To wonder why do men eat crisps this way

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I recently read a thread about men Vs women eating differently in general not a rule. Specifically, the way men crunch their crisps more and tend to tilt their head back to pour the final contents in, like a cement mixer

Since reading that thread I swear every male I've seen eating a bag of crisps in public has done exactly that, and yet I've not seen a single woman do it at all.

AIBU to wonder what's behind this? Why on earth has this general difference developed? Am I the only one disturbed by such a trivial but key difference?!

It's very annoying to watch. It looks greedy somehow I've seen a few men do it for sure.

Like the cement mixer analogy

DH tells me off to adding salt to my food but then stuffs his face with crisps all night

Nowt like a crisp butty though

Simon Me too - best cat toy ever. I reckon we must have about 50 crisp triangles under the sofa, behind kitchen units and various bits of furniture by now

I tip the bits into my hand then into my mouth. I think if I tipped them straight from the bag I'd end up having a coughing fit. But the debris at the bottom is the best bit! I also lick my fingers afterwards. Especially if it's Doritos

I have an irrational hatred of this
I don't know why

And he has no regard for if the packet is opened the right way up or not

I open them upside down on purpose. I like the little bits that settle to the bottom best.

Up til now I've always pinched the last few bits to get them in my mouth but think I will start doing the cement mixer thing!

I eat crisps like a man! I also do intricate origami with the packet.

No, the head tilt thing is disgusting. I lick my finger and stuff it to the bottom of the packet so that every single crumb will stick to it, then I lick it off. Much more ladylike.

I also do the cement mixer move. I am a woman.

I too am a cement mixer.

I was told that tipping the last bits of the bag straight in makes you more liable to choke.

In this house I have to leave the room due to the loud crunching and filling the mouth as full as possible in one hit at least I don't need to worry about the bits that are scattered during the pouring in.

Bags are not folded, just dumped in the bin unless we are out and it is me that folds them neatly and tucks them between gaps the tables to prevent them blowing away when outside, or in a glass for the same reason.

My DP does this. I never understood why 😂 been with him 13 y3ars but never thought to ask him why. Just thought it was something he did.... at least he’s not alone

@nellieellie
Me too 😂

I've never seen this

You never thought to ask him why? So he can get the last of the crisps.

I cannot understand why anyone would think ‘I’m not going to have the last crumbs of my crisps lest anyone think I was a man’.

I do that too. Otherwise it's a case of sticking a licked finger into the corner to get the small crumbs.

I can't eat more than one crisp at a time in case one goes sideways and stabs my mouth but DP and DS will put piles in at once. The little bits at the end I tip into my hand then into my mouth, I don't leave them. I can't tip them straight into my mouth due to the stabby thing

How do you eat crisps which doesn't crunch them? As for tipping it back it depends on the type of crisps, the bag of monster munch I had earlier, I used my finger to get all the little bits out of the corner but walkers I'd tip up.
I can't do the glory thing but my dh does and our cat loves them, best toy ever.

I had eight Monster Munch in packet today !!! Eight ! Eight does not constitute a packet of crisps !!

I must be a bit odd because I leave the crumbs. If the crisp isn't big enough to pick up with my fingers I don't want it.

The only way to eat crisps is in a cheese sandwich.

It's the same way with sweaters - men just rip them off their heads, women take an arm out at a time

I eat far too many bags of crisps. I am grateful to this thread for giving me the “folding in to triangle” cat toy idea though. He’s loving it and I feel I have deprived him for years