To think this doesn't make me the fussiest eater ever?

[Contiki259]

I don't like bread. It's honestly one of the only foods I won't eat (Along with strawberries which bring me out in hives), but since childhood my family have treated me as if I'm the world's fussiest eater because of it. If I was ever invited for tea anywhere they'd tell the parents "Oh, but she's really fussy you know. She doesn't like BREAD." and even now as an adult it seems to be brought up at every single family gathering, told to nieces and nephews and younger cousins as a "Look at how fussy Contiki is!" story. My sister doesn't like rice but there has never been a big deal made out of that.

I've never understood it. It's just one food. Surely it's no different than not liking rice? It's a bit pathetic to admit, and I know I need to get a grip, but as a kid I used to find it really upsetting that they always made such a big deal of it and even as an adult it annoys me.

So the question is AIBU to think that disliking bread doesn't mean I'm a really fussy eater?

its not unreasonable

I don't like meat, most fish, baked beans or meat

my family now just tend to cook me my own dinner .

second meat should have been mint

although I really do hate meat

I wish I didn't like bread!!

I do find it odd that you don't like any bread as there are so many varieties and textures, but once I'd interrogated you once about which ones you had actually tried I'd accept it. Yes, I'd think it odd, but I wouldn't carp on about it.

Tell them to STFU or you'll invite me around for lunch. Non egg eating, seriously low carbing, vegetarian. It will make you look incredibly easy going

My son hates bread, will eat toast but not bread. It is a pain for packed lunches and picnics and things because I can't go for the easy sandwich option.

People do think its strange if I tell them. He's pretty good with all other food so I let him be.

Auntpetunia, not eating strawberries never got the same treatment for me, because they could clearly see why I didn't eat them, so I imagine they'd be just as sympathetic with coeliac. I hope anyway!

DD & DC don't like chips, I am still amazed that I (chip lover with figure to prove it) have brought up 2 DC's who still at 19 & 25 don't eat chips.

They must be odd

I don't think it's that odd not to like bread. come to think of it I don't like it much either! I very rarely eat it anyway. I also ge

Get bother when I tell people that I don'd drink....they can't cope.

God knows what your family would think of me OP. I am a vegetarian so no meat or fish. I also cannot eat tomatoes, pineapple or drink milk - I would be sick if I ate them. I don't like mushrooms but I could eat them. It makes it difficult to eat out as most vegetarian food contains tomato and or mushrooms! I don't like curry or chilli or anything spicy.

Theres loads of other stuff I don't like but could eat if it was put in front of me I would just prefer to not eat it.

I think not eating bread would be a massive PITA on a daily basis if you needed to feed someone. Apart from dinner (and sometimes even then too) bread is the main part of all food in our house and my house growing up, and most people i have visited really.

Breakfast is invariably egg on toast/bacon sandwich and lunch would be a sandwich of some kind. Dinners would also often be Curry and Naan, Spicy lamb and flatbread, Chilli and pittas, Soup and bread, etc

If you just fancied lunch or something to eat, what would you rustle up quickly?

I can understand though as its quite doughy, so I can imagine the texture could put someone off, I do wish I didn't love bread, all bread (apart from white) because I reckon the weight would drop off me if I didn't eat it.

Breakfast is generally cereal or porridge, quick snacks/lunch are wraps (which take no longer than a sandwich), things on crackers, tins of soup. I would have been served all the dinners you stated and just not eaten the bread part. As an alternative to sandwiches at luch (which it rarely was unless a picnic, at school we had free meals so packed lunches would never have come into it anyway) my parents generally just put whatever filling it was on crackers.

I don't like bread much either. If I eat it, it will be a small piece of fresh baguette or some really good quality fresh granary. I will eat toast though.

I don't like butter or marg. MIL People think I am really weird about .

If they eat bread rolls with practically every meal it must seem very odd to them, but they've had plenty of time to get used to the concept by now

How do they get through so many bread rolls? Do they serve them up with roast dinners and pasta?

Although actually it depends which flatbread you mean. If the tortilla style one I'd eat it, the thicker more doughy type I wouldn't. I've heard the term used for both.

And lunch not luch, iPad kicking in there!

This reminds me of exH, who used to say I was fussy.

It was his relatives who didn't like loads of things, and he didn't like a few things I liked.

Comparatively, I think they were the fussy ones.

I think it's fine to absolutely hate one or two foods.
Most people have their hates, it's just that some go more against the majority likes and seem weird to that majority. If you don't like something most people don't like, it's less noticeable.

Wow MrsKoala! You must get through a lot of bread!

It is unusual, and I think it is rude to refuse to eat something that's generally seen as standard if you just happen not to like it very much.

But your family are also being twats by bringing it up all the time. Not helpful.

many people don't like certain foods but those who make a big deal out of it and have to 'share' their dislikes with everyone as tho they are interesting, I personally find a bit revolting.

Twirlyhot - Pasta is normally served with garlic bread, so the rolls get a rest but the same scenario can occur. Anything with gravy (roasts) bread rolls are a must for them, to mop up gravy at the end.

I'd never serve bread more than once a day. So I was planning on having naan with dinner, breakfast would be cereal and yoghurt and lunch might be a baked potato/quiche/tortilla with salad.

I have Irish family. Potatoes are not optional. I suppose bread is the English equivalent.

I always considered it normal really. Same as everyone else i know i suppose. I think what i'm thinking is it would need a lot more forward planning than just quickly knocking up a sandwich. I also consider wraps bread so that is a sandwich to me really. Things like pasta salad for lunch would take a lot more ingredients and hassle than a cheese sarnie. I doubt i could afford to eat like that either. I do have cereal too but always with toast - one bowl of cereal would defo not keep me going till lunch.

If someone just turned up and i offered them a sandwich and they said they didn't eat bread. I doubt i'd be able to give them anything to eat. I don't have crackers in and wouldn't ever think of buying them.

Yanbu. Sounds very annoying.

When I was little I suffered dreadfully from migraines. I was advised not to eat chocolate or citrus in case of triggering an attack and my aunt would always mention that i didn't LIKE chocolate. I was a kid - of course I liked chocolate! Anyway I'm not sure how she contrived to mention it as often as she did but it was incredibly annoying especially as I would eat everything else ever put in front of me!