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When dining out, is it okay for your friend/partner to dig into your plate of food?

I was invited to lunch by a male friend, not a boyfriend and we ordered from the menu. I ordered lamb noisette and had just started to eat, when he wanted a bit of lamb on my plate and proceeded to take a bit with his fork. I was quite surprised and quite upset. He thought it was okay to share from each others plates, but I think it is a horrible habit. Maybe I am a little uptight about not sharing my meal unless it is a sharing platter or at least offered by me. Needless to say, I won't be accepting any more invitations from him. Am I uptight?


Created By on 11/11/2024

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CaroleAH
1 days ago (Last activity: 13th Nov 2024 10:25:59)
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I think that I would have been horrified as well WhiteCrow! I have been known to pinch a chip from my daughters' plates - at home, but would never do so in a restaurant.
Response from WhiteCrow Original Poster made 1 days ago
I see in many romantic movies that they seem to feed each other like birds feeding their young, and lost in a haze of blissful love, they dig into each others plates of food.
Maybe my lunch date had seen far too many romantic movies is all I can say Carole.
Response from CaroleAH made 1 days ago
Oh dear! He's going to be disappointed if he asks you out again ......... unless you choose something that you know he won't like 🙂
Response from WhiteCrow Original Poster made 1 days ago > @CaroleAH
If he asks me out again? Not Pygmalion likely! >:(
Response from CaroleAH made 1 days ago
Not heard that expression before!!! 🙂 😉
Response from WhiteCrow Original Poster made 17 hours ago > @CaroleAH
It is an expression derived from Shaw's Pygmalion play of 1913,
a humerous way of saying "not bl**dy likely." Carole.
Response from CaroleAH made 16 hours ago
Brilliant! 🙂

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