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Dumped for eating Maltesers

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Malteesser · 03/03/2022 22:39

Been seeing someone for a few weeks. We went to cinema last night and he bought popcorn and I bought a big bag of maltesers. I opened them when we sat down and began eating them. He said “why don’t you wait until the film starts?” So I just laughed and said “too tempting” as a joke. He seemed irritated and said something like “you won’t have any left by time the film starts”. This got my back up a bit and I just carried on as I was. I finished the bag around 10 minutes into the film. I saw him watching me and felt his disapproval Hmm but why?? It didn’t effect him, he had his popcorn. He was really grumpy throughout the film and afterwards was quite off with me. We were meant to be going for something to eat but he said he wasn’t really in the mood and would be heading home.

Before I went to bed I text him asking if I’d done something to upset him and he replied “I don’t think this will work out, it’s nothing personal x” Hmm I replied “ok no worries”.

It’s been bugging me all day as before we sat down in the cinema he was absolutely fine!!! We were laughing and joking etc, no bad feeling at all and he literally changed as soon as we sat down.

Have I been dumped for bad Malteser etiquette?!?

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Walkingalot · 03/03/2022 23:53

I had to laugh at this. When my DS was little, I used to tell him to save his Popcorn til the film starts. No real reason, expect maybe that you buy your treats to enjoy WITH the film. Now, as he's older, we'll get popcorn and he won't let me eat until the film starts. (We share as neither of us can finish a box on our own). He hasn't forgotten/forgiven me! Lol. Tbh, it's very childish. I humour my DS but if anyone else tried that on I wouldn't be impressed.

YouCantTourniquetTheTaint · 03/03/2022 23:53

@PleaseDontDriveMeBlind

however if you have misophonia then sitting listening to somebody crunch their way through a big bag of malteasers within 10 minutes would be awful and so tense.

How do people with misophonia ever have relationships if the sound of someone eating makes you angry with that person? Do you have to leave the dinner table and always eat on your own, can't your partner sit and eat a packet of crisps while you watch TV together?

There would be many difficulties, I presume.

It is difficult, it's really difficult. The biggest hurdle is making your DP know it isn't personal, and that loved ones are usually the biggest triggers. My biggest issue is trying not to hurt myself because the rage needs to go somewhere, and I usually take it out on myself.

I find earplugs help, so if we're having a meal, either the TV or music needs to be on, and I need to wear earplugs, the foam ones mask the noise. I'd need to not be in the same room, if someone was eating a bag of crisps.

Honestly, it's fucking hell. It's a torturous condition to have. And there's no cure, I've heard sufferers have tried to make themselves deaf, or try and get tinnitus, or just hide away from society as a whole. I've given myself tinnitus by listening to extremely loud music via earphones.

pixie5121 · 03/03/2022 23:53

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Icanflyhigh · 03/03/2022 23:56

Crikey.

You had a lucky escape! DH usually finishes slush/popcorn within 10 mins of film starting - but that's his lookout!
I mean, God help him.if he tries to steal mine, but y'know - it's not a big deal!!!!

Mamamamasaurus · 03/03/2022 23:59

One word: controlling

Two more: lucky escape

Maltesers are food of the gods.

Enough4me · 04/03/2022 00:02

@ClemFandangoo OK maybe he should have let OP off rushing maltesers, but Twix are another matter. toffee has to be eaten first. OP, also watch out for double deckers. Tricky to match your partner. Mine was almost dumped as he ate several more than me recently...but I relented when he bought me a new one.

MissMaple82 · 04/03/2022 00:03

Phew, you dodged a bullet there. Have a celebratory drink 🍸

Alexandria94 · 04/03/2022 00:05

Somebody who understands! Although I'm very sorry that you do @YouCantTourniquetTheTaint

It's a horrible condition and I wouldnt wish it on anybody. Moving to work in an open plan office where people munched on apples and packets of crisps throughout the day, with no physical barriers, was absolute torture for me. My manager eating her granola and yogurt in our morning meetings. People will never understand the panic/upset/anger you feel, especially when you are "trapped" in a situation where you can't just get up and run out.

