How do you feel about picky eaters?

[wolfcat87]

I love to cook, and I love to eat. I am not particularly picky, so it hits me hard when someone starts listing things they refuse to eat. I generally end up telling them to eat what I put in front of them or we are done. An example would be someone who refused to eat and raw greens or anything with mushroom or tomato. In a house where Italian food and healthy eating are regular things it was just too unreasonable to expect me to accommodate their every whim. Are other people more flexible?

I am a picky eater, and I would date a picky eater

I am not a picky eater, and I would date a picky eater

I am a picky eater, and I would not date a picky eater

I am not a picky eater, and I would not date a picky eater

[Wally48]

My mom was old school working class European. When we were kids she used to say; "you'll eat what's put in front of you". Her other one was "there's no special wurst here." Fortunately she was a good cook. I miss her cooking to this day...

So when our kids were babies they ate what we ate. If we had pot roast with mashed potatoes and vegetables, we just chopped it up, put it in a bowl and they ate it with their grubby little hands. Same if we had pizza, spaghetti and meatballs, or salmon.

And @InfoBot is right. It is a disease of privilege that people can afford to turn down perfectly good food for very stupid reasons. Besides it just rude to turn down what your host offers you. You don't have to slam it down, but at least take a couple of bites for heavens sake.

[InfoBot]

Putting aside those who have allergies and those who have specific psychological disorders around eating, I pretty much think that overly picky eaters were given too much choice as children. They were mollycoddled, basically. It is a disease of privilege, that people can afford to turn down perfectly good food for very stupid reasons. I was more brought up in the school of "Eat this or eat nothing". We all like and dislike different things but if you are so picky as to exclude next to everything then you are a bit of an irritating twat, lol.

[COCOCHANEL]

are you ok with eating innards and insects?

[InfoBot]

@COCOCHANEL Well, they are present in so many foods that you'd need to be unless you want a diet of nothing.

[Wally48]

@COCOCHANEL Liver isn't bad once in a while, but I generally don't do innards and bugs. I'm not so broke that I have to eat that shit.

[I_Do_Mind]

I am a picky eater and I would not wish it on no one I just can't with some foods, my taste buds reject it and gag reflex, it is just awful. But I can't deny I am one and I guess it would not bother me if I dated one, better they are honest with me tho, I will be with them. I have faked liking dishes to be kind in my past but I have decided to not eat the meal but say I already ate instead. I know lying is wrong but I don't want to be rude. It is torture really I want to eat everything but I can't handle anything bitter, to sensitive to it.

[gwail]

So my gripe is that I was going to a party with old freinds I hadn't seen in a few years so I was fairly out of touch.
Anyway in a group chat I asked "I'm gonna make some dessert and bring it is jello okay with all of you?"
They all said "yeah its okay"

But when I got there everyone was either vegan or just didn't like jello so I was the only one who ate the jello three tiered cake I spent 6 hours on.

If they would have told me I could have made something else... But whatever

[Wally48]

That's so fucking rude. Everybody should have had couple bites out of respect for you. I'm very sorry that happened.

[gwail]

@Wally48. Thanks I felt kinda upset. So now I just prepare vegan generic food for ladies lol

[nickyBBB]

I'm a picky eater and I wouldn't mind dating one...

I hate when people force me into eating certain things, I just end up throwing it, so why bothering? I'd prefer if people will respect my decision and won't keep pushing me if I don't want to do a certain thing. I don't see what's so complicated about it. Sure, you "bothered" to cook for that person, but just, make sure before that they're gonna eat such thing and if they aren't gonna, don't cook it for them...

[cherryphi82]

I can't stand picky eaters. I would not date one. That's actually one of my deal breakers. Picky eating tells a lot about other character traits as well.

[Wally48]

Picky eating to me is a flag to watch for other kinds of neurosis in people.

[cherryphi82]

@Wally48 Or character/personality flaws. I see it more as a kind of entitled behavior.

[Logorithim]

I'm one myself, so I am tolerant of them...

[TripleAce]

well well well...
let me tell you something bunny buns lol

you are imposing your likes and desires on someone else... especially when it comes to food, it doesn't work that way. maybe with kids but not a grown up

I cook - very well I might add
and when I do cook, I cook exactly what they want because I'm cooking for them... I would never place a plate of food in front of her or him if it's not something they want to eat. to me that is disrespectful to a guest. I want them to feel pleasure in eating their food, not disgust

I'd change that if I was you lol... it's not good hospitality 😛

[wolfcat87]

Ha ha ha, I can play nice the first few visits. After that I really do go crack down and into mommy mode.

What are you making me for dinner tonight?

[CT_CD]

I am not a picky eater, and I would not date a picky eater. I hate picky eaters.

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[psychoticallyawkward]

@CT_CD Picky eaters hate you with the exception of me of course.

[CT_CD]

@psychoticallyawkward Are you a picky eater?

[psychoticallyawkward]

Yes..

[CT_CD]

@psychoticallyawkward I hate you

[psychoticallyawkward]

@CT_CD No you don’t.

[CT_CD]

@psychoticallyawkward I know

[funkitselffreeze]

I would consider myself a picky eater but it's mostly seafood that I just can't eat. I have had a few good seafood dishes but generally it gives my a gaging feeling, so I just stay away. Everything else I am picky about I can eat just fine but would prefer to just not have.

[SketchForger]

I eat everything that I'm not allergic or sensitive to.

My mom gets a little triggered when my other siblings don't eat food because she grew up homeless.

[fauchelevent]

I'm a super picky eater and I'd be cool with dating either a picky eater or someone who wasn't picky. My boyfriend isn't picky and he cooks for us and accommodates my pickiness mostly.

[natgal]

A thing or two is fine, allergic is fine. But people that refuses to eat vegetable and so on just because. I have no respect for that, brats

[HOAAH]

it's just a preference. Love does not demand it's way. I would not force my kids to eat something they find disgusting, and I don't want someone to force me to love something I don't love.

[accidental-cake-face]

I'm a picky eater, and that's frustrating enough for me. There's only enough room for one picky eater in this house.

[Anonymous]

Annoyed. I think they should be forced fed what they hate

[Pocahontas2000]

I am a picky eater, I might eat some meals out of politeness but there are some things I refuse to eat in any case.

[Anonymous]

I guess I would say I'm a picky eater but I don't refuse to eat things I try different foods all the time sea food is the only type of food I can think of that is so bad that I can't eat

[wolfcat87]

Oh no... that was another one on his list! No fish or seafood. I don't eat much land meat, so I make it up in seafood. lol

[byusuri]

I used to be a picky eater. Then the world opened up for me. As much as I understand being picky, it'd be annoying for me now. Not sure how it'd work with a picky eater.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I am not a picky eater, and I would date a picky eater.

[COCOCHANEL]

i'm somewhat picky and would date a picky eater. i just can't do liver or other organ meat or big fat caviar.

[moonpie89]

I'm a picky eater but I'm not annoying about it. There's lots of food that I'm willing to try. I'd date either.

[BobbyC65]

I am a picky eater if the dish of food doesn't look good I won't eat it.

[cupidkisses]

I am not much picky. There are just some specific foods that l don't eat.

[blondfrog]

I feel like everyobody is a picky eater to some degree.

[Anonymous]

I'm not picky except when it comes to cheese, I could never eat it. But I don't like super picky eaters. My best friend's girlfriend is so picky and I hate when she comes with us to eat.