He ate a cream tea with a spoon

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First date. He seemed perfectly nice and we went and got a cup of tea in a cafe. We ordered a cream tea for two and he ate his scone with the teaspoon that came with his cup of tea.

I wasn’t horrified or anything like that I was just surprised. Is that a thing? I suppose it’s puddingy but I’ve always just picked it up and eaten it like toast, I thought everyone did.

Big red flag, OP.

Creepy and unnatural.

Always eat cake with a fork. Oh no, I’m weird

All Canadians do this. They all have a drawer of cake forks, like Victorian ladies.

I eat pizza and burgers with a knife and fork but I would never do this

OMG suggest you advertise for dates in The Telegraph in future.

The horror!

I eat burgers in layers. Particularly Big Macs, I don’t know why, I just do. I forget this is a bit weird until I do it around a new person.

I’m otherwise normal I swear!

Is he British? I live in Sweden and it would be entirely normal here (but still weird to me).

He's probably posting on another forum asking if he should go on a second date with a woman who eats her scones like toast!

This sort of makes me think he’d be quite uptight in bed…….. dislike of mess etc.

I slept with a guy who leapt up and stripped the bed, putting on a new sheet the moment he withdrew……. I didn’t see him again.

@MiddleClassProblem

Maybe he was trying to look polite and like he had good table manners like when people try to eat a burger with a knife and fork…

I went out with a lad who did that. I tried to put it behind me, as he was bloody gorgeous, but then he told me his Mum bought him his plaid shirts and ironed them and his jeans to have perfect creases - and he refused to undo the top button because 'it wouldn't look neat'.

He gave me the right gallops, but then I started having visions of him cutting into his Wimpy burger so that each morsel was about a centimetre across...

I think he was trying to avoid an embarrassing food accident. But if he put his crumb-covered spoon back in the communal jam then LTB.

@DonttouchthatLarry
…and now I want crumble!

@DonttouchthatLarry

Now I'm picturing Jim from Friday Night Dinner with his 'creamy tea'

Was going to say this but checked the thread first to see if someone already had

I’d find it unusual, but not a deal breaker . I’d give him another chance!

I think it depends how crumbly the scone is. As long as it holds together the toast method is fine, but if bits start to go round the edges it's only a matter of time before the whole topping lands in your lap. A spoon is regrettably sometimes safest in a public place. A teaspoon though... surely a dessert spoon is the only decent utensil for the job?

I have pastry forks ( small thin forks ) and sporks (spoons with fork tines and a serrated knife edge)

I am on the hunt for a Runcible Spoon and my life will be complete

Not weird at all OP but I'm not a fan of scones so Ill bow out

I think he was on his best behaviour because he liked you. If he's youngish he probably doesn't often go for cream teas when he socialises.

@HeAteItWithASpoonWhat age bracket are we talking?

Was he otherwise normal / good company?

Did he put the jam or cream on first?. That would be the decider for me . (Cream 1st is obviously the correct answer)

ICK

I eat jam doughnuts with a knife and fork.

10owlbethere
I do that also.

Poor spoon guy.

Once watched a really handsome manager at work eat a chicken breast with a spoon after tucking his napkin into his trouser waistband. We could never look at him the same again

Bless him! I thought you were going to tell us he banged it with his little spoon and threw bits on the floor - then I saw it was first date.

Threads like this is why I love mumsnet ☺️

It avoids the first date nightmare of jam down your front and cream on your nose.

See, that can be avoided by putting the cream on first then the jam. As it should be

Always eat cake with a fork. Oh no, I’m weird...All Canadians do this. They all have a drawer of cake forks, like Victorian ladies.

There is nothing weird about eating cake with a fork, or owning cake forks. Unlike eating a scone with a spoon, which is just deviancy of the worst kind.