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clearlyoblique wrote :
But I've been blind sided by "partial eaters". Men who only eat part of their meal. One memorable time ... I asked "is your food OK? Did you enjoy this?" (I was treating). He responded: "Oh yes. I'm done. Mama always said I eat like a bird!"

And you know what? He was, indeed, done.
Except under unusual circumstances, I make a sincere effort to eat everything I order.

I need the foods.

Feed me!
- November 7th, 2009, 06:56 pm
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Harvey7 wrote :
You are definitely the type of date (ungracious) ...
You need to put a shirt on your Captain Kirk ... please ... think of the children!
- November 7th, 2009, 06:59 pm
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Except under unusual circumstances, I make a sincere effort to eat everything I order.
And now I'm curious...what do you consider an unusual circumstance? :P
- November 7th, 2009, 08:03 pm
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You continue eating. The faster eater waits.

I'm a fast eater. But I've been blind sided by "partial eaters". Men who only eat part of their meal. One memorable time ... I asked "is your food OK? Did you enjoy this?" (I was treating). He responded: "Oh yes. I'm done. Mama always said I eat like a bird!"

And you know what? He was, indeed, done.

But let's face it, the longer you live alone, the less likely you are to remember everything about group table manners ... it takes practice.

I can tolerate almost anything except eating with mouth open ... smacking food while eating ... being rude to wait staff. Those are deal breakers.

Well ... don't comment on what Mama says. I'm sure she's a fine lady ... but I don't want to think about her serving you food and patting you on the belly while you are trying to kiss me.

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You are definitely the type of date (ungracious) that a guy would excuse himself to go to the mens room and just leave you sitting at the table and not return! If he was a gentleman he would also pay the check before leaving or not.

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Huh ? Either i'm missing something, or you skipped your meds today. (or possibly both)
The skipped meds sounds about right. Harvey is obviously seeing things that aren't there in any way, shape or form. There's absolutely nothing in CO's post that could be categorized as being an 'ungracious' date. In fact, checking to make sure her date's food was ok when he pushed aside a half-eaten meal shows concern for his comfort.

And he didn't see what was there. i.e that CO was treating. Yeah, how ungracious of her.
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Faira wrote :
I'm a really slow eater, even slower if I'm having a conversation while I'm eating. If I stopped when the other party was finished, I'd often leaving the restaurant hungry but with a lot of food.
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We must go to dinner one of these days and see which of us is the slowest eater...lol! I'm often the last one finished as well...
Well, if you two are going to have a contest to determine who eats slowest, I want to have a contest with someone to see who eats fastest

Last fall I was helping my brother with some pre-wedding errands, and one night, we grabbed a quick supper at the food court in a local mall. He told me that we were pressed for time, and asked that I eat fast. So I did. When I was done my meal, I looked up and noticed he was little more than half done (we had ordered essentially the same thing). He said he wished he had a video camera, because no one was going to believe that someone else had eaten faster than he had.

I guess we grew up in the same family; there were 8 of us, all with hearty appetites. The faster you ate, the more food you got
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Well, if you two are going to have a contest to determine who eats slowest, I want to have a contest with someone to see who eats fastest

Last fall I was helping my brother with some pre-wedding errands, and one night, we grabbed a quick supper at the food court in a local mall. He told me that we were pressed for time, and asked that I eat fast. So I did. When I was done my meal, I looked up and noticed he was little more than half done (we had ordered essentially the same thing). He said he wished he had a video camera, because no one was going to believe that someone else had eaten faster than he had.

I guess we grew up in the same family; there were 8 of us, all with hearty appetites. The faster you ate, the more food you got
Ha! Peg, my dad grew up with 2 brothers and 2 sisters and he was the baby. He has always eaten fast and says almost the same thing: If you want food, you gotta eat fast!
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Join the military ... you will learn to eat fast! ; )
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Ha! Peg, my dad grew up with 2 brothers and 2 sisters and he was the baby. He has always eaten fast and says almost the same thing: If you want food, you gotta eat fast!
I've often heard that people who grew up in large families tend to be faster eaters - I think precisely for that reason.
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Yep. And then, like nightling said, he joined the Navy right after high school, so it only got worse!
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Faira wrote :
And now I'm curious...what do you consider an unusual circumstance? :P
When she's hungrier than I ...

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Join the military ... you will learn to eat fast! ; )
Was in the Army ... it didn't work.
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