> The only problem with chopsticks is that they're harder to use I'd almost say that's debatable. My wife had eaten almost exclusively with chopsticks when we

> The only problem with chopsticks is that they're harder to use I'd almost say that's debatable. My wife had eaten almost exclusively with chopsticks when we got together, and myself almost exclusively with a fork. At this point I'm much more competent with chopsticks than she is with a fork. I've watched our infant daughter learn how to use a fork. It's all made it pretty clear that using a fork does require skill, technique, and fine motor skills if you expect to use it as much more than a shovel. Even as a shovel, trying to get the food _on_ to the fork without pushing it over the edge of the plate requires some finesse. Even just trying to stab food, many foods require different techniques to not have them roll away, break apart when stabbed, etc. I pretty firmly believe that treating a fork as intuitive mostly just comes from everyone here being familiar with it.