To think this is very odd??(lighthearted)

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(Lighthearted post to prove point to OH)

My OH only ever uses a fork not a knife?? No matter what he is eating he will only ever use a fork and thinks that's completely normal, he says I'm weird for using a knife ???

Please tell me that this is weird

Cutlery, I mean!

I always eat with a knife and fork when the meal dictates...unless DD is at her father's house then I spoil myself with dinner on the sofa with a book in one hand and just using a fork with the other

Julie most people I know do use a knife at every meal. In fact, I don’t think anyone I know just uses a knife.

I mean, ‘just uses a fork

SinglePringle
most people I know do use a knife at every meal. In fact, I don’t think anyone I know just uses a knife
Guess we move in different circles. That does not mean it makes someone 'better mannered' because they choose to uses knives to seperate their food rather than just a fork. Either is just as valid.

Your husband needs this, OP. 😁

Julie8008
That does not mean that it makes someone ‘better mannered’ because they choose to use knives to separate their food rather than just a fork. Either is just as valid.

Yes it does and no it is not.

Fact.

JessieMcJessie
That make you a snob one of those people who think they are better than everyone else because you chose to follow arbitrary rules.

No I am not better than everyone else. Just better than idiots who can’t use knives.

No I am not better than everyone else. Just better than idiots who can’t use knives.

You are not better than someone who chooses to just use a fork. All Most adults can use knives, they just decide not to. Why are you better because you chose to use a knife. Its just personal preference. Might as well say your better than idiots who dont cut the crusts off their sandwiches. Your just a snob.

I am also better than people who don’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re”.

I’m even worse. I cut up the food in the kitchen and then use a spork. Nice little number bought from John Lewis. I love my sporks

I like eating food that doesn't require a knife, because then I can MN with my spare hand I am lazy

JessieMcJessie You also not as clever as people who lead you down the garden path. I guess snobbery doesn't come with intelligence.

llangennith Have a nice spork myself I use occasionally.

Sorry Julie8008 you’ve lost me there. How have we got from your misguided insistence that there is no correct way to use cutlery to a frolic down the garden path?

JessieMcJessie You haven't given a single reason why your better than some people because u hold a knife in 1 hand whilst eating?

I find it strange that people push food onto the back of the fork, I know it is the 'polite' way to do it, but it makes no sense. Of course you are permitted to push peas into mashed potato to stop them falling off but why when you can just push them on to the front of the fork with the knife.

I use a knife only when I need one, but that is because I mainly live on bowls of salad, pasta and things that can be scooped up. When eating out I use a knife.

[facepalm] I disagree with you about (a) what constitutes good manners in the UK in 2018 and (b) the importance of having said good manners. That is all there is to it. Night night 😉.

Why do people keep saying ‘the back of the fork” when they mean “the end of the fork”? The world’s gone mad!

I think Jessies silver spoon is in danger of falling out of her mouth.

Jessie’s.

There you go again showing you're blue blood

*Your

I agree with Jessie.
I think it looks awkward when people misuse cutlery .
There is a correct way to use the utensils whether you care to or not Julie. Google it.

Do people really eat stir fry and noodles with a knife and fork?