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Husband licks his dinner plate after eating

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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

along with my hymen growing back!

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

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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.

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