She’s not happy with his three-pack-a-day habit.
A woman has drawn mixed responses online after wondering whether she should break up with her boyfriend over his “disgusting” chip addiction.
“Should I dump my boyfriend because he won’t stop eating crisps?” she inquired in an a-pack-alyptic post blowing up on the forum “Mumsnet.”
The woman wrote that she had been dating the unnamed snack addict for 7 months and that everything seemed “great on paper.”
“He is kind, has a good job that pays well, not bad looking, treats me well and never allows me to pay for anything,” gushed the poster, who said they live separately but are planning to move in together.
However, the poster said she had reservations due to Mr. Right’s revolting “eating/snacking habits,” which she said made her develop “the ick.”
During a recent two-week trip to Spain — their first vacay that was over three days — the lovestruck gal noticed that he devoured at “least 3 packets of crisps per day.”
In addition, these weren’t the “the sophisticated type i.e kettle chips,” per the post, but rather allegedly low-rent brands like “Space Raiders” ( a corn and wheat snack shaped like a martian head), “Monster Munch” (a monster-shaped munchie) and Nik Naks (an extruded corn snack).
In fact, she claimed he forwent the local fare in favor of gorging on British food, McDonald’s and crisps — which he bought in bulk at the local grocery store.
His table manners are also appalling, per the post. After eating his fill, the snack-head “doesn’t wash his hands after eating the crisps” — at least without a prompt — which “results in him having disgusting synthetic crisp dust all over his fingers and fingernails.”
“Even more disgustingly, after he’s finished with a packet, he arches back his head and empties the remnants of the crisp crumbs into his mouth,” she continued about the crumb-y habit. “But the most disgusting is sometimes, after finishing a packet, he will blow up the packet like a balloon and pop it.”
She added, “This has resulted in me being sprayed with crumbs. I’ve also found scrunched up crisp packets wedged behind his bed, almost as though he can’t be bothered to walk to the bin.”
Suffice it to say, captain crunch’s chip addiction has given her serious doubts about the future of their relationship. “I haven’t said anything yet, he is keen to start looking for a flat to rent together, but I just can’t help but thinking I would prefer a man who doesn’t eat over 3 packets of crisps a day and doesn’t smell like pickled onion Monster Munch or cheesy wotsits,” she concluded. “Is eating all of those crisps a dumpable offense?”
Commenters overwhelmingly agreed with her assessment with a poll showing that 63% felt that she was “not being unreasonably.”
“You’re not compatible!!! He’s not up to your standards. Move on, don’t settle!” said one defender, while another wrote, “Clearly, you are not compatible. Don’t flog a dead horse.”
“I love a crisp myself, but Jesus,” argued a third. “That sounds horrific, especially the inflating/bursting the empty bags and showering you in ultra-ultra processed crap.”
Some seemed more offended by her beau’s unwillingness to try local cuisine while abroad. “I wouldn’t give a s–t if someone ate a few packets of crisps,” said one. “I couldn’t live with someone who went abroad and didn’t want to eat any local food though. I can’t stand unadventurous eaters; it drives me mad.”
However, others felt like she shouldn’t give him the axe over snacks.
“Dump him. He can do better than a crisp snob,” scoffed one critic.
Another inquired, “On this one I’d say depends on how he is personality wise overall how he treats you etc?”
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