"Sucking Fingers"

YUCK!   I would just die if my husband did this.   Of all the British people I've had dinner with, NO ONE has ever had this habit.  

Geez, talk about being gross! However if I saw this I don't know if I'd be grossed out or start laughing.

And they say us yanks have bad table manners!

i have not noticed any finger sucking in my fiancee's family and friends but DF has the tendancy to pick his teeth after dinner and that BUGS me like you wouldn't believe.  I mean, go into the bathroom for goodness sakes!

That's one thing i'm working to train him out of......he claims to not do it when he's traveling for work and all....but EWW.  Don't do it in front of the future wife either!  BLAH.

No   after that!

I hereby solemly swear to let no figer of mine be sucked at Chilis....by my husband or otherwise!  

Honest!!  

I hereby solemly swear to let no figer of mine be sucked at Chilis....by my husband or otherwise!  

Honest!!  

only explanation I could give you would be that brits don't use napkins as much as americans do.  I put napkins on the table for dinner and my husband often puts his back in the drawer after we eat because he hasn't used it. That's okay with me as long as I have me napkin to use.  That was one thing another american that visited an English friend of mine complained about. sorry but we americans are used to napkins. To each his own I guess. lol

Ya know kitty, i never realized how much i use paper towels and napkins and disposable items until i started traveling to the UK.  Everyone there uses washables while in my apartment, we're all about the disposable.

THAT will take some getting used to.

The napkin thing is funny because I have *always* forgotten to put out napkins at home or bring them to the table when eating someplace like McDonald's or Taco Bell.  My mother has been on my case about it for years - especially with small children at the table!

Just another way I already was more like the English - along with not switching my fork from left to right hand...

Just a word to the wise, caligirl....these British guys will try to blame *everything* on "that's just the way we do it here!" thinking you don't know any different.  

 This made me laugh, because it's soooooooooo true :lol

I have seen my husband suck his fingers after eating,,and now that I think about it, he does it quite noisely too    I have gotten him into the habit of using a lap cloth when eating now, so the finger sucking is reduced. But if we are having burgers or something,, he reverts back to fingersucking. Gonna have to have a talk with him :lol

I think it depends on what you're eating, really.  I mean, KFC built their reputation on being "Finger Lickin' Good"!  

Ok this comment didn't seam to get an answer but I believe it was a bloody clever one.  So my dear AMericans   American company built their name with the phrase "Finger Licking Good" so maybe it is not such a brit thing.  And lets be honest Barbecue spare ribs are tough to eat without licking your fingers too.

You guys/gals have been great with all your responses.  Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!  Glad I was referred to this group of wonderful people.

I love to laugh, and this has brought me many smiles!

Hugs,
Cali

*Caligirl living a life in England*

And lets be honest Barbecue spare ribs are tough to eat without licking your fingers too.

So are Cheetos and Wotsits, for that matter!

 New one on me too!  My hubby does slurp his tea and that drives me batty   LOL


 Hey Wish enough about my Eastenders hehehehe

I have to admit that my hubby did it a couple of times during our meal at home and I said "ewww, please don't do that!"  He said that the British do that. My step-daughter is 15 and she does it too ...sometimes not all the time during a meal at home.  Do I tell her not to do it too?

First off, only after a couple of years did I realize that saying "this is how the Brits do it" became an easy way to get me to stop being on my husband's case. Oh, not that I didn't deserve it. I think I tended to do the comparison thing without meaning to. I am finding out now that he could have said "this is how *I* do it" because that's more the case. Heck, I have my own individual quirks that I'm sure I share with others...doesn't necessarily make it 'an American thing'.

And yes, by osmosis, his daughter is going to pick up on these habits; that's more of a nuture thing rather than a cultural thing. Personally, I don't think I would ask her not to do it since it's something that seems to be accepted in the family.

BUT, I do agree that the minimal use of napkins has a great deal to do with this, and that would be a cultural thing.

I still think it is bad etiquette...agree or disagree?

I refuse to answer this question on the grounds it might incriminate me.

Ok this comment didn't seam to get an answer but I believe it was a bloody clever one.  So my dear AMericans   American company built their name with the phrase "Finger Licking Good" so maybe it is not such a brit thing.  And lets be honest Barbecue spare ribs are tough to eat without licking your fingers too.

Thank you!