To not want to cater for a friend's partner's fussy eating?

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He will eat sausages. Potatoes. Not with butter. Not with sauce. White bread. Boiled veg. No herbs or spices. Mars bars for energy. This man is in his 50s, very underweight with an exercise habit that is obsessional.

I am a good cook and I'm happy to cater for different dietary needs. This man is simply fussy and will not eat the same food as anyone else.

Hi seating is disordered, IMO, and I know that can be annoying (I have a very "fussy"/ previously food phobic son, with whom I had to work very hard to increase the range of food he will eat, to the point it is now - pretty good).

Try not to see it as a slur on your cooking or an insult and try and grit your teeth and have a bit more empathy.

OP, did you ever see Faddy Eaters (I think that's what it's called). As MotherPanda - such extreme control over food often is a psychological disorder

As MotherPanda said

Don't invite them then!

I have a friend in his early 40s who eats only pizza (no tomato sauce), white bread, garlic bread, chocolate and various sorts of crisps. Might drink a bit of orange juice. Seriously. I'm not sure how he's survived so long but he's also v sporty and has fathered two healthy children. I like his company so we put up with it. IMO I think he's maybe somewhere on the spectrum, other behaviours suggest it.

OP you have two routes: a bit of tolerance and understanding or don't have them round for dinner.

How often do you have them round for dinner? I can bet it's not that often, and therefore probably no skin of your nose to make him feel welcome.

Campion thank you!
My DS1 is ASD. He is very high functioning,you would never know unless you really knew him. But it really shows with food. He just doesn't like food. He takes very little pleasure from it.
He tries so hard,but for him every day is like doing the food challenge on I'm A Celebrity...
Food is disgusting to him. The taste,smell and sight of it. It is only in the last 2 years,thanks to his school,that he now sits at a table with others who are eating.
I feel for him that he will be labelled a "twit" when he is older.
Not everyone is a foodie. As long as this guy is not demanding that you spend hours slaving over separate dishes for him,give him a break!

woopsi - I don't think people who haven't experienced it understand at all. My DS is similar to yours to a lesser degree in that he doesn't care much about food, can't really see the "point" of eating together.