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We don't like the same food - AIBU?

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Teenagehorrorbag · 04/06/2024 20:35

DH likes gravy dinners. He likes potatoes and veg, with a piece of meat or fish. A Sunday roast is his favourite. He also likes steak/sausages/gammon and chips once a week or so. (As do I.....)

He will eat anything - and does occasionally eat pasta (preferably lasagne, ideally with chips and peas). Rice is OK with curry, and he does actually like that from time to time. He also enjoys a chinese takeaway. But he's really not keen on any other sort of pasta, stir fries, noodles, etc or anything 'mixed up'. (Though he eats stew, chilli - with chunky beef - and even soup)!

I prefer things like lasagne, spag bol, mince and spuds, corned beef hash, pasta bake, risotto, shepherds pie etc. But do also enjoy gravy dinners from to time, but not 7 nights a week.

My teenage kids eat and enjoy anything, pretty much.

DH never cooks or prepares food - he says he can't (Mummy's boy). Mid 50s - he's not going to change. I hate cooking and meal planning but accepted that was my role when we got together - but never dreamt how fussy he would be.

Today I couldn't think of anything so made a tuna pasta bake. It had onions, peppers and sweetcorn so contained protein, carbs, dairy and veg. He moaned and moaned and stared at it, pushing it round his plate, for ages. The kids loved it and had seconds. He kept saying it was for people who had no teeth and nobody eats food like that. Just so rude - he really pissed me off and I did get quite angry! He had steak pie with spuds and veg and gravy last night, so I don't think I'm unreasonable doing something the rest of us like today. He's not allergic to anything and doesn't hate any of the ingredients as such - just that it's not really his preferred sort of food.

Please tell me most people (including those with penises) do eat pasta bakes, stir fries, and similar. He's convinced I'm weird.......

OP posts:
justasking111 · 04/06/2024 20:39

We take it in turns to cook, we've an agreement that we don't criticise each others meals.

He cooks or shuts up. There's always sandwich makings if he doesn't want his dinner I presume.

fieldsofbutterflies · 04/06/2024 20:39

Just cook for yourself and DC and let him fend for himself.

DH and I never eat together. We don't have DC though which makes it easier.

Danikm151 · 04/06/2024 20:38

Is he a toddler who doesn’t like his food touching?

a pasta bake is a good meal.

If he’s going to be fussy he can learn to cook!
you are definitely not being unreasonable

Applesandpairsofrocks · 04/06/2024 20:37

He’s weird

if he doesn’t like it he can learn to cook and do himself something else

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