Damn you picky eaters!

kimmiinthemitten

lyndausvi said:

Oh god no.  If they were grade school it would have been different.  That is why I put the age range in my OP.

The 16 year old eats plain pasta with ketchup.  

This trip is a 70th birthday party for my mom.   We live in 4 different states.  2 of us out west.  School breaks are totally different.  The one in AZ doesn't have money, so dad always has to pay.       

MY FWP are airport related:  First, there were no cucumbers in the salad bar at Ruby Tuesday and I LOVE cucumbers!  Secondly, the guy next to me is a loud mucus clearer-swallower and it makes me feel the same way I imagine your husband must feel when the "kid" puts ketchup on his pasta! *shudder*

thisismynickname2

ShesSoCold said:

I don't think I have a FWP today, but I do have a FWP excitement - I pick up my Bears tickets today! :

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I have to laugh because my FWP is related in an opposite way. I am not a football fan. DH is a Bears Superfan. Our first wedding anniversary is Bears versus Packers day (September 13). 

I had been hoping to have a little romantic getaway or something, and had even taken Monday the 14th off work right before he told me this. We negotiated-- if our anniversary cake from the bakery is the flavors I want,  then he can watch the game that day. I think it's adequate consolation that if I'm stuck watching a sport I don't enjoy, then I better be stuffing my face with my preferred cake flavor. 

kimmiinthemitten

thisismynickname said:

ShesSoCold said:

I don't think I have a FWP today, but I do have a FWP excitement - I pick up my Bears tickets today! :

--------Ack, boxes! ------------

I have to laugh because my FWP is related in an opposite way. I am not a football fan. DH is a Bears Superfan. Our first wedding anniversary is Bears versus Packers day (September 13). 

I had been hoping to have a little romantic getaway or something, and had even taken Monday the 14th off work right before he told me this. We negotiated-- if our anniversary cake from the bakery is the flavors I want,  then he can watch the game that day. I think it's adequate consolation that if I'm stuck watching a sport I don't enjoy, then I better be stuffing my face with my preferred cake flavor. 

All you Bears fan are making this Lions girl cringe:).

lyndausvi

kimmiandkoley said:

lyndausvi said:

Oh god no.  If they were grade school it would have been different.  That is why I put the age range in my OP.

The 16 year old eats plain pasta with ketchup.  

This trip is a 70th birthday party for my mom.   We live in 4 different states.  2 of us out west.  School breaks are totally different.  The one in AZ doesn't have money, so dad always has to pay.       

MY FWP are airport related:  First, there were no cucumbers in the salad bar at Ruby Tuesday and I LOVE cucumbers!  Secondly, the guy next to me is a loud mucus clearer-swallower and it makes me feel the same way I imagine your husband must feel when the "kid" puts ketchup on his pasta! *shudder*

DH is fairly good at their pickiness.   He just laughs when they ask his opinion on restaurants as he never gives them an honest answer knowing they are so picky. He wonders why they bother asking? 

They do agree on Casapulla's subs  and Grotto's pizza.  Both are in Delaware.   So they do have something in common.

banana468

lyndausvi said:

@banana468 - that really sucks.   Your MIL is a real pieice of work.

Today she left a VM that it's now supposed to be our idea to have his party here.

Someday I'm going to have a few cocktails in me and I'm going to be like a cup of coffee made without a filter. That's Irish to boot.

ShesSoCold

kimmiandkoley said:

thisismynickname said:

ShesSoCold said:

I don't think I have a FWP today, but I do have a FWP excitement - I pick up my Bears tickets today! :

--------Ack, boxes! ------------

I have to laugh because my FWP is related in an opposite way. I am not a football fan. DH is a Bears Superfan. Our first wedding anniversary is Bears versus Packers day (September 13). 

I had been hoping to have a little romantic getaway or something, and had even taken Monday the 14th off work right before he told me this. We negotiated-- if our anniversary cake from the bakery is the flavors I want,  then he can watch the game that day. I think it's adequate consolation that if I'm stuck watching a sport I don't enjoy, then I better be stuffing my face with my preferred cake flavor. 

All you Bears fan are making this Lions girl cringe:).

Ahhh I love Lions fans! I went to a game up in Detoit a few years ago and had a blast! 

kimmiinthemitten

ShesSoCold said:

Ahhh I love Lions fans! I went to a game up in Detoit a few years ago and had a blast! 

Yay!  We get such a bad rap I'm glad you loved it!  My company has branches in Chicago so I love the rivalry even more than I did before! My first game was a Bears game and I turned to now FI and said "Am I embarrassing you" after losing my voice at half time.  He responded with "Fuck no, you're awesome."  True love ladies and gentleman haha.

madamerwin

Ugh, I missed in the OP that these are TEENAGERS we're talking about here... I'm sorry @lyndausvi , but it sounds like your sister is enabling this picky eating . I know some kids are just extremely picky, but to allow your teenagers' pickiness to dictate where you can and cannot eat is ridiculous. I'm annoyed for you that your sister takes the martyr position on things like planning, when it's her kids who refuse to eat like normal people.

