I have a family member who talks with food in her mouth. How do I politely tell her it's gross?

Question

I have a family member who talks with food in her mouth. How do I politely tell her it's gross?

Answer 1

Before she comes over have a talk wtih another person that willbe there too, and tell her the problem, make that person do the same thing while your aunt is sittin at the table with and when she does say ''___ finish what you're eating and then talk'' or ''i think its better u eat first then we can talk ?'' then im sure your aunt will get the hint.

Or you can jus do it back to her lol

Answer 2

Sweetie,you think that's gross. Imagine the whole family eating at the table and your dad finds a peice of fat from the slice of meat he has in his mouth and he just calmly spits it out onto the plate while everybody else is still chewing,YUCK!

Answer 3

I have 1 too in my family.  It's a habit for her.  Every time others have told her (& so many times), she'd get upset but I stopped telling her cause I know nothing has changed her, so "I don't look at her mouth" when I eat.  Also, one of my friends talks while she eats and she shows everything! -and for her too it's a habit. When I look @ her, somehow she knows I don't like it so she covers her mouth with her hand, hahaha!

p.s. kimbo's way is hilarious!  that might work

OR...

when you 2 (& no one else cause he/she will be embarrassed) "start" eating 2gether, and he/she starts talking with food in his/her mouth, right after his/her first talk/comment with food in his/her mouth, tell him/her there's a study on people who talk while they eat & that it says these people will have gas attacks (it's true), have more chances of choking, and that people hate when they do that and I think he/she will get the idea.

Answer 4

whenever she/he does that say politely 'i'm sorry i can't understand what your saying, maybe you should finish that thought after your done chewing."  

Answer 5

Every time she talks tell her you did not understand a word, and ask to repeat after she has empty mouth please, while looking at her with innocent eyes and be persistent, every time she says something tell her the same and start talking with somebody else, eat your food or whathever, but space her out for that moment and do not answer to her.  

Answer 6

I had one of those, too.  'Polite' is over-rated.

Mine did that once too often, so I got a disgusted look on my face and said, "You can talk to me after you swallow your food----geeeezzzzz----don't talk with your mouth full--what is wrong with you??!!!"

Obviously I had reached the wall on that----but she hasn't done it since.

Answer 7

Try to get alone with her and mention that it is inappropriate to eat with her mouth full and everyone thinks it is gross.  Hopefully she will not be insulted and realize what a fool she makes of herself with atrocious table manners.

Answer 8

"The kids think it's really funny, the way you can talk through the food in your mouth, you remind them of Darth Vader."

if you want to drum it in, add :" they have started calling you Barf Vader, because it looks like you are about to, when you do that."

Answer 9

Depends on what family member it is and how close you are to

them. Like if its your sister and your close, you dont even have to

tell her politely. lol but if its your aunt or something and your not

close, I guess you could just be like " I cant understand what your

saying, all that food falling out of your mouth is distracting me"

lol no just kidding, just let her know that she should eat whats in

her mouth first, then talk. I honestly dont know if anyway that you

say it is going to be polite, or sound polite anyways. Best of luck with this.

Answer 10

Tell her you can't understand what she's saying while she's chewing..  

Answer 11

My mom does this. I have told her nicely many times and then rudely many times as well. She doesn't seem to care, and your family member probably won't either.

Answer 12

I guess it depends on how close you are to them. I would say to my sister, "Sis, I love ya, but you are grossing me out!" She might say, "Why" and I would open my mouth with food and chomp on it incredibly gross and say "that!"...... And she would roll her eyes... get over it.... but her mouth would stay closed. In our family we are usually REALLY open with everything so that wouldn't be something uncommon.