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AIBU?

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Original poster

to think that you eat popcorn piece by piece....

58 replies

PyongyangKipperbang · 07/07/2017 01:12

.....not by grabbing as much as you can get in your hand and shovelling it into your face?

And AIBU to say "can you please stop doing that so I stand a chance of actually having some"?

Oh and AIBU to think that sitting next to such a fucking greedy desperate pig is revolting?

OP posts:
LucretiaBourgeois · 07/07/2017 01:15

Is it sweet or salty? If it's salty and buttery YANBU. LTB. if it's sugary you're on your own - who needs it? HTH.

Defuzzing · 07/07/2017 01:15

Bad first date Op Grin

AdaColeman · 07/07/2017 01:20

YANBU
Especially if he does a sort of throwing hand motion with an open mouth to get to actually eat eat it!!!

LTB but tip the popcorn over his head before you go!!

Original poster
PyongyangKipperbang · 07/07/2017 01:29

If only it was the first date fuzzing......

OP posts:
catsofa · 07/07/2017 01:35

OMG no, you eat it by shovelling. Serve it in individual bowls if you're going to suck each piece, you'll be there all night.

SabineUndine · 07/07/2017 01:44

Can't stand the stuff so I don't eat it at all.

AlmostAJillSandwich · 07/07/2017 01:45

So you've just basically called me and potentially other posters "fucking greedy desperate pig" because i eat it multiple pieces at a time. Not quite handfuls but at least 4 pieces at once, i don't like the feeling of singular pieces, same way i don't take quarter bites with sandwiches etc, you take a full bite, and several pieces as once is equivalent.
What a horrible thing to post. If you are so picky about how other people eat things, buy your own and don't share.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 07/07/2017 01:46

Nope. You're wrong, OP. Piece by piece is just weird Hmm

Original poster
PyongyangKipperbang · 07/07/2017 01:49

No almost I havent and I think that my OP has been misunderstood.

He is a fucking greedy pig. He has to eat the most, quickest and would hate to miss out on a mouthful of something to someone else. This has been pissing me off more and more.

Tonight he bought in a bowl of popcorn to "share". Handful (and I am talking a proper big handful, not 3 or 4 pieces at a time) was shovelled into his fat fucking face until there was barely any left. When I asked him to leave me some I was told "I am just eating it!".

OP posts:
Butterymuffin · 07/07/2017 01:55

I shovel it in as piece by piece seems excruciatingly slow. However, each to their own. In your case you need separate bowls of popcorn, and when he's finished his he doesn't get to steal yours.

WipeYourFeet · 07/07/2017 02:06

My DH does the same! And I'm a nibbler- I get to enjoy my treats for longer that way. So I gave up years ago trying to change him. Separate bowls always!! And no, he doesn't get to have some of mine when he's finished his before the opening credits are done Hmm

MrsOverTheRoad · 07/07/2017 02:21

I shovel too. You need a bowl each OP.

PeachPearPotato · 07/07/2017 02:27

Piece by piece 🙄. Are you sniffing glue?

Topseyt · 07/07/2017 02:31

We shovel it in. Piece by piece would be frustrating.

Have separate bowls. That is how it works here.

AcrossthePond55 · 07/07/2017 02:44

I'm piece-by-piece. DH is a handful-shoveler. Separate bowls saved our marriage Grin.

73kittycat73 · 07/07/2017 02:50

I eat piece by piece. Blush Didn't realise there was anything wrong with it?

MeepyMupp · 07/07/2017 02:53

If popcorn is meant to be eaten piece by piece than I want off this world. WTF is wrong with some people? Piece by piece ? Popcorn perverts.

villainousbroodmare · 07/07/2017 02:55

Two or three at a time. If you are eating it piece by piece you either need a separate bowl, speed up your hands to a cartoonish blur or just accept that you will get much less than your competitor.

MorbidBibliomancy · 07/07/2017 03:27

If it's one of those single serving bags (i.e.: the size of a packet of crisps) piece by piece. If it's one of those microwave bags, I have to admit I go for whole handfuls. Popcorn is my weakness and I can't eat it fast enough. Though I have to eat it in private because DP hates the smell, so I can be as uncouth as I like!

KoalaDownUnder · 07/07/2017 04:04

I like to fashion a sort of nosebag, using the microwave packet and some string.

Let it cool a bit first though (elf & safety).

Pengggwn · 07/07/2017 05:23

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dudsville · 07/07/2017 05:29

Ellen DeGeneres did a bit about this during a stand up gig in the 90's. I think I came across it on YouTube. Hope that helps.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1 · 07/07/2017 05:31

Yanbu I don't share anymore coz my boyfriends hand was like a fucking digger going into the bowl, we do the separate bowl method now.

MsHopey · 07/07/2017 06:07

I'm a 2 or 3 pieces at a time lady.
My husband fills his hand up so much he can barely close his fist, may as well just throw the handful at his face. He still only gets 2 or 3 pieces at a time, the rest end up on the floor, on the sofa, on his lap Confused
It's a good job I love him more than anything. The dog is excited she gets to hoover them up.

giantpurplepeopleeater · 07/07/2017 06:19

Well you clearly really don't like this bloke and obviously have zero respect for him. The way you talk about him is vile.

So why dont you do both of yourselves a favour and LTB.

HTH

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