Would you give your companion a bite?

My husband and I share food all the time! Sometimes we look over the menu and when more than one thing looks good and we can't decide which to order; I will choose one and he will get the other. Then we can share. I also share with my parents and my children. Letting my kids taste my food is a good way for them to try new things. They can order what they know they like so they don't waste a whole meal if it turns out they don't like something. I like sharing personally. Well...unless it is dessert!

I have no problem sharing a bite or two with whomever I'm with in that type of situation. This can be a great advantage especially if you have never tried something and are curious. Now I might cut off a section and push it to the side so they can take it with their fork. That's just ground in from germs and such but I don't have a problem with sharing. I have known people who absolutely refuse to do so as well and that is their choice. My thought is if you know they refuse all the time why continue to ask? They aren't going to change and if anything continuing to ask will just cause them to get aggravated and refuse even more. It's best to honor their choice and just enjoy your own meal.

Hubby and I always give each other a sample of our dinner. I would think it strange if he refused to share a bit of his dinner or visa versa. I have to admit if I were to order something that I really loved but rarely could afford it would be harder to give up those bits; but I would. My daughter and I make it a point to order seperate meals that we both love so we can share them. It is great going out for dinner with her because we like the same types of foods so it is like getting two dinners each (sort of). Why do you think your uncle doesn't like to share his food?

I usually will ask my fiance if he wants a bite of whatever I am eating, but only if it is something that I know he might try. He is very picky and I do not push it if he doesn't wish to try it. Sometimes I will ask for a bite of his but very rarely. I suppose it all depends on the atmosphere of the restaurant as to whether or not I will or wont, but we hardly in a restaurant where I feel it might offend... Do you ever feel as if it might be against policy for you to allow your husband to try a bite?

WE share all the time! He'll offer me a taste, I'll give him a taste. Its just natural to us. We do that with the kids too. If they want to try ours, we give them some, and we'll take bits right off their plate. I share with my mom too, sips of her soda, bites of her sandwich. Its really not a big deal in my family.

hi shizuoka, i do this sometimes. taste my friend's food. lol.. and i like to share my food as well. i mean, when a friend of mine would go out and eat in a new place or a place where my friend has been to but i havent been; i like to order a different meal from my friend and a meal that he/she hasnt tasted yet. i would ask permission if i could ask some of their meal, my friend wont say no to me wanting to taste her meal. and i try to give her my meal as well but sometimes she would say no. i dont know why though. lol.. sharing is fun... :D

My husband, my son and I are used to share with each other, what we have ordered on the table. How pleasant and intimate sharing eating foods with our loved ones. My friends and I do like to share foods with others especially during our foreign trip. It is really interesting and joyous eating in this way. Let say if each one of the 5 of us to order one dish then we could enjoy eating 5 dishes of different flavor of food at the same time and save money as well.

I love to share food! I get hurt if we don't share our food at meals. Usually it's me forcing him to taste mine, though because he's not only extremely picky but also very narrow-minded about food and I'm always wanting him to try new things. But yes, we almost always share food.

Yeah sure i would give him a bite. Infact both of us exchage this together. He is the one to infact say to me to have a bite and c how it is, and i do the same, if mine is tasty too..

I think nothing's wrong with me... My frineds and I usually do this... We order different things and we invite each other to taste each of our food to determine which is the tasty one... I think it is the embodiment of a relationship, to share something with your love ones...

well it depends, I don't mind sharing my food at all. But I don't like people just picking food from my plate without asking. My children always do that and I just hate it. I do encourage my kids to learn to eat all kinds of different stuff, but not just take without asking

Of course! My family has always made sure to order different meals when we go out together so that we can all have a taste of a number of the things on the menu and preview it in case we come back again, and be able to recommend certain dishes to other people. Not to mention, the more yummy food I get to have in one night, the better! =D

Usually my husband will just take a bite of my food or if I'm getting full I will give him my food. I don't care if he eats off my plate just as long as he doesn't eat it all lol.

lol... you are sharing ur life with them, what's with a spoon of ice cream or salad. I would surely share and try to taste what they have ordered for themselves. It wouldn't look bad cos we are just socialising. We share food with our friends and all, what's with sharing it with a date. Although with me it depends actually. If I love something, I share only a small tiny bit of it. NOt more not less. Only a little bit. But most of the times, I just share. bourne

I wouldn't have any qualms but would insist that I got a bite of his back! lol. I think it makes a relationship to share this way and I love all that! Some people are squeamish about sharing eating utensils and such like, but they're so mistaken about germs, as saliva contains antiseptic properties. So that's a fallacy as far as I'm concerned. Brightest Blessings.

Hello shizuoka!:-) I don't know about the dates as someone can be a stranger, well kind of (I don't know about dates much) but I always took it for granted that Family, Spouse and Friends are to share. It never occurred to me that it could be any other way. Well, we learn new things every day! :-) For me, I am in habit of sharing my food stuff or drinks with all my family and close friends. Heck, we in our family or close friends don't even 'ask' before taking a bite from someone else's food, well, sometimes we do but then it's only a formality, LOL! So, when one can share with family (extended) and friends, a spouse is a very close person, how could one not share things with them? Like I said before, we normally don't even ask about taking a bite before actually taking one. We have a free permission for each other to taste anything anytime. Sometimes (well, I would like most of the time), when I and my partner are eating, we even share the same plate or bowl. I mean it has been a given for us. Only time when someone would share is when they are ill and have fear that others may get the problem too. That's about the only time when sharing is prohibited.

I would give them a taste! That's what relationships are about! Sharing! LOL...I do know some people that don't like to share though and guess it's just a matter of opinion..or their preference. But for me..it's okay if someone tastes something of mine. They might have something on their plate that I want to taste too!

I don't see why anyone would have a particular problem with this kind of thing. ITs a way to try something new to see if you like it. Us Moms, we eat after our kids all the time, often the only time we get to eat! And a husband/wife that won't share bites- stupid stupid. Why not? But my husband won't. He wont just not take a bite from my food, or share one with me, if I have prepared the food, he won't eat it. He thinks he has been this world reknowned chef for the past 40 years instead of a fry cook at a greasy spoon 40 years ago. He thinks I am world's worst cook. Doesn't matter what kind of food it is, if I made it, he won't eat it. Wasn't quite so bad years ago when the kids were little, but lately, I mean literally, if he knows I touched it...he won't eat it. Stupid is a stupid does I guess!

not at all since my fork would have germs on it that would go into your food, and your fork would also place your salvia and germs on my plate. I would not use your toothbrush after you had brushed your teeth and I doubt that you would borrow mine after I had brushed my teeth. why give yourself a dose of someone else's germs just to share a food. order some extra plates and an unused fork then divide and share. no mouth to mouth yuck that way.

my friends and i always share...maybe not half an entree, but at least a bite so that we all can have a chance to try the new things and maybe the next time order something different than what we've had in the past and know that we are going to like it.