To not want to eat Chinese - help me to see if I’m being unreasonable

There's a lot of meat on that menu. What's there for vegetarians?

OP - you should eat what you don't like especially when you are paying a lot of money for it.

Edit - oops thread is 3 pages in. Ignore me if already answered.

I realise this is brand new information, but the OP is vegetarian.

(Which also means the 'but sharing dishes is important to the experience' argument doesn't hold up. He will undoubtedly want to share hers, but then get himself a pile of things she can't eat.)

And as for @NJLX2021 's suggestion of just going to China and trying their 63 regional cuisines to find one you like.... yes, that helps.🙄

Edit - the first part was quoting the PP who suggested Singapore noodles as a not-bland option. Not sure why the quote vanished. But the edit allows me to add that this also applies to the PP who suggested crab Rangoon.

See there are so many different dishes with so many different flavours that I just can’t see how you can say that? Maybe you’re just trying the wrong things? I can think of loads of Chinese dishes that don’t taste like dish water.

I think you're both being unreasonable.

Your reasonable solution of just getting different takeaway foods is rejected. But his reasonable solution of you just sucking it up every now and then is rejected too.

Also - the whole of Chinese cuisine is bland and boring? But pizza isn't? Pizza is literally one type of food with different toppings. Chinese you have rice, noodles, Hong Kong style, sweet and sour etc etc, a whole world.

And how can a billion Chinese people be wrong?

She’s vegetarian.

For the OP it clearly is. You can scroll on by if you’re not interested 🙄

I don't understand why it matters to him if you get yourself a different takeaway. My DH doesn't like Chinese food much either and he'd happily have something else if I fancied one. We're still both having a takeaway together

Does anyone else really fancy a chinese now or just me

I can't believe this is a genuine issue in your relationship.

I love pizza (especially the proper wood fired ones!) and my DH doesn't. I can't say it has once caused any problem at all in all the time we've been together.

Your husband sounds like a knob.

He wants you to be "excited" to have a Chinese takeaway....?

I don't even know what to say about this. It's nuts.

I don’t really like Indian food but sometimes we get that if everyone else wants it just because it’s easier to order one takeaway and it’s nice to all eat the same thing.

I didn’t mean to elicit such a strong reaction!

Are you aware that being able to cook, and enjoying occasional takeaways are not mutually exclusive ;-) ?

So not only do you have to have a takeaway you dislike, you have have to get ‘excited’ about it? F that.

Definitely don't eat it just because he likes it. I don't eat meat and definitely can't get excited about a Chinese takeaway.

You just need to find better Chinese takeaways. I'm vegan and Chinese is my favorite takeout. However I had many bland, greasy awful takeouts until I found good places.

I always get an omelette from the chinese when DH orders, I'm not a huge fan of chinese food, we don't order chinese very often, I would prefer an indian or a pizza. But when he fancies and indian and I want pizza/kebab, we just order separate

Firstly she doesn't want to and secondly I think you mean ask not demand

Takeaways are vile. Get cooking yourself.
I loathe Chinese, force myself to eat it about once a year, to see if my tastes have changed, sadly they have not.

Yanbu your not stopping him eating a Chinese. We often will get from different takeaways. Aslong as your eating together what's it matter what you eat. Im not wasting money and calories on a takeaway I won't enjoy

I find Chinese bland but also sugary!
but go to the takeaway and ask them for their most tasty sauce and demand it with veg -just see what they recommend.

I’m the same, have never eaten Chinese takeaway food that I have enjoyed, most I have actively disliked.

I have had food in Chinese restaurants that has been ok, I would never choose it though.

And I’ve tried a few different ready meals - nope-, tried making stir fry at home with various different Chinese sauces from a jar - still not particularly keen, but the rest of the family love it, so I just serve mine out before mixing in the sauce. I also don’t like noodles, but I can put up with those every now and then.

I’ve tried it enough times, I know I just don’t like it.
And whilst I will put up with food I don’t particularly like as part of a family meal, there’s no reason to with a takeaway, as you can each choose different things anyway!

DH doesn’t like my favourite restaurant, there’s not ever anything on the menu he likes. I wouldn’t ever expect him to eat there. So I never suggest going there with him, and keep it for a very occasional treat with friends.

Tell him that if he continues to persists to pressurise you into having something you really don't want you'll end up believing he is also bland & boring & you won't fancy having a bit of him either.

Is your partner Jack Karlson? 😝

Of course he’s being ridiculous. And if he wants to eat the same food then he should eat the same as you.

He needs to get a grip.