# Your Eating Manners when No One's Around **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943 "2013-02-21T04:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/21 "2013-02-23T17:51:33Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > There is a reason I only eat long pasta at home. I’m not a good twirler and I have a small capacity mouth. I twirl what I can onto the fork, then put the hunk in my mouth will all the noodle ends hanging out. Then I bite off the noodles and let them fall to the plate. Home alone and feeling lazy? I’d cut it up the way I would for a toddler. Of course it would be leftover pasta. I don’t cook real food for just me. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/22 "2013-02-25T03:23:14Z")
It’s not my manners that go out the window when I eat by myself, it’s my eating habits. This evening is a good example. I’m the only one awake. I very daintily consumed a dinner of chocolate chips, ice cream, popcorn and a small mountain of crackers with pesto and tapenade on them, all washed down with a hefty glass of port. My children, on the other hand, enjoyed a fairly healthy meal of scrambled eggs, broccoli (one of their favorite veggies) and clementines a couple of hours beforehand. This is why I usually eat with my children, especially when trying to lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/23 "2013-02-25T03:34:15Z")
The Three Second Rule is much more in force when nobody’s watching. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/24 "2013-02-25T04:05:52Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > The Three Second Rule is much more in force when nobody’s watching. We’re more generous - it’s the Five Second Rule in our house. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/25 "2013-02-25T06:06:17Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > We’re more generous - it’s the Five Second Rule in our house. When no one’s watching it’s the “I’ll hafta remember that’s there later” rule. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/26 "2013-02-25T13:28:34Z")
They are basically the same, put napkin on lap, knives and forks etc. the only thing I might do when I am alone, is put my elbow on the table. ( but hear my moms voice" elbows off the table Mable" in the back of my head) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/27 "2013-02-25T13:49:18Z")
About the only thing I do differently when I’m alone, is read at the table. But I do that at breakfast anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/28 "2013-02-25T20:54:09Z")
Although my behavior when eating alone is not as likely to change, there is a much greater chance that I’m nude or semi-nude. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943/29 "2013-02-25T21:24:49Z")
I eat nude or in my underwear. I’ll sit on the couch in front of the TV. I eat asparagus with my fingers. That’s really about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-eating-manners-when-no-ones-around/650943.md?page=1)