A new study has established that 69% of individuals in long-term relationships do judge their partner regarding consumption of particular guilty pleasure foods. The survey of 2,000 Americans established that the feeling is mutual, as 69% of respondents reported that they felt their partners were judging them. The number of men (74%) who felt they were being judged was higher relative to women (64%).
Luckily, this appears to fade as people mature. Only 3 out of 10 baby boomers (ages 56-75) said they still criticize their partner’s eating habits, which is very low compared to previous generations. The survey, which was performed by OnePoll for GoodCook, also shows that Americans are more understanding of their own terrible eating habits than of those of others.
Even while half of the people (49%) believe that overindulging in snack foods is among their worse eating habits, one-third of people (35%) would consider such behavior to be a “deal-breaker” if a prospective mate also engaged in it. Similar to this, 49% of people occasionally eat too quickly, yet 38% don’t want their partner too.
Generally speaking, 65% of people polled think they had “controversial food beliefs” that others would find offensive. For instance, even though milk chocolate (31%) is the most common kind of chocolate, one in five people prefer white chocolate. A crazier option than simply disliking chocolate (13%) altogether is that 7% of respondents favor ruby chocolate, a newer, slightly fruitier pink-hued variety.
On either side of the nutrition label, 1 in 7 people (13%) prefer their pizza cold rather than hot, and 17% prefer reheating leftovers in their kitchen than eating freshly prepared cuisine.
Despite being a notoriously divisive pizza topping, respondents preferred pineapple the most (35%) over ranch dressing (30%) and barbecue sauce (33%).
According to Chef Anthony Serrano of GoodCook, “ideas for novel culinary pairings can emerge from everywhere. While some inventions are the result of culture-specific mashups, like sushi burritos or mac and cheese tacos, others are the consequence of inherent human curiosity.