sharing food....reasonable or not?

[DonutForMyself]

I won't say which side of the fence I fall on until I've had some responses!

But essentially, do you share your food or are you a bit territorial about it?

If your DCs want what you have ordered in a restaurant instead of what they have ordered, would you swap?

Would you swap with your DP if they weren't keen on their meal?

If you are having a piece of cake etc would you offer others a bite of it?

Disappointed!

I prefer not to share unless Tapas.

Fine in a setting where everyone is sharing food, Tapas for example (although I find it stressful - Am I eating too much? Too little? I'd really like another xxxx but should I wait and see if anyone else wants it first?)

Fine if swapping a mouthful to try, or a pre-arranged share, e.g. pudding, or if there are mounds of chips or something.

I wouldn't swap my food with someone else though, I know someone who constantly gets food envy and whines that what they ordered doesn't look/smell/taste as nice as someone else's, in the hope they will swap.

DH has an annoying habit of finishing first, then looking expectantly at my plate and saying 'Are you going to finish that?' while I'm still eating

I don't share food and neither does dp.

In fact I get really irritated when people including my dsc ask to try my food, they chose theirs and I chose mine so no I won't share

I'll happily share Chinese/Indian etc if it's a shared meal.

I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT SHARE CAKE, ICE CREAM OR CHOCOLATE.

I am awful. Really territorial.

Like you OP I don't mind offering a bite, but even when DS3 who's 19 months old keeps asking for a bit of my dinner I get a teensy bit annoyed!

DH is much nicer than me.

I would give others a taste, yes.

Or order something that the kids don't like (not hard)

ah thanks all, its nice to hear that I'm not the only one!

I did share earlier, I sent DP a text to let him know that after our little chat about it, I'd offered my DCs a bit of my flapjack (was secretly a bit pleased that 2 of them said no though!)

I like trying other people's, but not sharing altogether and not swapping.

DH will let me taste his but declines to taste mine.

I did think it was romantic when he let me order for both of us on my birthday and then we each ate half of both dishes, cos I couldn't decide

You're a bunch of meanies!!!

I share anything. Me and dh often do a food swap in pubs, we probably look abit weird swapping half a burger and half of the chicken but it works for us. I like to try everyone's food if they offer, I wouldn't just take tho.

Share your food you big meanies!!!

I don't mind people having a taste of mine, but I'd never swap. Rule in our family is 'you chose it, you eat it'.

A pet hate of mine is people deciding to order appetisers/starters/sides 'for the table' (my boss loves to do this) as I like to choose for myself

Would only swap if I liked the look of theirs.

But yes, I love sharing, always will and yes, I'd offer a bite.

If it is people I like and it is sharing food (buffet, tapas etc) then I am happy to share from communal dishes.

However I do not share food from my plate. That is mine and mine alone. With the possible exception of the dc but only if I have plenty and they are being particularly cute.

No - can't share.
I am happy to give away, or receive untouched... but I cannot share something that someone else (anyone - including DH or DC) has taken a bite of or used a sucked on item of cutlery to eat... no double dipping for example!

Yes, I know I am a freak!

Allan glad someone else does half and half!

That's the strange thing though Coffee I do that with DP, we often share a dessert and go halves on two different mains. Not sure why I feel its ok with him and not with others, including my own DCs!

I wouldn't swap- people had the choice- however I would share and if having cake would give most of it away.

i would not swap, don't see why I should. he should be able to make up his mind about what he wants to eat.

NO, do not eat my food. If I'd have wanted what you had, I would have ordered it. I might offer you some cake in the unlikely event that I can not finish it myself and do not want it bagging. I too have stabbed people in the hand for eating my food. FECK OFF.

Dinner, fine. Not pudding, though.

Especially not Eton Mess pudding.

Happy to share Indian food, tapas etc but don't really like sharing one off special meals. Also can't bear people who don't order dessert and then just pick at everyone else's eating massive spoonfuls. Have family member who is on a permadiet who feels to guilty to order her own cake but has no problem stuffing everyone else's. this is not the same as going halves with a friend or dh where you can't decide which one you want the most etc.

TOO guilty

Babydubs that's probably the crux of it right there. My kids are funny about sharing cups/cutlery etc too, we're obviously a bunch of germ freaks, whereas DP & his lot will happily all share a cup or bottle of drink.

Maybe I'm happy to share food/cutlery with DP because we swap bodily fluids kiss each other, whereas someone else's saliva (yes even my own DCs) makes me feel a bit ewwww!

I most definitely do not share with dp or swap, he eats faster than me and does not give a true representation of half or portion control
and im very much like joey when it comes to puddings - you go near my pudding if you want a slap

I am a sharer drives DH mad