Dear Queenie,
My husband drinks a lot of ice water in hot weather and he likes to crunch up the ice. I find the noise he makes very annoying and I’ve asked him not to do it, at least when I’m around, but sometimes he forgets and I know he does it when I’m not there.
Queenie, am I being unreasonable?—Offended wife
Dear Wife,
You are not being unreasonable, and if he still does this when you are present he is being rude.
In addition, according to my dentist, what he is doing could chip or even crack or break his teeth. Of course, then his habit would be painful (and expensive!) for him as well as annoying to you, and he might be motivated to stop doing it.
