Fiancé Discovers the Joy of Torturing Partner by Leaving Snacks Out for Weeks with No Intent to Eat Them

By Brian Greeberg | March 27, 2025

SEATTLE—In what can only be described as a masterclass in emotional warfare, Amanda Green, 32, has revealed the utter joy and satisfaction she derives from leaving snacks around her home that she has no intention of eating, just to watch her fiancée lose her mind as she endlessly wonders, “Are you going to eat that, or what?”

“I started small, you know,” Green said, smiling mischievously as she casually placed a half-eaten bag of chips on the kitchen counter at 7 p.m. last Tuesday. “At first, it was just an experiment. A couple of crackers here, a granola bar there. But when I saw the sheer panic in her eyes as she thought about how she might be the one to finish them, I knew I was onto something huge.”

Green’s fiancée, Jake Miller, 34, has been subjected to weeks of confusion over items like half-opened bags of pretzels, partially melted chocolate bars, and, most recently, a family-sized pack of cookies she swears she’ll “definitely get to later”. Miller has been unable to figure out if these snacks are being saved for a special occasion or are, in fact, just tantalizing distractions meant to send her into a state of obsessive indecision.

“I’ve been living in a constant state of snack-related limbo,” Miller admitted, holding back tears. “Every time I see a food item left out, I get a rush of excitement—finally, a snack I can have!—only for that excitement to be crushed by the crushing realization that I might never actually get to eat it.”

A Game of Patience, Deception, and Salted Cashews

As her fiancée spirals into a mental maze of snack-related anxiety, Green has taken her snack torture to new heights. For the past two weeks, she’s placed an open jar of cashews on the living room coffee table, a snack Miller has already touched several times, but never quite enough to finish.

“I can’t eat the whole jar, because what if she’s planning to eat them later?!” Miller said, visibly trembling. “What if she’s going to eat them after dinner, and I eat the last one, and then she’s mad because she didn’t get any? It’s a vicious cycle.”

Sources close to the couple suggest that Green has mastered the art of snack abandonment to the point where she no longer even remembers where she put half of them, creating an aura of mystery and intrigue that has been described as “psychological warfare at its finest.”

“Sometimes she’ll leave the snacks in the most inconvenient spots—like the middle of the couch, or on top of the fridge—places where they’re just far enough out of reach to drive her crazy,” said Emily Thompson, Green’s best friend and co-conspirator. “It’s like she’s playing 4D chess while Miller’s still trying to figure out if that bag of chips was meant to be a snack, or an art installation.”

The Snacking Conundrum: A Relationship Tested by Unfinished Snacks

But while Green’s snack-based schemes have certainly had their intended effect on Miller, they’ve also sparked some real conversation about their relationship. In fact, the snack saga has become a daily topic of discussion for the couple, who have now spent hours debating whether or not to finish the bag of popcorn Green left out two days ago, or if it’s Miller’s turn to finish the trail mix from last week.

“Yeah, we’ve had to talk about it a lot,” Green admitted, trying to stifle her laughter. “Miller gets super sensitive about it. But hey, relationships are about communication, right?”

Though Miller has repeatedly requested that Green “stop leaving the snacks everywhere”, the couple’s relationship has somehow emerged stronger through these snack-based trials.

“I feel like we’re really learning to communicate about boundaries,” Miller said, staring longingly at the untouched cookies on the counter. “And also, I’m just learning a lot about myself. Like, do I want the snack because I’m hungry, or because she just won’t eat it?”

At press time, Green was placing a nearly-empty bag of gummy worms on top of the fridge while whispering to herself, “This is going to be good.”