[Holidayromp]

This is a part vent and a part what do you think.

The television advertisment where she decides she wants a salad and he has the beef but when the salad comes out she is clearly not happy with her choice and decides to go halves with her reluctant partner, dumping half of her boring, unappetising salad on his plate and then gets the sh*ts when he is not happy to share. This ad annoys me because it does happen in real life and secondly if you have made a bad food choice, suck it up because I ain't sharing.

I have ordered meals where I have been less than impressed with while people around me have got fantastic portions and look so much better including what my husband has ordered but I would just suck it up and not expect to share because of my poor choices.

I am all for tasting DH and I do it all the time. My sister and her partner each order a meal eat half and then swap that is something that works for them and they always do it because it means they each get to try two meals.

What do you think? If you ordered something that you looked forward to receiving only to find the person you are having a meal did not like their choice and suddenly decided to share and dumped half of their meal on your plate expecting you to return the favour would you be annoyed? Would you allow the 'sharing' to happen? Is it a case of its my meal and only I will enjoy it? Or no sharing but you can have a taste?

I know that it is only a television ad but I think sharing food like bill splitting should only happen when all parties are 100% for it.

Oops:I have accidently posted in the wrong section. Mods please move to WDYT if you think that it shouldn't be here.

This post has been edited by Holidayromp: 18/06/2012, 08:45 AM

[maeby]

I love sharing. Like the OPs sister, DH and I pretty much always share our meals in restaurants. If we aren't sharing but I have something delicious, I usually force a bit of it on him anyway, just because I wouldn't want him to miss out on something so tasty. If he didn't like his meal I would probably offer to share (assuming I didn't dislike it more than he did) and he does the same for me.

That ad is stupid, though. Salad woman deserves her salad. Sharing requires discussion before you order, and knowledge that the other person approves of both choices.

[TopsyTurvy]

If we both agree to share before the meals arrive then it's all good for sharing, but if not and my meal is better than yours or vice versa then suffer!!

[MrsLexiK]

That women in the add peeves me off. DH and I share about 75% of the time but it is spoken about beforehand.

[Angelina Balleri...]

I don't care to share.

[Chocolate Addict]

Oh yeah, I hate that ad too. She should have ordered something else if she didn't want the salad.

I offer a taste to close friends sometimes but they only have a fork/spoon full.

[starfire]

Yeah, the ad is a bit off and doesn't really get its point across very well. Salad woman should have been made to suffer with her salad - if you don't think your meal options through before ordering, its your own fault and no one should have to suffer because of it. I know its an ad though and they were trying to make it sound like beef is the "best" yum but it was a really bad way of making their point imo.

If my DH and I want to share meals, we always discuss it first before ordering, that way we both get something we want and work out how to divvy it up to ensure that either party doesn't go hungry as sometimes the meal proportions differ depending on what dish is ordered.

If one of us ordered a meal and decided to 'share' by taking the other half's meal like what happened in the tv ad - quite honestly we would be peeved off! I know I would be! Eat your own meal and keep your hands off mine!

But in saying that, we do taste each other's meals if one of us gets something different and want to compare flavours or want to comment on how good it is - we do this quite often but we don't do it without asking and only take a small bit.

[Holidayromp]

Thank you so much for your replies. At least I am not alone in the way I was feeling about the ad. It makes me feel warranted to yell at the tv.

I just wanted to add another question. Has anyone been in the position where they were part of an unwanted food transaction like the ad?

[Holidayromp]

But in saying that, we do taste each other's meals if one of us gets something different and want to compare flavours or want to comment on how good it is - we do this quite often but we don't do it without asking and only take a small bit.

dh did this to me once. I was enjoying a beautiful piece of salmon with crispy skin and savouring every mouthful but he dived right in and took a piece of it and wondered why I got the sh*ts with him. He had finished his food and not once did he offer a try of his. If he had asked first I would have been okay about it. I was annoyed to say the least.

[The Old Bag]

We ail happily share our food. It's not unusual for us to coordinate or order when eating out, so we get a nice combination of things to try. Very rarely would we order the same thing.

I'd be seriously miffed if my DH or kids got all protective about their food and wouldn't let anyone else try it.

Gawd, can't believe were all talking about a stupid ad! Lol.