Not liking sweet stuff very much really isn’t that weird?

[Springersrock]

I do like chocolate, biscuits, I take sugar in tea, etc, but given a choice I’ll usually go for a savoury option

If I’m out for a meal I’ll always go for a starter and a main course. If there’s a cheese board available, I’ll order it but I usually skip the pudding course as there’s never anything I fancy

I’m a member of a knitting group. We usually get together for a Christmas night out, couldn’t get us all together before Christmas so went out for a meal last night

The rest of the group decided they didn’t want starters as they wanted puddings. Fine, I ordered a main course, which was pretty huge when it came anyway so was perfectly happy. The waiter came to take the pudding orders, no cheese board so I just declined.

Lots of comments from the others so I explained the not really liking puddings thing and given their reaction anyone would think I was some kind of freak. Someone was even pushing me to ‘just order some ice cream”

I joked and said if I could order off the starter menu, I would. The waiter said lots of people say that, the kitchen was still open so go for it - so I thought fuck it, why not

Honestly, you’d think I’d had taken a shit in the middle of the dinner table because I didn’t want a bloody pudding!

I don't have a sweet tooth either, I don't hate desserts or anything but I'd far rather have a starter.

I'm more of a savoury person. Always have a starter over a pudding.

Yanbu and I just wish I was more like you .

I'd rather a savoury than a sweet too.

I always have an appetizer over dessert, as does everyone else I know. Dessert is usually shared among a few people, which I’ve discovered might be a NYC thing.

Starter every time!

Yep, i started to just say i didn't like chocolate in the end because it was easier. Cheese FTW!

Some people don't get it. They expect other people to act the way they do.

Starter over pud here too. They're usually more interesting. I do love sweet stuff though, I just find a lot of restaurant puddings a bit underwhelming. I wouldn't find someone not ordering pudding at all odd.

Did you actually order the pudding-starter?

YADBU

I suppose it usually implies some moral superiority - which is annoying when you're out for a slap up meal and a great time

Thanks all!

Did you actually order the pudding-starter?

Yep - hoisin duck bao buns - bloody lush!

My one exception is creme brulee, I love it, but other than that, cheese everytime

A great many dessert are cloyingly over sweet - unless it's a really good restaurant. I do like tart fruits such as blackcurrant, rhubarb, gooseberry. Also the bitterness of really dark chocolate. But loads of creamy, textureless gloop - no thanks!

An ex of mine used to say he had a 'fat tooth'. He didn't care about sweets but loved pies, crisps etc.

No, it's not weird at all. Are all the members of your knitting group extremely closed and lacking in general life experience or have you over-egged this slightly for dramatic effect?

I'm the same as you and have experienced the same reaction when not ordering a pudding.

It also happens at work when someone brings treats in as they are always chocolates or cakes and no one can quite believe I just don't want any and must be on some kind of diet.

If anyone ever brought in crisps or sausage rolls I'd be all over it!

YANBU I’m the same. I find most things too sweet. I’ve always been like this. I’m the only child I know who left the M&M’s to slowly dry out in the cupboard!

Agree with you OP - especially as unless you're at a really good restaurant the dessert is just going to be something that comes pre-prepared and defrosted. Not worth it.

That said, creme brulee is my deal breaker, i just LOVE IT so will go for that if its on the menu :)

Nah I'm the same as you OP. Salty snacks over sweet any day! I get a lot of shit from my colleagues every friday when I decline cake - there's a lot of really inappropriate dieting/anorexia comments which I don't appreciate at all. Just let people eat what they bloody want for heaven's sake! It's not like they don't all watch me eat a normal sized lunch two hours earlier either..

Me too

It also happens at work when someone brings treats in as they are always chocolates or cakes and no one can quite believe I just don't want any and must be on some kind of diet.

If anyone ever brought in crisps or sausage rolls I'd be all over it!

Same!

My boss brings in donuts on a Friday and always comments that I must be on a diet when I politely say no thanks - I’ve got a tube of Pringles I’m munching my way through so I’m hardly making healthy choices here

Not really sure where moral superiority comes into it tbh, I’ll order a cheese board if there’s one on the menu, if not, I’m not ordering something I don’t really want just so someone else doesn’t feel bad

Dd bought me a Krispy Kreme a while back, I took a bite and gave her it back!

Exactly Springers
Cheese is hardly a low cal option.

Not really sure where moral superiority comes into it tbh I think that poster meant there are some people (they weren't saying you) do the whole "ohh I couldn't possibly eat a pudding, far too sweet for me, I don't know how people can eat them bla bla bla"