世界上最幸福的事:吃到一起 才能愛在一起
The other day, my boyfriend and I went to eat crayfish. I was gobbling the food, busy with biting off the crayfish's head, my hands dripping red oil from holding it, when he suddenly asked me, "What would have happened between us if I had taken you here when we first met?"
前幾日，我和男友出去吃小龍蝦。我正在大快朵頤，忙於吸着小龍蝦的頭，吃龍蝦的手沾滿紅油，此時他突然問我：“如果我們第一次約會時我就帶你來這兒吃小龍蝦，那麼我們之間會發生什麼？"Well, I think you might have fallen in love with me immediately, as we share the same eating habits," I joked.
我開玩笑說，“你一定會馬上愛上我，因爲我們有着同樣的飲食習慣。”Although we did not eat oily street food on our first date, I demonstrated a strong appetite. We dined on Yunnan cuisine and finished six dishes, barely leaving leftovers.
儘管我們第一次約會時並沒有吃路邊攤，我仍表現出了非常好的胃口。我們去吃雲南菜，二人吃掉了六個菜，基本全都吃光了。
His ability to order food we both like impressed me. After that, we had several other meals before we become lovers.
他能點出我們都愛吃的菜，這尤其讓我印象深刻。自那以後，我們又一起吃了幾頓飯，就成了男女朋友。
On China's popular dating show If you're the one, the host Meng Fei once said that one of the things he looked for in a partner is whether they can eat together. A popular online post recently echoed Meng's sentiments. The writer said one of the happiest things in the world is eating and gaining weight together with your lover. This won recognition among many Net users.
在中國收視率非常高的相親秀節目《非誠勿擾》中，主持人孟非曾經說過，他擇偶的標準之一是看兩人是否能吃到一起。最近很火的一篇博文迴應了孟非的觀點，這位作者說，世界上最幸福的事之一就是，與你相愛的人一起享受美食，一起長胖。這引起了很多網友的共鳴。I partly agree with this love doctrine. Considering how many meals we need to eat with our other half, if we share the same dining interests, about one-fifth of our waking hours together will be happy and satisfying.
我只部分認同這個愛情觀點。這得看我們要和另一半一起吃多少頓飯。如果我們有着共同的飲食習慣，那麼在我們醒着的1/5的時間裏，我們就是快樂的、滿足的。If he likes spicy food and I can't eat spicy things, or if he likes meat and I'm a vegetarian, we will find that, aside from the other troubles lovers need to overcome, in eating alone we already have too many things to worry about.
如果他喜歡吃辣而我不能吃辣，或者他喜歡吃肉而我是素食主義者，我們會發現，除了情侶間通常需要克服的問題外，我們會在吃這件事上多出很多困擾。Many people also use eating style as a reference for character traits when deciding if they can be with someone. This could have some scientific basis. Juliet Boghossian, a behavioral food expert, said different eating styles are linked to different traits. For instance, slow eaters tend to be more stubborn, while fast eaters lack balance when it comes to prioritizing.
有相當一部分人還將飲食習慣作爲性格的參考，以決定是否與其交往。這可能有一定的科學依據。行爲飲食專家Juliet Boghossian表示，不同的飲食習慣與不同的性格有關。比如，吃飯速度慢的人往往比較頑固，而吃飯速度快的人則在遇到優先選擇問題時應付不來。I asked my friends whether eating habits could be a factor that influences their choice of partner. Many said they would compromise if they only have disagreements in taste.
我問過我的朋友們，飲食習慣是否是影響他們選擇伴侶的一個因素。有很多人表示，如果僅僅是在飲食口味上有分歧，那他們會妥協。"If we can't get along in other areas, such as table manners, which can reflect character traits and breeding, it would be hard for us to be together," one of them said.
其中一人說，“如果我們在其他方面意見不合，比如能反映出一個人的性格和教養的餐桌禮儀，那麼兩個人就很難在一起。”