So I hope he doesn't have misophonia, but it he does then he may not be the one for OP if she would like to eat her malteasers freely in future.

Walkingalot · 04/03/2022 00:06

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Walkingalot · 04/03/2022 00:07

Sorry - wrong post!!!!

PixieLaLa · 04/03/2022 00:14

Are you saying he brought popcorn, sat down, waited for the film to start before eating any?! THAT is weird

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 04/03/2022 00:16

If he wanted to dump you before the film and used the Malteasers as an excuse, your response was fine.
If it was the opening gambit of a controlling that, your response was fine.
You don't need to care which it was.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 04/03/2022 00:17

Twat autocorrect! Not that.

iklboo · 04/03/2022 00:19

Good Lord, you were eating the Maltesers, not shooting them out of your foof at the screen. Lucky escape!

If he had popcorn for himself would he have misophonia? Genuine question - I don't know anyone with the condition. It must be awful. BIL3 sounds like Mr Snuffleupagus emptying a sump tank when he eats and that's bad enough.

jytdtysrht · 04/03/2022 00:19

If she had been eating noisily, it would have been a good thing that she finished the Maltesers only 10 mins into the film.

If he’s going to be a stroppy brat about something so ridiculous, so early on, then you have had a very lucky escape.

CurryLover56 · 04/03/2022 00:26

iklboo that conjures up quite an image!! 🤣🤣🤣

AdaColeman · 04/03/2022 00:44

Maybe you just didn’t eat them the way he likes, you might be a cruncher while he’s a sucker? You would always be incompatible, so you’ve had a lucky escape! Wink

pawpaws2022 · 04/03/2022 00:52

I had a first date this week. He turned up with a cream egg wrapped brownie because he thought I might like it, refused half of it and then shared his starter with me without wanting any of mine
I might see him again WinkGrin

PyongyangKipperbang · 04/03/2022 01:02

@pawpaws2022

I had a first date this week. He turned up with a cream egg wrapped brownie because he thought I might like it, refused half of it and then shared his starter with me without wanting any of mine I might see him again WinkGrin
Thats a keeper that right there!
cuno · 04/03/2022 01:08

Part of the fun of going to the cinema is gorging yourself on half your snacks before the film starts surely!

He reminds me of some twat guy I was seeing ages ago who has disgusted by me daring to have one of those microwaveable Uncle Ben's rice pouches to myself. The horror! He thought it was too much for a lady and I was more of a greedy pig. I was only a size 8!

I say you dodged a bullet, OP.

PleaseDontDriveMeBlind · 04/03/2022 01:25

I've given myself tinnitus by listening to extremely loud music via earphones.

Well now I know how awful it must be, because I have tinnitus and that's bad, so to prefer to have it rather than to hear the trigger sounds as badly Shock. I'm sorry you, and any other sufferers of this condition, have to deal with this on a daily basis, and I don't think most people understand the extent of it.

lborgia · 04/03/2022 01:26

Has anyone noticed yet that he was eating a tub of popcorn? I don't see how he was in a position to complain about anything if he was also eating something!

Maybe he was eating the popcorn as white noise for your crunching if he has misophonia?

Anyway, narrow escape I reckon.

StopStartStop · 04/03/2022 01:29

He's shown himself to be a pillock. And, more seriously, controlling.

You've had a lucky escape.

PleaseDontDriveMeBlind · 04/03/2022 01:30

how I wouldn't have any left, and seemed actually cross that I started eating it!

Did you challenge him and ask why he seemed cross? Did he deny it? I'd love to know their rationale.

cantbecoping · 04/03/2022 01:36

He got the ick because you ate a large share bag of Malteesers to yourself in 10 mins before the movie even started.

If he feels like that about how much and how fast you eat, it would be doomed from the start. Not an ideal partner for you.