To instinctively shield my dinner with my hand to prevent partially masticated food from dh's mouth from landing amidst my dinner....?

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So he started talking with his mouth full of food - I don't object in principle to this (very stilted conversation if you have to empty your mouth each time before speaking!) but tend to just shield my plate from offending missiles by placing my hand protectively around it ...

This action prompted dh to storm off yelling that I was being rude ???!? wtf? (shrugs)

(am waiting for - well you kiss him dontcha? - so wheres the problem?)

yanbu. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww etc
I don't like talking with a full mouth.

Dh said that in his defense it wasn't completely full (presumably there was only a moderate amount of residual food left in his mush )

I'm so sorry but I've just spluttered tea all over my computer screen laughing at your thread title.

Tell him to finish what's in his mouth before speaking or you'll ban him from eating with you lol. Imho it's far more rude to speak with your mouth full of food than it is to sheild your plate from said misseles.

YOU were being rude? by not wanting him to spit food on your plate????

maybe try doing iut to him and see how he likes it

I knew Mn would back me up!

yuk. Is he 3?

Sometimes moston I fear he is....

Why couldn't you just tell dh to cover his mouth when talking or just not to talk with food in his mouth as his food starts flying??

I personally think it might have been a bit rude of you to act like that. You could have explained why to him. Sounds to me like you were being a bit insensitive if not, definitely sounds a bit passive aggressive if you ask me!

Yuck, thats what my Grandad use to do (God bless his soul.) Missiles all over the place. He also use to pick the cake out of his teeth, inspect it on his finger for a minute, then put it back in his mouth to chew on.

I also pmsl at the thread title.

Fortunaltely no masticated food was in my moth at the time.

Is he pre menstrual?

dh too has to be reminded that its rude to talk with your mouth full sometimes. Honestly he can be just like a little boy sometimes.

ugh

I think its more aggressive to pull him up on it juicyj and tell him directly not to talk with his mouth full. Bit subtler to shield my food in a no fuss kind of way hoping he will take the hint. Rather blunt to just take him to task on his eating habits as if he is a recalcitrant school boy

And shudder at tiredsville's grandad and his eating habits

No, it doesn't have to be in an aggressive way at all. In fact the way you did handle it was hardly suble, was it?

Why dont you give something like this a try;

For instance, "Darling, can you cover your mouth when eating and talking, as your partially mastificated food is flying from your open orifice onto my plate of food....Oh thankyou darling, your such a kind considerate gentleman...I do love you so"

Not aggressive at all........Or realistic I suppose...never mind we can all live in hope.

Because he would think I'd taken leave of my senses

Do you talk to your dh like this? Poor sod!

Snort - what a load of crap (now that is aggressive)

Actually, she did not point out what was disgusting to her! She done it in exactly the right way(NOT)........and made him leave the table in a nark! Shouting about her being RUDE!

Now correct me if I am wrong, (as I am sure you will) but the dh did feel like she was being,rude, and was angry about the way she handled the situation.
Now, seeing as he was the one that was actually there, then I assume he understood what she was implying about his table manners!

In other words, if the op thinks it was perfectly alright the way she handled the situation, then would she really feel the need to ask if she was being unreasonable! I personally dont think so! If it had have been the right way, he presumably wouldn't have behaved that way!

Errrr, No, I do not talk to my dp like my last thread suggested.....that would be a little strange of me.....Oh, but who knows, maybe my dh would have the sense to realise I am asking him to stop the flying food , but trying to add a touch of humour into the mix instead of making him feel inadequate.

Why dont some of you give it a go, you never no, it might just work......and in the process, stop the problem from continuing.

You're mad