Do you get annoyed with people's 'eating noises'?

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My friend makes the most horrendous noise when he's sucking a boiled sweet.

Gulping
chewing
smacking lips
breathing heavily through their nose while eating
teeth dragged down fork when they take a bite
moaning and groaning while they eat --husband and my dad
clicky jaw (me )
the AHHHHH after their done or after drinking
licking fingers
using their fork or spoon like a shovel
tapping their silverware on the table (repetitive)

My kids are 15 and 10 and right from the get-go I've been on their butts about the "proper" way to eat. I would go SQUIRRELY if I went to another person's house to eat and their kids are all smacking their lips and licking their plates. UGHHH I just can't concentrate on anything because that's all I hear. I remember one meal I just couldn't even eat til everyone was done. That's how bad their family was with table manners!!

What on earth is a "boiled sweet"? LOL and someone mentioned using their fork upside for rice and noodles? Upside down? How?

My brother does. Especially when I eat spaghetti.

Try living in Japan where slurping noodles is considered a compliment to the chef. I know it's just their cullture but I get so annoyed I feel like screaming!

Same here. I more so dislike the way it sounds when people gulp drinks and people that chew with their mouth open of course. Then again people tell me that when I eat like chips that I have a hollow head at least my mom says that.

slurping is the worst!! !!

I hate the sound of mom chewing, particularly things like cereal or anything crunchy.

I also hate the sound of someone trying to get the last bits of ANYTHING in a glass/porcelain bowl with a metal spoon.

I ALSO despise slurping, or watching people wipe up food off a plate with bread OR (100 times worse) a fork and/or knife. Fingers on chalkboard sound to infinity.

I also don't like watching someone eat, regardless of noises, if they have a problem keeping their mouth still when lifting food to it.

And they wonder why I always want to eat in my room...

I do get bothered by it, but I know that I probably sound the same, so I try not to judge. The only person under the same roof as me that is a man is my step-dad, and his eating noises bother me the worst. I can't even eat in the same room as him. He sounds like he has a cold all the time, and it's especially bad when he eats meat.

Peoples' eating noises disturb me greatly, which sucks because a person in my house makes them every time they eat and every so often I end up blowing up on them for it and no one gets it.

I have a co-worker who smacks his lips, & slurps his food during lunch. If he did it quietly, I'm sure it would be less bothersome. However, he's really loud! It's possible it's a cultural thing. He also likes to nuke fish in the microwave which makes the whole office stink. Not only is it gross, but really unappetizing.

Anyway, I found a way around it...I just don't take a lunch break anymore. Problem solved!

Eating noises definitely annoy me, but only when they're over-the-top. In the break room where I work, some people (err, mostly immigrants) just chew everything with their mouths wide open, gnashing and gnawing to their hearts' content. It is so cringeworthy, I usually switch tables to be as far away from the offender as possible. I don't care if it makes me look rude! The loud chewer is rude himself, and clearly ill-bred. When you chew with such reckless abandon and lack of regard for other people's peace and quiet, it definitely says something about your upbringing; i.e. it paints you as, well, kinda trashy and low-class. It doesn't matter what sector of society you come from; everyone should be taught basic etiquette, which is at its core about respect for others. As much as the id in you wants to eat everything with gusto, *nobody* else wants to hear that. If the food you're eating is delicious, it will remain delicious whether you slurp it with your mouth hanging wide open, or chew small, sensible bites with your mouth closed. I know that not every culture has these rules about eating, but MAN I wish people would make a better effort to ASSIMILATE. Of course, that's not entirely fair, considering that many born-and-bred Americans are just as bad. And that's back to the whole "poor upbringing" thing.

I mean, I know that you can't, and shouldn't be expected to, eat food completely noiselessly. Some foods are, per se, louder than others, like crunchy foods. Crunching doesn't bother me, it's those unnecessary swishing, slurpy sounds and the way some people eat as if they are literally *starving,* desperately clanking their utensils in their bowls/plates to shovel food down their throats as quickly as possible. Anyone who eats this way should try to pace their meals better throughout the day so that they are not starving by the time they sit down to a meal. For the record, thorough chewing is a good thing, and important to do because it's better for digestion. I've read that you should chew your food until it's completely liquid. Well, I don't really have the patience to chew that much (plus it sounds gross) but you should chew it well, just chew with your teeth; don't smack your lips, swish, make throaty/gutteral sounds, etc.

I just wanted to add, the to person who said that his dog's eating noises bothered him so much that it led him to physically hurt his pet: That is not ok. Pets should be taught general obedience and boundaries, but are definitely not subject to the same table manners as humans. They're animals; they aren't mindful of how others perceive them; certainly not their chewing. They eat according to their instincts. If you are physically hurting your dog and you think it's the dog's fault because he can't eat silently, then you should not be having any pets whatsoever and you need help with your anger issues. That kind of behavior (abuse of animals) is psychotic and can be a precursor to violence toward other people.

I know it's been half a year, but for the people who asked what a "boiled sweet" is, it's just another phrase for "hard candy." It comes from the fact that it is made by bringing sugar syrup to its boiling point.

(Hmmm, what if the Ellen Page movie, "Hard Candy" was called "Boiled Sweet" instead? Somehow it just doesn't work.)

As far as eating noises go, I know some people who have chronic stuffed up noses, due to allergies or whatever. They make a lot of noise because they can't breathe through their noses when they eat.

Frankly, I think if you have that problem, you should at least acknowledge it and apologize for the revolting sounds you are making, and maybe eat away from people as much as possible.