the thing that has rocked me MOST, hands down, about being in a relationship with someone from the UK is. Well, okay, so. For context and visual reference to make sure we’re all on the same page here. Photo of a tablespoon (top) and teaspoon (bottom).
In my family we have always eaten Spoon Foods with a teaspoon. To me this is the normal size of spoon to eat with. I’ve never been to someone’s house and been given a tablespoon. I feel like this is the size of spoon they give you in a restaurant, usually, unless they’ve got soup spoons? Tablespoons are for serving, teaspoons are for eating.
The first time I gave Bow teaspoon to eat with, he was like: “Why are we using the little spoons? What is going on here? Is it because you have a tiny mouth that can’t fit a regular spoon?” And I was like, okay, I DO have a tiny mouth that doesn’t easily accommodate a tablespoon, but this is a NORMAL spoon! This is the REGULAR SPOON SIZE. My tiny mouth has NOTHING to do with this.
But Bow’s parents also think this is so weird of me. I gave them teaspoons out of habit while we were eating cobbler today and they laughed so hard. They were like “it does feel a bit like eating with children’s cutlery”. They are SO bewildered by my, to me perfectly ordinary, spoon habits.
I don’t know if this is a US-UK thing or if my family has just been weird my whole life and nobody thought to mention it??