You’re going to ignore the quotes of your own posts? OK.
Your continue to contradict yourself and won’t answer a simple question. You claim that you don’t care if someone eats or not, and also say that you must eat things that you don’t like.
Which is it?
Both are true and there is a simple explanation for it.
First, though, you need to answer the question I asked before.
Not to sidetrack this conversation, but I’m really trying to think of a situation where someone would have to eat something they didn’t like, instead of just opting out. I understand where they might do it to be polite, but if your friends are forcing the matter… well, you might need new friends.
I can see where they might say “Try this”, you politely decline and then they push the issue one or two more times - “You’ll like it”, “Just give it a shot”, etc. - but I don’t think I’ve ever been in a situation where me or anyone I’ve been with has driven a social interaction to a standstill because of their refusal to eat something.
You are talking about whiners that try to change the groups plans because they don’t like a particular food. That is not what I’m talking about and I’ve stated that three times.
And according to this -
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Eat before, eat after, fake an illness, pretend to politely taste a morsel , whatever–I don’t give a good god damn shit about how you handle your particular eating disorder
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Since we are talking about disliking certain foods, this shows you think it’s an eating disorder. But I’m sure you’ll just ignore the quote of your post again.
Adults are capable of accepting a “no thank you” when they offer someone something to eat.
Sometimes they’re not your friends but you still need to please them. Could be a boss or a potential boss or potential in-laws or your dying great-aunt or simply being a one-time guest with people from a different culture. Or you might end up as a diplomat or a corporate representative in a situation in which pleasing the other person is way more important than disliking a particular food. You never know what life might throw at you and it’s something that a normal adult human should be able to accommodate without getting bent out if shape.
What was the OP about again? Oh yeah. A dinner with good friends.
So many people say they don’t like sushi and have no idea what it is they don’t like. My girlfriend will not go to a sushi restaurant with me. I love sushi, I know for a fact the menu has plenty of things she would like but she won’t try. I would say go and make an honest try to find things on the menu you like.
This for sure. I can’t eat fish, but I have gone to a sushi place just with coworkers for a casual lunch. I can always find something to eat at a fish joint.
And that’s clearly not all that this thread and all the other discussions about picky eating on these boards have been limited to talking about.
And not once did I tell the OP that he should go to the party and cram hated sushi gown his gob. Not once.
Maybe not directly, but this is pretty darn close -
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This is something I don’t get: Why does having to have a meal you don’t like affect you so severely? We live in a big world with all kinds of people and lots of things happen. That means that on many occasions, you’ll have to eat something you don’t like. Get over it.
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Not even close. Its not telling the OP what to do. Its clearly a statement about a much more general topic, and it’s not even a direct response to a statement by the OP. It’s your personal baggage that makes it look like I’m trying to force the OP to eat sushi at his friend’s birthday party.
It’s plenty close in a thread about not wanting to eat a particular food.
Tell us Acsenray, what foods do you have to eat on a regular basis that you don’t like?
He isn’t saying what you think he’s saying. He’s clarified what he’s saying if it needed clarifying. When someone says “That isn’t what I meant” what the hell good is it in trying to hold them to your original reading?
I guess I am a social retard. I only have a few good friends and when I plan a gathering with them, I think about whether they would find something to eat at the restaurant that would make them happy.
And if I am invited somewhere that makes me uncomfortable, I do suck it up and research the menu ahead of time and figure out what I could have. I am aware of my own issues with food and I compensate for them.