprayed with crumbs. I've also found scrunched up crisp packets wedged behind his bed, almost as though he can't be bothered to walk to the bin.

We recently went on holiday to Spain and it was mortifying-he didn't try any local food and just wanted to eat British food, McDonald's and crisps. We went to the supermarket and he loaded up the trolley with crisps. I haven't said anything yet, he is keen to start looking for a flat to rent together, but I just can't help but thinking I would prefer a man who doesn't eat over 3 packets of crisps a day and doesn't smell like pickled onion Monster Munch or cheesy wotsits. Is eating all of those crisps a dumpable offence?

I'm not going to lie, the crisp snobbery made me laugh, like Kettle chips are any less crap for you than a pack of skips or monster munch.

But if something this minor is giving you the ick, then you're obviously not that into him.

DP has a good few gross habits, pretty much every human being does. They don't bother me much because I love her.

I'm not going to lie, the crisp snobbery made me laugh, like Kettle chips are any less crap for you than a pack of skips or monster munch.

But if something this minor is giving you the ick, then you're obviously not that into him.

DP has a good few gross habits, pretty much every human being does. They don't bother me much because I love her.

Am I your boyfriend? I too eschew fancy crisps for delicious plebeian crisps. I don't explode empty crips bags though, but may have to explore introducing that to my repertoire.