My boyfriend keeps photographing our food

Dump the twat. x

I like him otherwise, R1. Although he's overly perky.

That sounds very annoying.

I can understand someone try new recipes, being pleased with the result & snapping a pic or two.

I don't understand going to a restaurant & taking photos of the food...

Strangle him to death, obviously.

Does he take photos to post reviews of the food?

Trying, not try.

Look, OP. It's like this. If you're involved, you get a vote. If something concerns you, it should concern your boyfriend.

If it does not cause him concern, if he cannot control this obsessive behavior, then run like hell.

Your rude boyfriend sends me those damn photos to tease and anger me. By the way, the Bird's Nest Soup last Saturday was disgusting.

If they're fancy places, maybe he wants to humblebrag on social media?

Does he have to put the phone in landscape to get you in the shot?

Throw his camera in the garbage can.

Perhaps one of the stupidest things to be upset about.

This has become quite commonplace...I’m with you, but try not to judge him. It’s really just a sign of the times.

I don't mind taking pictures of your own food but I would be annoyed if he insisted on mine too, that's ridiculous. just tell him to stop

OP, stop him now, otherwise you will end up being pulled into his world like these symmetrical breakfast queens. That's all they do is post pics every day of their symmetrical breakfast. Not a joke.

Although on the upside, I will say most of it looks pretty good.

Make him stop.

Sounds like a real idiot ya got there.

Poison is the only answer

Better than him snapping dick pics and sending them out on the internet! (or filming you two getting it on!)

Nothing wrong with dick pics!

That is seriously annoying behavior. It's unacceptable to be this kind of a distraction (frankly, attention whore) in a restaurant. Nobody gives a ripe fart about his carefully edited food pictures. Nobody's going to swoon and offer him a job as a commercial photographer. I've put up with a lot of these jackasses using flash photography in a restaurant. It's illegal where I live to do that. Not because everyone hates your boyfriend, even though they do. It's because flash photography in dark spaces can trigger seizures. So, he deserves a punch in the mouth.

It's time to make a choice. I'd kick his ass out or he puts the phone away - permanently. No phones at the table for any reason.

If you have been together for a year then you already know what you think about him. If it were meant to be, this would not be an issue.

Maybe you’re looking for a reason to dump him, or maybe you feel like you need approval to do what you already know you want to do. I can’t give you that but I can say that it is far better for you, and kinder to him, if you don’t waste another year being irritated.

This may be the first, small irritant but it won’t be the last and your saying you can’t overlook this minor annoyance makes me believe the relationship is unlikely to work in the long-term.

R16, those are good pictures. The color and symmetry make them seem almost like bright kaleidoscopic designs. The fact that it's food is pretty much incidental.

OP, R23 has a point. Your boyfriend has an annoying habit, but it's really not a big deal. If it bothers you enough to complain about on DL (where no one ever complains about trivial stuff - it's just not done here), then maybe that's a sign.

Or ... maybe you're a troll. This troll:

I couldn't associate with someone who does this.

You are in bed with someone extremely basic.

Why does anyone want to look at pictures of other people's food?

Why does anyone assume that other people care what they eat?

This actually happened to me while on a vacation. One person did the taking pix of the food routine. I just wrote it off to a very unsophisticated traveler with whom I had nothing in common and have since ghosted the person. Anyone who would start snapping anything other than a quick photo of a person is a rube.

This was a Tracey Ullman sketch two years ago.

After the initial barrage of people taking selfies and food pics on Facebook I have come to the conclusion food pics are ok IF it's like a work of art or something you only see in a 5 start restaurant. Food staying is a career and part of being a great chef is the way it's presented on a plate.

But no, I dont want or need to see every shitty meal you eat anymore then I want to see you taking a dump afterwards.

It doesn't happen with just food. I have friends who have to take photos of particular moments, and by the time everyone is in position, and been photographed from multiple angles, the moment is pretty much ruined. I don't really understand why people can't live in the moment, or at most just take a quick photo - life isn't perfect and attempting to portray it as, just sucks the life out of it IMO.

I'm not one to take selfies either - the two are often connected.

I’d rather see pictures of a great mean that your selfie.

R32 What?

Meal, not mean.

Fucking thoughts and prayers!

Why would anyone want to look at pictures of other people's food? Why would anyone want to look at other people's selfies? Why would anyone want to look at any pictures that are calculated to make other people jealous?

I just don't understand social media. At least 90% of it is people trying to make other people jealous of their fabulous lives, and I just don't get why anyone with sense participates in this mess.

Ignite a greasy dish.

Here you go, OP. Happy Thanksgiving!

[quote] R36: Why would anyone want to look at pictures of other people's food?

It’s art. There’s a lot of bad art that is worse than a good picture of food.

OP, your boyfriend is a basic bitch and you're a stupid cunt. Please cut his head off then yours to do the rest of us a favour.

If I have a picture of food,i can remember the taste for years. So I re live those great meals several times! It doesn't have to be a great photo for that so I'm careful not to use flash or be obtrusive. If there are rules against it that are noted ahead of time, I'll follow them.