Quirky girlfriend's weird popcorn eating habit pushes boyfriend to the edge: 'She was utterly incapable of eating popcorn in any other way'

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Jun 8, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

Everybody wants a quirky girl until they start frogging their popcorn. Shows like New Girl and Gilmore Girls have propped up the idiosyncratic "quirky girl" as the epitome of femininity. They're cute, they're funny, they act like children sometimes. There are so many layers to this trope that I don't have time to get into here, but suffice it to say that quirk is all the rage. But the women in those TV shows have TV show quirks. They're well-written, funny characters who don't get a ton of multidimensionality. You also don't have to live with them. So it follows that a self-described "quirk-loving man" might recoil when he shacks up with a real-life quirkster. That fun and cute habit that would make for a fun TV scene? They might do it… all the time. 

That's what happened to this man, who found himself deep in a relationship with a certifiable quirky girl. And he couldn't quite keep up. Read on for the story.  

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    r/ r/Amithe • ace 3 days ag nomorefroggingit WIBTB for telling me girlfriend she can't "frog it" around me anymore?
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    WIBTA if I tell my girlfriend to stop "frogging it" This is a throwaway because this whole situation is so stupid and I don't want it associated with my normal account.
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    So my girlfriend eats popcorn by "frogging it" which means she picks up a handful, brings it up to her mouth and sticks out her tongue to quickly pull pieces into her mouth. The first time I saw her do this I was very confused and a little put off, I asked her what she was doing and she just said "I'm frogging it!" I thought it was kinda cute, if a little silly but didn't think much else of it at the time. I did not realize that she was utterly incapable of eating popcorn in any other way.
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    I think it's gross and weird. It seems silly but the sounds and visuals are very childlike to me which is very off putting, especially because when she frogs it she'll often giggle in a very unnaturally for her) high pitched way if she drops a piece of popcorn or one falls off her tongue while she does it. She already isn't the most mature person who ever lived and she
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    definitely leans into being pretty "quirky" which I really like about her but can also kinda slip into childishness. I know that watching New Girl was very formative to her so I don't know if the whole frogging it thing is from that show or whatever.
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    I've asked her to please eat popcorn like a normal person around me but she rolls her eyes and tells me that I don't have a say in how she eats anything. Which is fair in theory but listening to her mouth smacking for 45+ minutes every time we watch tv or a movie (a couple times a week) is beginning to have an adverse effect on my mental health.
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    I'm at the end of my rope here, there is only so much frogging a man can take. if I unequivocally Will I be the tell her she can't do her hellish popcorn ritual around me? She can do it all she wants when I'm not in the room, I just can't deal with hearing it anymore
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    . Yag_mi666 3d ago Ytb. She's just eating in a way that makes her happy, if you hate it so much you can leave when she does it.
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    mladyhawke • 3d ago . Sounds like you need a less interesting girlfriend. Let her be her true self, stop trying to dim her light
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    CADreamn · 3d ago Finds quirky girl to date, thinks it's cute. Then immediately tries to get her to stop being quirky. Just go find someone you actually like, instead of trying to snuff the fire out of this one.
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    • Fatwotts • 3d ago Edited 3d ago . Here come the downvotes!! If any man of mine did this, I would find it unsexy and gross and if he insisted on doing it after I asked him to stop, I would end it right there.
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    And no, this isn't controlling, it's common courtesy. She can do that weird on her own time Your girlfriend knows you find this behavior off-putting. It's much less of a big deal for her to just stop doing it in front of you than it is for you to have to tolerate witnessing this f disgusting nonsense
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    Break up with her. She sounds childish and exhausting. Edit - NTB FFS. My God. The table manners of these commenters must be appalling
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    No-Consideration8862 · 3d ago Dunno why but it feels like people wouldn't be siding so hard if it was a guy doing weird popcorn tricks every single time he ate popcorn. Regardless, NTB.
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    She's being annoying and being a bit mean about it. Asking her not to eat popcorn like a fkn frog when they watch something together is NOT the same as trying to change her entire being. Eating popcorn weird and giggling. is a choice, not an unchangeable personality trait. Yall are weird.
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    Roadgo... • 3d ago Edited 3d ago . I eat popcorn the same way. if it bothers you ignore it, look away. If it makes her happy and it's not hurting anybody, get over it Edit dictation error
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    olivefreak · 3d ago . NBH. I've eaten popcorn the same way and now I have a cute name for it. She can eat her food how she likes but I get that you don't like hearing it. Perhaps you guys should switch to pretzels if you're watching something together and leave popcorn as a solo snack.
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