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Women Eat Much Less When Dining With Men: Study
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DiamondRain
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This is so so true! I can't tell you how many times I've been on a first, second or third date and she orders "The petite radicchio and baby greens salad with the low calorie balsamic vinaigrette and a glass of water please. No thank you... no dessert for me."
By date 4 she figures she's got me already and it's "Can I get seconds on that double fudge chocolate mousse? Oh and double up on that ice cream this time!"
One girl I dated was a model. She looked so super slim and fit. First few dates it was strictly salads and Pellegrino. About date 4 or 5 we went to this Italian restaurant in Manhattan. We were going over the menu and I made some suggestions since I had been there before. I said that they had excellent fried calamari but I wouldn't order any because I knew she couldn't eat that.
I swear she did a Linda Blair from the Exorcist.... head spun around 360 degrees, smoke coming out ears, and flames from her mouth as she growled in a voice deeper than mine "WHYYYYY NOTTTTTT?"
I almost fell off my chair! What happened to the petite flower I was dating?!!! Man, that was just plain scary! 
Women eat less when dining with men: study
Katherine Laidlaw, National Post
Published: Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Women eat much less around men than they do around other women, a new study has found.
What happens when men and women sit down for dinner? According to the results of a Canadian study released this week, women eat much less around men than they do around other women, and alone.
The lead researcher of the study said men acted as "negative predictors" of behaviour, meaning that the more men a woman was eating with, the less she ate.
"Women joke around about having a salad on a first date instead of a bowl of pasta," said Meredith Young, who holds a PhD from McMaster University's psychology, neuroscience and behaviour department. "You can be judged more or less attractive, more or less feminine, more or less desirable depending on what you eat."
The study will be published in an upcoming issue of the food journal Appetite, and was published in the online research journal this week.
Observing more than 460 students in three cafeterias at McMaster University, the study concluded that men weren't affected by their dining companions.
"When more and more women get together, the caloric count seems to increase. But men, nothing really affected them at all," she said.
Women, on the other hand, changed their behaviour drastically in the presence of even one man.
The study found that women dining with one other woman ate an average of 670 calories worth of food during their meal, and women eating with up to three other women ate 750 calories.
Eating with a man had women consuming an average of just 540 calories, and eating with a group of men drew the lowest result, with the average consumption at 450 calories for the women involved.
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| Aug 6 @ 3:17 PM |
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Merchitown
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LOL not this big-assed chick..
Sorry, I am not going to mince in front of a man. If y'all have a problem that I actually like my steak and potatoes, (oh and yes, the mashed potatoes are going to disappear) then obviously you're not the guy for me.
One can have table manners without being a complete prig.
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| Aug 6 @ 3:41 PM |
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Carol386
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I'm with you on this one Merch - I'd skip the salad so I knew I had room for those mashed potatoes  Finishing school taught us how to eat properly!
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| Aug 6 @ 3:50 PM |
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Merchitown
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LOL there's usually no room for salad. Don't know how I'm going to teach the kids to eat one...
Oh well, something I'm not going to worry about now! 
Oh, DR, I hope you got her the calamari. 
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| Aug 6 @ 3:53 PM |
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Carol386
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Easy Merch - just tell them "do as I say, not as I do" or of course the ever popular one - "because I said so"  (I actually hear my daughter telling her daughter that from time to time - good parenting passed on  )
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| Aug 6 @ 3:56 PM |
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Merchitown
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It's kinda funny, I always ate my salad last. Just so that I was sure that I had room in my belly for the GOOD stuff!
I think I'm going to have to start practicing in the mirror, make sure I'm able to cough that out without laughing.
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| Aug 6 @ 3:58 PM |
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DiamondRain
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Oh, DR, I hope you got her the calamari.
Yep... and the dessert.
I was checking out her butt when she got up to go to the ladies room... I swear she gained about 10 pounds just from that meal! 
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| Aug 6 @ 4:00 PM |
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Merchitown
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A little junk in the trunk, ain't so bad. I hear it's more cushion for the pushin..
ALL the time!!
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| Aug 6 @ 4:02 PM |
Women Eat Much Less When Dining With Men: Study
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DiamondRain
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| Aug 6 @ 4:05 PM |
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Druidess
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I've never eaten differently because a man was around. I've actually had a few thank me for this, saying it was nice to see a woman with a hearty appetite, especially if they cooked the meal for me.
[Edited on 8/6/2009 4:11 PM]
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| Aug 6 @ 4:17 PM |
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Loreli
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I've been on 1st, 2nd, 3rd dates, where there just wasn't room in there with the butterflies
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| Aug 6 @ 8:44 PM |
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DiamondRain
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A little junk in the trunk, ain't so bad. I hear it's more cushion for the pushin..
ALL the time!!
Baby got back! 
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| Aug 6 @ 9:30 PM |
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Merchitown
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You know what's so horrible?
I had to explain to my father what that phrase meant. I had to explain this to a man who had informed me at the tender age of 10 that I could not wear a certain mint-green knit skirt as my tushy was too large and thereafter, gave it to my sister. Nope, there's no jealousy, none at all!
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| Aug 6 @ 9:44 PM |
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indecipherable
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Women eat less on dates for the following reasons:
They don't want to look like pigs in front of their date
They're afraid they might get gas and fart, or spend too much time in the ladies room during the date
If they eat too much and you are paying, they think they'll scare you away because of the bill.
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| Aug 6 @ 10:01 PM |
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signme
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I think I'm with Lori on this. On a 1st or 2nd date, I may be too nervous to eat much. Actually the only big meal I can really eat when I go out somewhere is breakfast.
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| Aug 6 @ 10:18 PM |
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Merchitown
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If they eat too much and you are paying, they think they'll scare you away because of the bill.
I'm rather surprised any woman would just assume that the man is going to pay the bill...
I frankly don't walk into any first date thinking I'm not going to pay my end.
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| Aug 6 @ 10:23 PM |
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DiamondRain
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No way... No HOW...
No possible way I'm gonna let a girl pay for anything on a first date....period! And probably not on the next 5 or 10 dates at least either.
After that.... maybe on rare special occasions only if it makes her feel good.
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| Aug 6 @ 10:25 PM |
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Merchitown
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LOL well darlin' doesn't it make you feel good though that there are women out there who aren't going to automatically assume you're paying? 
And I might have to insist, cuz that steak might be a bit pricey. Oh did I mention the crab? Geez, I must be hungry. Sorry y'all!
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| Aug 6 @ 10:39 PM |
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ColdinWisconsin
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That is so wrong. Depending of course. Chinese....get out of my way. Mexican....get out of my way. Pizza...you can have whatever is left-over. Sushi....it's all yours baby.
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| Aug 6 @ 10:42 PM |
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Merchitown
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OOhhhh sushi sounds really good!!
Dammit, that's it, I'm going to go eat now.
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