Is my husband the fussiest eater in the world

[tenbygirl]

He's vegetarian - so meat and fish are out (fair enough).

He also won't eat;

cheese
eggs
any sort of pre=prepared/microwave food
tinned tomatoes
pasta
rice (more than once a week)
parsley

I've just about stopped cooking for him as am fed up with it all. Its bad enough having a fussy kid when you work full time. But I feel guilty about not cooking him dinner.

An ex of mine had a roommate who was a vegetarian who didn't eat any vegetables (apparently he just ate carbs).

He was most attractive. Oh yes.

Lordy. I had a bf who was an incredibly fussy eater. When we were at uni we were invited to dinner with an ex-teacher from our previous school, who casually asked, "is there anything you don't like?" Whilst I politely said "no" (there's a few things I don't like but I would never refuse to eat them!), when bf started reeling off a long list ... the guy gave him a pen and paper to write it all down!!! I was sooooo

And my db's ex-wife was a terrible eater who passed on her bad habits to her sons. At Sunday lunch at my parents her ds would wail "I don't like it!!!" before the lid had even been removed, to which she would reply "well you don't have to eat it then"

Grrrrr ... I feel so sorry for all of you with fussy spouses/partners - must be so difficult to get your kids to eat well

No, he's not Indian.

In 7 years of been together he's never done the food shopping. I could count on my fingers how many times he's cooked (for me/us). I must admit I don't encourage him. If I asked him to menu plan it just wouldn't happen.

It takes me weeks to get an answer to a question from him such as can DD have a rat? He would never menu plan.

I do "work" full time, but am training to be a midwife so in his opinion his work is more important - plus he commutes 3 hours in total a day.

Oh dear, maybe I should have posted this under relationships.

We didn't get together until his late 30s which I think explains a lot. He'd never lived with anyone until me.

Admylin, my DH is also of Indian origin and he is so fussy.
Think anything which is not curry is fairly bland and when I cook my lovely curries, he doesn't like them unless they taste like his mums!
I 've had to learn special relaxation breathing techniques to cope.
However is older brother is so much worse, I think I am lucky in comparison
Sympathies tenbygirl, my DH cooks a lovely omlette

My dad is vegetarian plus everything has to be low fat and low salt. My mum is NOT a vegetarian and doesn't like carbs so she needs some form of protein (fish, chicken, steak) at every meal. Try cooking for the two of them at one time!!!!! Fortunately I only have to do it for about one week a year.

OK - coming at this from other side now. I ate a very limted range of food until my late 20's.
I basically ate only bread, pots, cereals and some meats. No fruit, veg or dairy.
I don't really know how this happened, as a child I was force fed other stuff, wasn't allowed a choice or to leave the table until I tried things. Tbh I think this made my attitude much worse than I would have been anyway. I literally could not put foods of a certain texture/smell in my mouth. Without sounding dramatic it actually made lots of perfectly normal life situations embarrassing and stressful, from being invited to tea at a friends house as a kid, to working away from home and having no access to any food I would eat!
My DH has pretty much cured me...I now eat a massively varied and healthy diet and will at least try most things.
I do sympathise, I know it drives my DH insane (there are still plenty of things I won't eat) but I am getting better, there is still hope for your partners!

a friend of mine would only eat chicken and potatoes. Wouldn't have any type of suace on them either.

She realised how bad it was (her boyfriend could never take her out to dinner) and now she has added salad stuff and fish. And I think fruit and fruit juice. And she tried a pizza.

She may be really fussy, but she is trying to do something about it and I respect that.

i thought my dh was bad coz he moans when i put vegtables with things!

our spag bol the other day look more like vegtable hash! lol

I feel sorry for some of you!

my dd however is quite good, she knows if she at least tries to eat she is allowed pudding so she eats all the bits she likes and tries a little bit of the things she doesnt. some days its hard but its getting better, im not the sort to cook 2 different meals, esp not for a 2yr old! lol

Lot of complaints on here blaming the mother!
My ds is a complete and utter PITA re food, completely drives me up the wall. He is 13 and shows no sign of improvement.

I have told him to get bread and butter, if he doesn't like what's for tea.

It drives me insane, but please don't blame me...I have done everything I can to change him.