To be cringed out by this (re sharing a takeaway)

[Cloudyonasunnyday]

When me and partner get a takeaway and share it he is obsessive over making sure we get half each, he will literally count pieces of chicken in a curry for example - how would this make you feel ?

ICK

MIL counts food. It's rude.

I’d tell him to eat the whole thing if it means that much to him and get my own food

This. Is he counting because he’s a mnetter who knows he’ll be called an abusive food hogger if he has 6 bits of chicken and you have 5?

Let me guess he makes you pay for half aswell ??!!!

We changed our regular order of special fried rice to Young Chow fried rice because it’s easier to split fairly. My partner likes equally of protein.

Can’t stop laughing at this do similar when I dish tea up

it’s just to make sure one person doesn’t get the shit portion of just sauce and no meat
rather than I don’t want anyone else getting more than me
I do it all the time never thought anything about it

I think it's ok. It's nice to be fair.

Omg it doesn’t need a counting out to be fair

how about as much as you need

people that down this clearly feel hard down by somewhere in the past - very weird - it’s not like he’s sharing nuggets - he’s actually picking pieces out in a curry - very weird

The op isn't talking about one portion of just sauce and no meat though. She's talking about her partner counting to ensure each plate has exactly the same amount of chicken. Do you honestly count out the pieces of meat in something like a curry to make sure each portion is identical?

Like with kids

you divide it and he can pick which plate he wants

tho that won’t stop the counting

Wouldn't apply to me, as I take the Joey Tribiani stance on sharing food.

Ew.

@Cloudyonasunnyday Since you say he's stingy then yes it's cringy. But what the heck are you doing with a stingy man? That's the major ick here.

Get your own separate takeaways in future.

I'm giving the benefit of the doubt, and assuming he is scrupulously fair, and doesn't baggy the best bits or bigger portions for himself!

I’d rather someone fair than someone who takes the bigger cut.

I think most people do just eyeball it and give half roughly, you can normally see if it's fairly shared and someone counting prices of this or other is tiresome! Definitely a Ick

Takeaway should always be enough that you have leftovers, order more side dishes.

As PP said it wouldn't bother me if the dish obviously had few of the main ingredient, like prawns. I'd be more bothered if it was randomly split and I got the worse portion.

I did have a bf once who was very careful about splitting but made his portion bigger because men need more food than women. He's not wrong but we were skinny and skint students and I was paying half so nope.

Why would a man and woman have the same amount of food?

It makes me feel that I’m glad that I do not share food. And that I could never shag a man who “counted pieces of chicken”.

Eh?? Why would they not?

Hugely icky.

I kind of do for ease
if it was a curry with diced chicken 1 big spoonful each (no counting) then even out what’s left by putting say 4 pieces on each plate

same with Sunday roast everyone gets 4 spuds

just find it easier than guessing

but from memory there been plenty of threads about how partner always ends up with bigger portions and he’s called a twat

guess we all do things differently

You thinks it ok for your partner to pick through a dish to count individual, little pieces of chicken??? 😬