To want to punch every single noisy opened mouth eater I come across?

[twinkletoescare]

Ok maybe not punch BUT DEFO tell them how rude,bad mannered and annoying to anyone within a six mile radius it is?
Kids or elderly I don't care....it's RUDE.

[CotherMuckingFunt]

Bloody Nora, tetchy? Anyway....

I can't sit opposite or next to dh When he eats. He does this breathing in thing while scraping the food off his fork/spoon if it's hot. Drives m nuts.

But his worst offence is his ability to sound like a washing machine at the beginning of the cycle (when the water is filling and it slops from side to side) even when his mouth is closed.

[HappyTurquoise]

A parent of one of DD's friends just said 'washing machine' whenever her DS ate with his mouth open, and he immediately closed his mouth to chew. She explained that she just asked him to imagine what it was like to see all the food he's eating going around in a washing machine, because that was the view she gets when he chews with his mouth open! DD loved the analogy and we've adopted the 'washing machine' alert for those moments when needed.

[DublinMammy]

Cheers Cortana, you can't be too sure who has had a sense-of-humourectomy!!!!

[applefalls]

Totally in agreement, OP.

Makes me want to pull out their teeth with pliers and no anaesthetic, sew up their gob with string and a rusty needle, leaving a small gap in which I will insert a high-pressure hose at mealtimes abd feed them liquid slop that way, at top speed.

But that's all happening in my head in case anyone feels offended. You'd never know how murderous I feel cos my gurning-with-disgust features are hidden under an opaque rain bonnet pulled right down to avoid splashes.

And my earholes are stuffed with loft lagging.

[BatmanLovesHowlingAtTheMoon]

I am so glad I'm not alone!

Just remembered - also hate the banging of cutlery against teeth. I try not to be in the same room as DH when he eats cereal, as he closes his teeth over the spoon and scraaaaapes the food off. Lips! Use your lips!

[Tressy]

Misophonia!

[cheekydevil]

Don't forget people who scrape the plate with their cutlery....and while we are on it people who say 'cutelry' :)

[twinkletoescare]

This thread is making me chuckle!
I really thought I was the only one who had this phobia to the extent I do! Thrilled to learn I'm not

[DublinMammy]

Love that there is a scientific name for it - wold it stand up as a defence in court I wonder?

"Your Honour, I was compelled by my Misophonia to [insert violent verb here] the victim, I simply couldn't bear any more smacky-mouth noises"

Case dismissed?

[DublinMammy]

Ahem, "would", sorry.

[OwlLady]

I'm sorry, i think i have had a complete sense of humour bypass this week, maybe this month and was being aggressive and impulsive because I am so stressed out

I promise in future not to take things so personally. I do mean this

[tasmaniandevilchaser]

DH has started to put super hot food in his mouth and then do a slurpy intake of breath through his open mouth. Is this grounds for divorce? I think so. cother we could do a joint application.

Coughing over your food....there can't be a jury in the land that would convict you.

tremolo you need some desensitization therapy, life must be very hard for you . Mixing rice pudding and jam?

[twinkletoescare]

Happens to all of us owlLady

[Growlithe]

YANBU. I can't stand snifflers who won't blow their noses either. Drives me crazy. I could never be a teacher for this reason and admire anyone who is.

[Tiredmumno1]

Cortana, the wink after meant nothing. Honest.

[TremoloGreen]

tas Oh no. What would the therapy consist of? Probably sitting in the middle of a circle of people while they all simultaneously licked a yoghurt pot lid. I think I would just spontaneously combust.

[trixymalixy]

YANBU, my other pet hate is people who hold their knife like a pen too!

[DublinMammy]

Oh no!!! Not the knife/pen people, Trixy. Had forgotten them....

[tasmaniandevilchaser]

I can do it for a small fee. I will sit in front of you and drink cappuccinos, eating all the froth with a spoon. Don't worry I won't tie you down.

[tasmaniandevilchaser]

that last msg was for tremolo btw

[Shutupanddrive]

YANBU
Also has anyone mentioned slurping?

[ArbitraryUsername]

I cannot stand the sound of people scraping food off the fork with their teeth. It makes my skin crawl. So I put up with unfathomable closed-mouthed noisy eating but I tell anyone whose teeth are scraping against metal to stop or they're getting no more food.

Onward bound: my DH also has a big nose and nostrils... Maybe that is the source of the problem. He claims it's to do with the shape of the inside of his mouth. He doesn't seem to be able to prevent it, but it does make me feel quite stabby (especially when he's being annoying).

[Alisvolatpropiis]

My former boss did this. Whenever there was a work do,we would fight not to sit opposite him. Once sat down nobody would move to go to the toilet or anything because the person sitting opposite him would move and then we'd fight over seats again.

How he didn't notice I will never know. He was an utter cunt. I loathed him. The chewing with mouth open and spraying people with food just clinched it for me.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Shutup above mentioned former boss used to slurp as well.