To leave the lounge because DH is..

[Numberfour]

.... crunching Dorritos SO goddam loudly!!!!

why is he eating after his dinner????

Is it illegal now?

Totally, Numberfour. It really is just grim, I used to shout at my Dad at the dinner table when he was noisily demolishing his Sunday roast, poor bloke. I was only 7!

My dad used to eat cornflakes late at night (after supper!!!) and it was torture!!! Was too scared of my dad to shout at him! I would just leave the room as I do now.

Bit of a case of marrying your father? Oh, my gawd. What have I done!

Thank Fuck! he has finished!!

Do you get up very swiftly and turn away as you're walking out so your DH doesn't spot the revulsion and annoyance written all over your face?

I have to do that with my DH

Eating noisily is grounds for divorce isn't it?

By the way - it's a sitting room, with a sofa in it :o

eating after your dinner is piggish and rude, no matter where he is

What about eating after your tea Funnys?

Piggish and rude? What if you're hungry? Are we allowed any exceptions to this rule? What if you're having a film night with snacks? What if you've got low blood sugar? What if it's just a bloody biscuit and you're a grown up?

NO. You have your dinner and then starve until breakfast. Why do you not eat enough at dinner time? If you are a diabetic then thats OK

Can I still be a couch potato if I'm sitting on a sofa or settee?

It's like the old 'why didn't you wee at break time' when you need a wee during double maths. Well, er because of basic biology. I don't have a wee to prevent a future wee in the same way that I don't overeat at dinner to prevent hunger several hours later. Eating to appetite is recommended. But don't worry, I'll force more veg in than I'm strictly able to eat at tomorrow's dinner and won't touch a morsel until you tell me I can. Better?

oh SOH you have gone all rebellious teenage on me. Have dinner, chillax, go to bed. There is no need for Dorritos

If I only ever did things I needed to, FITG, rather than sometimes doing the things I wanted to, then I would probably be a little less like this .

For instance, I cannot say setee for couch, or front room for lounge. It is Wrong. Even WrongER than sofa and sitting room.

It's a living room and a sofa.

YANBU. You should get him a shed specifically for eating noisy foods.

If it is a living room, do you also have a 'sleeping room', a 'cooking room' and a 'defecating room'?

Front room. It USED to be a settee but now it's a sofa. Not sure when that changed!

Crisp crunching doesn't bother me in the slightest but DH's foot-scratching gives me murderous thoughts

Living room, and a settee :o

RE not eating after dinner thing. I'm 31+3 weeks pregnant and constantly hungry. So am I not allowed to eat after my dinner? I tend to graze all day to be honest.

Oh god...I thought I was the only one who hated noisy eating!

Relief

I'm not alone

It's living room - isn't it?

Pass me a Dorito please..