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FI is actually pretty good with table manners. A bit more sloppy at home, but tolerable.
Mr. Bee, my husband is a lot like you. He can have lovely manners when he wants to, but doesn't feel the need at home. Luckily he doesn't get too upset when I nag him. :)
We are both all the sloppy we want to be in the comfort of our own home, but out in public we are both usually pretty presentable. :)
I think his table manners are a little better than mine! Mine tend to be sloppy. Hazard of having 3 older brothers!
Yes...but he blows his nose at the table, which isn't the end all be all, but sometimes he does it in restaurants! Gross!!! He has gotten better, but he slips now and then...
When the food is almost gone my husband holds the plate right up to his mouth and shovels the food in! And when he eats chocolate ice cream it winds up allll over his lips. He is such a messy eater at home, but I don't mind. I find it homorous and am just glad he likes my cooking! He's has good manners when we go out to eat though.
In most ways, he has great table manners. However, I have one huge pet peeve: he leaves his napkin on the table. It.makes.me.insane. I can hear the voices of ALL the women in my family saying "Put your napkin on your lap".
It's my biggest pet peeve about him....I know that sounds petty...but it makes me crazy. He will do it occasionally, at a wedding, or at my super-formal, work parties, but most of the time, there's the napkin sitting on the table. Urgh!!!!
I think my husband has nice table manners when we are in public, but not at home. He sometimes holds his utensil like a child and shovels his food in. He also chews very loudly at home! I still love him though!
@happilywaiting: If it makes you feel any better, I had a napkin pet peeve with my husband also. When we use paper napkins he puts them on his plate, then puts it in the sink like that. The soggy napkin is sooo annoying, but his parents do that so I know where he got it from, that's for sure!
generally yes he does but lately ive noticed he seems to have a prison seige mentality and sits down, starts shoving food into his face and finishes dinner. i told him that i spend alot of time planning, making and presenting our meals so i would appreciate him showing a bit more respect than just shoving it into his face and i DEF would appreciate some more talk during dinner. *sigh* he's trying to be better.....
@Lillindy - oh gawd....soggy napkins freak me out....so sorry. The sad thing about my guy is that his parents do put their napkins on their laps...he just doesn't. Eeek....soggy napkins=ick. But we love our men anyways. :)
@eloping - I think (and no I don't cook, Mr HW is the chef in our house) your hubby looks at his plate, thinks "YUM", and digs in. I know how you feel, but I do think that's a huge compliment to you that he obviously loves your cooking!
@Happilywaiting: you are so right! thats what hubby says but some days after spending alot of time (and money in produce) making a great meal it rubs me the wrong way, like the time i spent hours making a greek octopus (yuk!) meal and he ate it in about 8mins
LOL eloping! My guy inhales his food too! And he's all of 5'6" and 140lbs on a good day...I'm all yukking right with you about octupus ....I used to like calamari but my cousin ruined it for me in Vegas a couple of years ago.
My FI has really good table manners. I catch myself with my elbows on the table at home.
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He's really good until you give him a hot mug! lol he zips SO LOUD, but it's like music to my ears LOL
FH is 6'10", 250lbs... the size of the bites he takes shocks me sometimes! I don't know how he fits it all into his mouth! FMIL and FFIL both have the best table manners I've ever seen. Maybe it skips a generation? : )
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Ugh, he has horrible table manners, it drives me crazy sometimes!! His whole family does though, at least he doesn't use his utensils like a shovel, which is what some of his siblings do.
I'm working on it. 
Ah, well, if we're in a nice place we act accordingly.We lean on the tables and stuff, though, and talk with our hands. We have blown our noses at the table, but we say excuse me if we can't get out or if it's nothing too snotty and gross. And turn our heads. I've seen a lot worse!
I was recently at a conference where I was the only American and they were all British and Spanish. They ate impeccably with both hands, all fancy like--fork in the left, knife in the right. I don't have any "formal" food training and I can't fork with my left hand, so I ate like I normally did, with just my right hand. I also had jeans and a dress shirt on, lol. I was gesturing and discussing things with my left hand just like normal. I got so tired of putting up this fancy front, that I decided to screw it, because they surely know Americans aren't like that in general. It turned into a cultural discussion, and it turns out they were all completely fascinated by how Americans conduct their lives and didn't view it as rude at all. As someone told me, "why pretend to be who you arent?" But it's not like i was slurping soup and talking foul. =].
