The Sound of Eating

[clevername]

I usually find the sound of loud drinkers/swallowers much more annoying.

[jim]

I usually find the sound of loud drinkers/swallowers much more annoying.

That kind of turns me on to be honest. I like enthusiasm.

[sighyoung]

I had a grad school roommate who smacked his lips with every bite. After a few months, I couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't eat in the same room with him. Add to that that he was manic depressive, on ineffective medication, had the emotional maturity of a twelve-year-old, and wouldn't help shop, do chores, or clean up after himself, and I wound up having a very, very long year renting with this guy.

[sighyoung]

Right now I'm listening to my girlfriend eat Wheat Thins. I don't know if she's an inordinately loud chewer or what, but it's making me go insane. The sound of the crunching is making my blood boil. It's especially bad because she loves that snack, so I listen to it virtually every time I come over here.

This is the point in the Poe short story when the narrator 1) commits murder and walls up the body, or 2) confesses to the police about the murder, or 3) maims an innocent animal, or 4) is confronted by his sister, whom he accidentally buried alive in the backyard.

So keep us informed, will you?

[Freed Roger]

how about people who make a clicking noise when they eat (not sure if its jaws, or teeth - but it is annoying).

Maybe a phsychologist should chime in on why the sound of late night eating is especially annoying. I've noticed that eating sounds that you can tune out during the day, just grate on you at night. I'll be eating some chips, and look across the room and see an evil look from Mrs. Freed (as she sharpens a knife.) Then its been reversed, her chip eating drives me up a wall.

I suspect at the end of the day, the nerve endings are sensitive or the coping mechanisms are shutting down. I'd be curious to know if there is truth to this.

[thrill]

I usually find the sound of loud drinkers/swallowers much more annoying.

That kind of turns me on to be honest. I like enthusiasm.

We could all learn a lesson or two from Jim about having perspective in life. He has his priorities right.

[brats&beer]

Wife's grandfather can loudly crunch every seed on a strawberry. Not annoying, tho.

I, however, try to eat cereal by holding the spoon 11 inches from my mouth and loudly inhaling, making the cereal levitate all the way into my mouth, where I crunch it loudly while smacking my lips and humming. And after I'm finished the milk I ingested makes me belch at an ear-shattering decibel.

EDIT: Oh, and wife gulps while drinking - I friggin' hate that!

[cardsfansince82]

I've made this exact rant probably 2 or 3 times before on here. Piss poor table manners are by far my biggest pet peeve. I started making "moo"ing sounds at my college roommate when he ate until he finally got the hint. Chewing loudly, mouth open, any excessive noise, obnoxious gum chewing...it all makes my blood boil. What I can't figure out is how my mom, dad and sister are all really bad about this, but my brother and I are the exact opposite and can't stand it.

[redbirdjazzz]

Wife's grandfather can loudly crunch every seed on a strawberry. Not annoying, tho.

I, however, try to eat cereal by holding the spoon 11 inches from my mouth and loudly inhaling, making the cereal levitate all the way into my mouth, where I crunch it loudly while smacking my lips and humming. And after I'm finished the milk I ingested makes me belch at an ear-shattering decibel.

EDIT: Oh, and wife gulps while drinking - I friggin' hate that!

Every male on my dad's side of the family (I guess I don't know about my 8 month old cousin yet) crunches strawberry seeds; none of the women do, nor do they see how it's possible to actually chew something that small. None of us understand how it's possible not to chew them.

[MrSaigon]

You all may want to avoid the eastern parts of Asia.