do you take the biggest amount?

slyly?

dregs of a bottle of wine poured quickly into two glasses.

choc bar cut roughly into two.

that bowl of pasta has more chicken in it.

possible male/female split here?

thanks for moving this, i was just about to ask!

yeas i do

often not slyly at all

of course! if yr pouring/serving etc then it's your prerogative to do this.

usually dine at home with gf so yeah, otherwise not usually

yep

i guess! but sometimes it gets more complicated, i.e. "less bread pudding but more caramel," and after that i don't think about it and just pick one.

if yr pouring/serving etc then it's your prerogative

...rambling story alert!

In 1972, when I was 17 years old, I went on a very long hike with two other mannish boys who were even younger than I was. We disappeared into the wilderness for three weeks, carrying everything we needed from the start, including what we estimated to be three weeks' worth of food. My pack weighed 65 lbs. Theirs weighed still more.

To be brief, we didn't take nearly enough food. The solution was that each night, I divided the pot into three equal portions. The other two guys got to choose their portions first. I always got the last one.

Ever since that hike I have been the world's top ace at dividing food into perfectly even fractions. P-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y e-v-e-n.

used to but i think i am becoming more ladylike

1972 sounds kinda fun

yes, it sounds fun to be 17 years old

yet if you tried to do that these days, sure you'd be set upon by rapist bear terrorists imo

i blame the parents

My parents were amazing at giving me and my sibs enough freedom to take risks and make our own mistakes. But we weren't allowed to run hog wild.

Back to the thread topic...

but you learned an important lesson!

ur parents were most likely looking to get rid of the disgusting savage that was eating 65lbs of food every coupla weeks tbh

it's amazing how fast your eyes can weigh up the 5ml difference in a glass of wine. sometimes you do it so fast and the guilt comes so quite quickly that you give the other person the biggest amount to make up for your slyness.

aimless, is your ability to P-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y e-v-e-n-l-y divide something a pre-emptive attempt to assuage your guilt at really wanting the biggest amount? in doing so, does it reveal your innate selfishness to the other person if they are eagle eyed enough? and does the other person noticing it in turn signal their own desire to have the biggest amount?

quite

i should note that my wine glasses toppled and smashed on the drying rack and i only have two left. one is slightly thinner and taller than the other. a veritable minefield!

At the time, it was more a preemptive attempt to forestall peevish bickering, followed by sullen mopery. Now it is a tribute to my deep and everlasting commitment to the principle of equality in all things edible and desirable. Snap!

i just take both slices f the haterz

is your ability to P-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y e-v-e-n-l-y divide something a pre-emptive attempt to assuage your guilt at really wanting the biggest amount? in doing so, does it reveal your innate selfishness to the other person if they are eagle eyed enough? and does the other person noticing it in turn signal their own desire to have the biggest amount?

haha this is great

it depends how hungry I am
but most of the time I'll offer it to the other person first

nowadays I am liable to take the smaller amount because as a nutrition nazi we don't dance we just pull up our pants, and-

always take more unless it's the other person's birthday or something.

like many a girl from an irish catholic family i usually make a beeline for the least.

It entirely depends on the situation. If it's alcohol and I'm splitting it with my gf, I'll take more b/c she's not much of a drinker and cant handle her booze. Also, whoever paid for/cooked whatever it is that I'm splitting up usually determines which amount I go for. I'm one of those people who is super polite about taking small portions at a friend's dinner party but then will finish the bowl when everyone's had their fill.

I have been known to weigh the cooked pasta to ensure equal portions.

I divided the pot into three equal portions. The other two guys got to choose their portions first. I always got the last one.

I do this if I'm looking after kids - which ever one doesn't divide/pour whatever gets to choose first. It's amazing how seriously they try to be equitable then.

only in my home

like many a girl from an irish catholic family i usually make a beeline for the least.

― estela, 08 April 2010 08:05 (1 hour ago)

this must be a diaspora trait tbh

i believe it is, when i'm with my family we often gather around the piano and sing the old lilting songs about the greedy heifers who stayed behind on their behinds.

will ye go (on a diet) lassie?

♫And when Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, they steal your custard tart away. ♫

♫low lieyeeeieeyiee
the fields of apple pieyeeeie♫

ah stop i'm weeping at the desk. great times.

Yes. To counter this, Dad introduced the "I half you choose" rule.

If you half something, the other person gets to choose which half they want.

Usually, I just take however much I want, which may or may not be the biggest amount. However, if a pot of mashed potatoes hits the table, I will grab it first and pass it immediately to my right without taking any. That way, I end up getting the potatoes last, which usually leaves me with the greatest amount. I've been doing this since I was a kid, but have lately come to realize that I'm forcing everybody else around the table to make a decision to control/reduce their own portion size, lest they deprive me of a fair portion of mashed potatoes. It's strategic gluttony.

♫She was lovely and fair as the rose of the summer,
Yet 'twas not her beauty alone that won me.
Oh no, 'twas the truth in her eyes ever dawning
That made me love Mary, the Roast-Eating Champion of Tralee ♫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxPexYArkYg

Solution: always have an extra bottle of wine on hand.

I'm one of those folks who refuses to take the last one of anything. If I arrive at work (15 min late, often enough) and find a single doughnut in a box in the lunchroom, I bisect it with a knife, one half for me and one left in the box.

Typical female and usually I take the least. Unless it's my favourite candy, then I hide it from the others. lolz

i alternate

sometimes, when that pizza comes, you best bet imma be guardin The Big Piece

otoh sometimes i'm pretty generous

Alternate Scenario:

You are in a cafe, getting Tea. (Or Coffee, obv, but tea works better in this scenario)

You get a pot of tea.

Next up is a small pot of milk.

You take the pot with the most milk in, even though you won't use even half that amount, and actually taking the pot with the least milk in would be more than sufficient.

Yeah?

Mark, that doesn't make any sense to me at all. :-)

Which part?

Never mind, I got it. *hey look over there*

(OK, for clarity: There are a number of small pots of milk, they are like:

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/109535844/Stainless_Steel_Milk_Pot_Without_Lid.summ.jpg

If I cooked it I'll usually sneak a little more, but only if its domestic regular dinner. If I'm cooking for a group, I tend to let everyone go nuts and usually dont eat any of it at all.

This may be because I've been drinking for 2 hours while cooking and cant be arsed eating at all by the time it is all ready mind you.

Key here now that im old and wise is to divide it 15-40-45 and wolf down the 15 before serving her the 45