Annoying brother at dinner. any advice?

Question

A few weeks ago I had a question about my brother's dinner table behavior. I took the answers I got and I did something about it. Nothing happened. He still slides his teeth against the fork and it ANNOYS me to NO end. Today I told my brother and mom straight up, "i'm not eating with you guys until the fork and teeth problem stop" and they said, "no, we eat as a family. deal with it." Its not just the fork that bothers me. my brother puts his elbows on the table, burps when he can, chews with his mouth open, and holds his fork like a shovel. It really annoys me. Any other advice you guys can give me? I don't expect him to have the mannors of the queen of england. But I want manors that don't make me want to bark or kill myself over that wretched screech. Its really driveing me INSANE.

any adivce? I'd love to hear some.

Answer 1

I would get a video of him doing it and put it on youtube with the headline "would you date this guy?"

Answer 2

Honestly I would just wear ear plugs to the table. Simple as that. Then you can't hear him and make sure to look at your food and only your food. When no one can get you to answer then maybe they will work on it. IF not then you can say 'you are more concerned with me not listening than him eating like a pig?'. Maybe THAT would be a wake up call? OR let mom read this section!

MOM! Stop letting your son act like a pig at the table. It only makes YOU look bad for not teaching him better!

Good luck hon!  

Answer 3

My sister is basically the same way.  Her habits are very annoying to begin with, but once she realizes that I am annoyed, her habbits become 10 times as worse.  Rather than doing it out of habit, she begins to do stuff purely out of spite.  What I have come to find helpful for my situation is to simply ignore her and pretend as if everything she is doing is unnoticable.  When she does not see myself getting agitated or annoyed by her, she eventually stops and acts "normal".  As for her typical slobish habits, i find that when i speak out about it and express my annoyance, she finds it funny and will NEVER stop.  So the best thing to do is ignore it and try to pretend as if their is no problem and instead speak to your parents privately and hope they can convince your brother to behave properly.