My FI has great manners when we're out (his mother taught him well!) but at home he shovels his food soo fast that he's up grabbing 2nds before I've had a chance to sit down and start on my meal. seriously. I know I'm a great cook, but I said to him can you even taste the food when you eat that fast? He just smiled and said "Well, the first bite is sooo good I just wanna eat it all!"
I'd say he has pretty good table manners. I've been impressed that he always knows what fork to use and all that stuff. ;) At home, although we're fine with manners, we never really eat at the table. Usually we sit on the couch and watch House Hunters while we eat dinner. I suppose TV trays on the couch isn't all that fancy, but it works for us!
Funny topic! The FIRST thing my mom noticed about my FH is that he eats weird! Like, holds both his fork and knife in this weird fist-like grip...the crazy thing is I never realized it until she pointed it out...now it's hard to look away!
Mr Frenchie has pretty good manners... my ex however used to lick his knife when he was finished with it!!!
Mr LL has much better table manners than I do sometimes!
We're both quite well mannered out to eat or with company over, but when we're by ourselves, I put my feet up on chairs, put utensils in my mouth upside down and lick my fingers! He gets kind of annoyed, I think!
Very much! He hold his steak knife like a true awkward leftie, but I don't count it against him.
Very good, except there is room for improvement when he eats soup!
My FH has very good manners all around (including table) which is nice and saves me from having to ask/nag!
Sounds like we have some great fiances/hubbys ladies :)
Ahhh... my guy has fine manners... he just eats sooooo fast!! I eat like 3 bites and he is done his whole plate! It is so weird... its especially annoying when we go out to eat and he sits there watching me eat for like 20 minutes cuz he is already done! It makes me feel like I am a snail or I am eating too much... It used to bother me way more... but now that we have been together for so long I'm more used to it.
Haha, Dani Jo I am the opposite! I get full really quickly so I always watch him eat dinner for like 20 mins! It's awful on this end too, just so you know! We're pretty used to it too now and joke about it all the time.
My fi has very good table manners. We recently went to a RD where the MOH was eating her food off her plate with her fingers, tipping her head back and throwing food in off her fingers, etc. I was absolutely horrified. I don't know what I would do if my fi was like that... !!!
Neither one of us is prim and proper all the time... but we can both be polite and have good manners when necessary.
In the comfort of our own home, FI will oftentimes burp loudly during meals... it's pretty disgusting, but I'm used to it, LOL.
My FI has great table manners...in fact, I'm the one who's clumsy. Let me rephrase that - I have good table manners, but I tend to be more accident prone...I can be the perfect dinner date, but I'd need to concentrate that I don't spill, drop, or drip. My FI, on the other hand, I have only seen him with food stain on his shirt once or twice!
Carri, I agree with you about being accident prone.
I have good table manners but his are even better than mine. He's definitely a guy in all respects, but when it comes to eating, he's all about being proper.
My man was raised by wolves.
He likes to deconsruct food before actually eating it, use (and lick!) his fingers, he doesn't use a knife (he will hack at a piece of meat with his fork), and the piece de resistance, will lick (literally) the plate clean if given the opportunity. Restaurant or not.
I love my husband, but...he needs some help! Mostly, the problem is that he just eats so dang fast! Seriously, he just inhales the food right off his plate. I don't think he even chews. If he's eating something like popcorn, he practically shovels it in, using his whole hand to put it all in his mouth. I usually tease him about it, saying something about how "no one is going to take it away." It's not uncommon for something to end up on his shirt, the floor, the couch- wherever he's eating in his apparent daily quest to beat the record for food consumed in the least amount of time. I'm not perfect, but my table manners are better. I'm sure he would have a few things to say about me when it comes to other areas, like cleaning or procrastinating!
My grandparents were really strict with me when I was younger to demonstrate good table manners.
And my FI is in the military, so he's had to learn proper etiquette for when he has formal engagements. He's probably better than I am!
FI has pretty good table manners - they are a lot better when we are with other people or out at a restaurant. Sometimes I will catch him chomping or chewing with his mouth open (two things I absolutely hate!) and I will tell him 'baby, youre chomping" and hell immediately stop! He honestly didnt even start doing this until like 6 months ago....which is about the time we got engaged so I guess he must have just gotten really comfortable all of a sudden!
FI is a neanderthal. "Fingers are God's way of saying 'Here-have a fork!' "
It's disgusting and embarassing. I am big on table manners.
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I am capable of eating "properly", if I concentrate on it. But I usually don't, and feel bad that Mrs. Bee has to witness my horrific table manners.
Of course, Mrs. Bee has perfect table manners and is a joy to watch - eating or not.
How about you and your FI?