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AIBU?

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Husband licks his dinner plate after eating

227 replies

letmeeatcakes · 17/02/2026 19:34

Not every meal and only when we have our family dinner but sometimes when he has finished eating he will pick his plate up and lick it clean!! I find this totally gross and have told him but this time i told him he was worse than a dog. My daughter thinks my comments were callous!! AIBU and just let him do this if it makes him happy? Only does it at home!

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ItsStillWork · 17/02/2026 19:35

My vagina would shut very tight at the sight of that

BigFishLittleFishCardboardBoxes · 17/02/2026 19:37

That’s disgusting.

Rainbowdottie · 17/02/2026 19:37

No I couldn’t bear it but we all have different etiquettes and things we don’t like about each other, no matter how much we love a person. I guess I’d have to keep telling my husband and he could probably remark on something that I do that he doesn’t like! Although I’d like to think if your partner is really grossed out by something that really you would stop

Tryanalogue · 17/02/2026 19:38

Time it right and push his face down in the gravy.

Goditsmemargaret · 17/02/2026 19:40

Omg that's gross. Would he like it if you say there picking your nose?

Missj25 · 17/02/2026 19:40

ItsStillWork · 17/02/2026 19:35

My vagina would shut very tight at the sight of that

🤣 🤣

HugoThatway · 17/02/2026 19:40

The cat licks my plate.

Aphroditesangel · 17/02/2026 19:40

There’s no way I could put up with this 🥴

TakeALookAtTheseSwatches · 17/02/2026 19:40

I do this sometimes. In the comfort of your own home I don't see why it matters? I wouldn't do it in a restaurant.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 17/02/2026 19:41

Did he do this before you got married? If he did, why did you marry him!!?

DuchessDandelion · 17/02/2026 19:42

I couldn't date, let alone marry someone with the manners of a pig

Yanbu but also...how has it gone on this far?

TheChosenTwo · 17/02/2026 19:42

Hmm. Weird behaviour isn’t it? Not sure I’ve ever seen anyone do this in real life beyond the first time my son had ice cream in a bowl aged around 2?!
not sure it would make me heave or anything but would certainly be out of character indeed if dh did this after dinner.

Laiste · 17/02/2026 19:43

If it's only at home it wouldn't bother me.

I've been known to lick yogurt lids 🤣

wahwahwaa · 17/02/2026 19:43

Revolting!

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 17/02/2026 19:44

You need to put him on a shorter lead.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/02/2026 19:44

ItsStillWork · 17/02/2026 19:35

My vagina would shut very tight at the sight of that

nene leakes GIF by RealityTVGIFs

along with my hymen growing back!

how committed to this marriage are you op? Can you take a non plate licking lover?

ChaliceinWonderland · 17/02/2026 19:45

Gross. Do you still have sex? Please think about another 40 years of this. I just finished with a man, he fed himself off the plate without hands, literally pushed the food jnto his face. I could not see him again.

Allseeingallknowing · 17/02/2026 19:46

Better than letting the dog lick it as some do on here!

Overtheatlantic · 17/02/2026 19:46

I would lose respect and eventually divorce.

Mimicking · 17/02/2026 20:02

Offer him a piece of bread and butter to mop the plate.

Problem solved.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 17/02/2026 20:03

Allseeingallknowing · 17/02/2026 19:46

Better than letting the dog lick it as some do on here!

Doesn’t need to be an “either or” situation! We don’t have a dog and yet my DH still manages not to lick his plate.

Spaghettion · 17/02/2026 20:06

Yuk, I had a first date with a guy who did this years ago, he also picked up the chicken leg from his plate and sucked it clean!
This was in a restaurant, I declined a second date.

plsdontlookatme · 17/02/2026 20:07

If I had cooked the meal I'd be quite pleased 😁

Zanatdy · 17/02/2026 20:18

Absolutely gross.

ThejoyofNC · 17/02/2026 20:19

I'd serve him his food on the floor from now on since he's so keen on eating like an animal.