How do you tell someone about a bad habit
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I don't really understand people tearing the op apart. what she described is much more than just eating with mouth open "....eating with mouth wide open, incredibly loudly, getting food everywhere and talking with mouth full" ?.
Mouth so wide open that food is spewing out everywhere, and talking away? yuck. It's the picture of a pig at the trough.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then perhaps seeing video of himself (along with his sounds) eating at a table with other people might be kind of a shock into self-awareness. Just like snorers have no clue until they hear themselves recorded... or when someone sees themselves in a group photo & all of a sudden they realize they've put on lots more weight than they realized? They're like "OMG do I really look like that?!" then they go on a diet, Lol.
Of course have the video shoot for another reason or "occasion", & don't shame him about it. but sounds like talking with him is important for you and the relationship.
Seeing the contrast between himself & others could be a whole new perspective for him.
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My great grandson (less than 3 yrs old) has more self-consciousness that what the op described.
Mouth so wide open that food is spewing out everywhere, and talking away? yuck. It's the picture of a pig at the trough.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then perhaps seeing video of himself (along with his sounds) eating at a table with other people might be kind of a shock into self-awareness. Just like snorers have no clue until they hear themselves recorded... or when someone sees themselves in a group photo & all of a sudden they realize they've put on lots more weight than they realized? They're like "OMG do I really look like that?!" then they go on a diet, Lol.
Of course have the video shoot for another reason or "occasion", & don't shame him about it. but sounds like talking with him is important for you and the relationship.
Seeing the contrast between himself & others could be a whole new perspective for him.
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My great grandson (less than 3 yrs old) has more self-consciousness that what the op described.
I think everyone was more open minded about how bad the situation was until the OP said that they wouldn't invite people to a birthday party due to the same thing. I'm not judging anyone but if your a kid. You have your mind on other things. If your that focused on someone chewing at that age then there are deeper issues to deal with that are your own. Not your spouses.
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I looked back & can't find a post where the Op said that about a birthday party when they were a kid. "(at that age"- what age?)
and still, they describe more than chewing with mouth open.
I had friends straight from Britain & man, they were real strict with their kids about table etiquette. I couldn't relate to that at all, but it's their cultural orientation.
wouldn't matter to the subject, but forum Real Name says "Hannah".
