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I'm a picky eater and my boyfriend takes it personally.?

I admit I dont like many foods. I dont eat many vegetables and am morally opposed to eating pork and beef. My boyfriend is a cook and is getting tired of my dietary restrictions. He eats everything. I can't think of a single thing he doesnt eat.

Last night he made grilled cheese sandwiches because he knows I like them. But he added a fistful of basil to each one. I tried a couple bites but I couldnt stomach it because the sandwich tasted like a plate full of basil instead of a grilled cheese sandwich. He blew up at me and we got into a huge fight.

I refuse to eat food I find disgusting. I'm perfectly fine with cooking for myself but he insists on cooking for me. I dont know what to do. He gets his feelings hurt everytime I dont like something he makes...

Arrrgh...

Update:

Breaking up is a dumb answer. We have been together for four years and love each other a lot. Its just that this issue keeps coming up and I hate that he takes it so personally.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    He either needs to learn your tastes to the extent he can cook something you enjoy eating or stop insisting on cooking for you.

    Grilled cheese is good with just cheese and bread and basil is kinda out there. If he wanted to try it, he could have added it to his and then asked you to taste it to see if it was something you liked and would be interested in eating the next time he made you grilled cheese.

    I like grilled onions on grilled cheese, but it's not something I would assume everyone else would like and I definitely wouldn't throw a hissy fit if I put them on someones sandwich without asking them and they didn't like it.

    Cooking for you as a way of showing that he cares for you or loves you is great. Insisting that he cook for you and getting an attitude about you not liking some random thing he throws together when he knows you're picky is controlling BS.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't like much that my husband cooks. He's not a very good cook even though he seems to think he's some top notch chef BUT I do appreciate the fact that he spent the time cooking for me and that he put the time and effort into doing something just for me and I eat it and he'll NEVER know that I'm struggling to eat it. He may be doing just that once in awhile with things you make and eating things only out of love for you.... you never know.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    i will't trust your dad and mom are letting you stay at his apartment. you're starting to be extraordinary seems because of the undeniable fact that relationship is not in simple terms incorrect, that is unlawful. i comprehend you gained't pay interest yet I dated men his age at the same time as i develop into your age and now I understand those men were scumbags! he's relationship you because he won't be able to get someone just about as good as you his own age- or won't be able to get everybody his own age, believe me if he might want to, he might want to. there's a reason ladies his age does not date him. And he's a pedophile! the concept-about relationship a 15 three hundred and sixty 5 days previous at the same time as i develop into 20 develop into actually nauseating- you'll understand once you grow old he's not a perfect guy or the guy for you

  • 1 decade ago

    you sound like me..LOL

    my husband is the same, he loves to cook for me but i dont always love the spices and seasonings that he adds, and he also gets upset when i dont want to taste his cooking..LOL

    i love my simple food especially bread & he loves to explore all kinds of food..

    in time he's learnt not to mess with my food, as i have with his..LOL

    and we've agreed to leave it at that, because there are also plenty of other food that we both love, that we can share together, that also keeps the peace..

    so dont worry too much.. its just food..=)

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  • 1 decade ago

    I think you should break up now because you don't seem to have much in common. Also you may try to loosen up a little because you seem judgemental and its ok to have opinions but you need to realize other people also may have theirs and it won't always be the same as yours.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It sounds like you guys are going to have big problems over a what should be a non issue. Have you ever considered that you may not be right for each other?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Tell him you insist and demand on cooking your own food. Remind him how bitchy you can get about this.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Here's what I do. When I cook, I make what want and enjoy it. When my wife cooks something I don't like, I smile thank her and bloody well eat it. Maybe everything you do for him is perfect. Or, maybe he just isn't as arrogant.

  • 1 decade ago

    its not your fault he sucks as a cook

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    as long as you regularly and frequently dine on my tube steak, honey, the rest of your diet is none of my effing business.

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