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AIBU?

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Taking bites out of a block of cheese...?

15 replies

IntoTheMouth · 22/03/2011 18:13

My brother is staying with us at the moment and because he can't have dairy, I got some goats cheese in specifically and exclusively for his consumption.

So he comes into the lounge, cheese in paw, plonks himself down on the sofa and starts taking big old bites out of the (350g) block of cheese.

Firstly, AIBU to consider this utterly barbaric? And if I'm not, what is actually wrong with it? I couldn't think of a single good reason not to take big fat mouthfuls of cheese. His argument is that it saves on the washing up, and therefore makes him an exempary house guest. There has to be a reason why it's wrong though? Surely...?

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colditz · 22/03/2011 18:16

awwww.

I would miss cheese SO much

but is he sure he doesn't react to goat's milk? Many dairy allergic/intolerent people do.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow · 22/03/2011 18:16

that's gross! tell him to get a bloody plate he'll set a bad example to your kids otherwise.

I don't allow eating in the lounge.

bintofbohemia · 22/03/2011 18:17

It's fairly minging if anyone else was thinking of having any?

TattyDevine · 22/03/2011 18:20

Eww, its weird. I think the eating experience would be thwarted by that method. Nicer having shards of it or crumbs piled on a cracker or something.

Werido!

minipie · 22/03/2011 18:32

Well it's grim because someone else might want a bit of the cheese later.

And because he'll get greasy hands and wipe them on the sofa

And because he'll probably drop crumbs of cheese everywhere.

Tell him to get a plate and a knife, at the very least.

Jude89 · 22/03/2011 18:58

yeah, you can only do that when no one's looking!

(it doesn't have any calories then either)

TottWriter · 22/03/2011 19:02

Yeah, I'd call him on bad manners/example to your children.

That and the likelihood of cheesy fingerprints on the sofa.

Maybe suggest that he has the cheese on toast or with some pasta to make it more of a balanced meal, too. I mean...you don't want a gassy houseguest.

grovel · 22/03/2011 19:14

Oh for God's sake. OP has got a brother who feels so comfortable around her that he can help himself to (his) cheese and "plonk" himself on her sofa. She and he are lucky.

AgentZigzag · 22/03/2011 19:43

I agree with what grovel said, it's nice you bought it just for him and nice he feels comfortable being a pig in your house

How old is he though OP?

18 and he's just being a normal teenager.

38 and he needs telling, but then again why bother, if he's got this far being impolite he's not going to change now.

HeadfirstForHalos · 22/03/2011 19:46

It would amuse me, but not bother me! YABU

phooey · 22/03/2011 19:50

Jude

I confess to taking bites out of cheddar. I do it to wind up DH really but I'm sure it's quite unhygienic.

howdidthishappenthen · 22/03/2011 20:43

I'd find it a bit grim.

hardhatdonned · 22/03/2011 20:44

It's gross but i thought goats cheese had the green light for lactose intolerants. Perhaps he thought you'd bought it specially for him?

Goats cheese mings anyway.

squeakytoy · 22/03/2011 20:45

is goats cheese not dairy then?

troisgarcons · 22/03/2011 21:05

AIBU to consider this utterly barbaric?

Yes - barbaric is killling and maiming people for fun

get a grip - nibbling cheese isn't in anyway shap or form 'barbaric'.

I bet you are one of those people who over use 'devastated' when a red sock got in your white wash

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