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Is anyone married to or marrying a picky eater?

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Amanda, on September 9, 2012 at 12:04 PM

I love my DH, but I hate how picky he is about food. Planning our meals for the week gives me a headache. He doesn't want to try anything new, won't eat vegetables, and it seems like all he ever wants is pasta in varying forms with breadsticks. Pasta and breadsticks is yummy every once in a while, but it's loaded with calories and carbs! To top of it off, I am a vegan, so it's like I have to plan two sets of meals. Ugh! He shoots down every new dinner idea I would like to try. I am so frustrated that I am ready to just cook anything and if he doesn't like it, then he can eat cereal!

What works for you if you are dealing with a picky eater? Any suggestions?

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Ginevre · on September 10, 2012 at 3:18 PM
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I am vegetarian. My husband won't eat vegetables. It's been like that for 11 years. And yes, it does mean shared meals are loaded up with carbs! So more and more, we are cooking separate meals now. It's the only way I have a hope of losing weight. I don't cook meat for him and he doesn't expect me to.

Believe it or not, the food issue has never really been a source of drama. Sometimes I cook a meal and he doesn't like it, but most of the time if I cook for both of us I do something like linguine and add my vegetables in, he scoops the pasta off the top and puts the meat in his serving.

I agree if he doesn't like it he can cook himself or eat cereal! It's one thing not to eat meat, it's quite another to live off nothing but meat, bread and pasta in my opinion. That is just bad for you.
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Corinne S · on September 10, 2012 at 5:42 PM
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FH is very very very very picky.

Every meal has to be high in protein
All meat must be burnt to a crisp for him to eat it
No cheese
No condiments of any kinds
No dips
No sauce
No dressing
No marinade
No pork
No seafood
No sushi
Everything must be drenched in black pepper
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