Originally Posted by
365RoadWarrior
This may sound weird to some people but my wife and I usually swap dishes (including the plates) after eating half, unless we're both having the same thing or we are having something that the other dislikes.
My wife of 25 years (GRHS) and I always did this, unless avocados or cilantro were involved. I tasted nearly twice as many dishes as I would have otherwise.
For spouses, who propably share the same oral germ pool, I don't see a problem. I personally would not have a fork/spoon, previously in another random person's mouth entering my own. Although not a major risk, I'd hate myself waking up with an outbreak of oral herpes, or something else I don't want