I really don't have any advice, just needed to put that out there. Not necessarily related, but I think one of my biggest pet peeves is when people say they don't like something that they have not tried - my sister used to say she hated bananas, but she had never actually tried one. Granted, she still hated them after I made her eat one, but at least she could say she knew for a fact she didn't like them.

lovesclimbing

That is ridiculous and she sounds a bit like H. He asks me where I want to go, and I say wherever, and he gets upset that he has to pick. Well, the last few times, I've suggested a new restaurant (Mexican, which he likes), and he says oh well I don't really feel like Mexican. He only likes two restaurants in this town so I know where we'll end up going. So I tell him what's the point of me saying something when I know you'll shoot it down? It's so annoying. I tell him that he doesn't want me to choose where I want to go. He wants me to choose where he wants to go without him telling me. He's the same way when figuring out stuff to do. He'll shoot down my three or four suggestions and then complain when I bug him about figuring out something to do. The problem isn't that there's nothing to do, it's that he's picky about what he wants to do.

redwoodoriginal

ShesSoCold said:

I don't think I have a FWP today, but I do have a FWP excitement - I pick up my Bears tickets today! :D

Wuuuuuuuuuut. So jealous!! I want your season sports tickets lyyyyfe!!

Also, I live across the st from museum campus/SF, we should tailgate before a game this season!

ShesSoCold

redwoodoriginal said:

I don't think I have a FWP today, but I do have a FWP excitement - I pick up my Bears tickets today! :D

Wuuuuuuuuuut. So jealous!! I want your season sports tickets lyyyyfe!! Also, I live across the st from museum campus/SF, we should tailgate before a game this season!

All our home games are nooners and my sister and I take the train downtown so no tailgating. But maybe we can meet up after a game!!!

ShesSoCold

I just found my FWP for the day. I made too many sides and now I'm too full to eat my steak.

lyndausvi

ShesSoCold said:

I just found my FWP for the day. I made too many sides and now I'm too full to eat my steak.

I do not understand.  Just like desert, I've always had room for steak.  

themosthappy91

@lyndausvi I just have to ask, what do they eat at home? Like does their mom or dad make them plain noodles every night or what!?

Honestly I don't think anything in the world annoys be more than picky eaters. I just get irrationally angry that they are willing to forego all the amazing food there is out there. 

But on second review I see you said that 4/5 of the family is super picky and only mentioned three kids... so I take it the dad is picky too, which explains a lot. 

Picky eaters, if/when you have kids do you plan to try to raise them to be less picky than you? I'm genuinely curious!

CMGragain

luckya23 said:

anjemon said:

My FWP is really H's FWP - I snore. And apparently I snore a lot now? I don't know if it's the new house or having been busy, but I've been keeping him up really frequently lately and I only did it occasionally before. So now I'm looking into different ways to stop the snoring. Which sucks because I can't control it at all.

And I'm also afraid it's because I've gained like 10 pounds since the wedding and that has tipped me over into snoring territory. So I'm trying to lose the weight to see if that helps, but I still need something to stop it while I am working on dropping the weight.

I need to remind DH how lucky he is that I don't mind his snoring!  I'm trying to get him booked in for a sleep study, which seems to be damn near impossible, though.

I nagged DH for at least five years before he finally consented to have a sleep study done.  He came home afterwards, growling that it was a bust because he couldn't sleep at all.
The next week the doctor called him in and showed him the results:

"Sir, you slept for six hours.  To qualify as having sleep apnea, you need to have 30 episodes in one hour.  Sir, you had an average of 96!   Your oxygen levels fell more than 35% during that time. You are the worst case of sleep apnea I have seen in my career.  If you don't start using a C-Pap machine immediately, you are not likely to live long."

He came home in shock, and I delighted in saying "I told you so!"  He uses a bi-pap machine to sleep, which is stronger than a c-pap used by most patients.  I'm so glad I kept nagging.

lyndausvi

CMGragain said:

luckya23 said:

anjemon said:

My FWP is really H's FWP - I snore. And apparently I snore a lot now? I don't know if it's the new house or having been busy, but I've been keeping him up really frequently lately and I only did it occasionally before. So now I'm looking into different ways to stop the snoring. Which sucks because I can't control it at all.

And I'm also afraid it's because I've gained like 10 pounds since the wedding and that has tipped me over into snoring territory. So I'm trying to lose the weight to see if that helps, but I still need something to stop it while I am working on dropping the weight.

I need to remind DH how lucky he is that I don't mind his snoring!  I'm trying to get him booked in for a sleep study, which seems to be damn near impossible, though.

I nagged DH for at least five years before he finally consented to have a sleep study done.  He came home afterwards, growling that it was a bust because he couldn't sleep at all.
The next week the doctor called him in and showed him the results:

"Sir, you slept for six hours.  To qualify as having sleep apnea, you need to have 30 episodes in one hour.  Sir, you had an average of 96!   Your oxygen levels fell more than 35% during that time. You are the worst case of sleep apnea I have seen in my career.  If you don't start using a C-Pap machine immediately, you are not likely to live long."

He came home in shock, and I delighted in saying "I told you so!"  He uses a bi-pap machine to sleep, which is stronger than a c-pap used by most patients.  I'm so glad I kept nagging.

My husband hasn't done a sleep study yet, but on monday he was did an oxygen monitor.  Waiting for the results.  I'm pretty sure he has sleep apnea though.  

My brother and mom both have it and use c-pap machines.  They say they are live savers.

themosthappy91 said:

@lyndausvi I just have to ask, what do they eat at home? Like does their mom or dad make them plain noodles every night or what!?

Honestly I don't think anything in the world annoys be more than picky eaters. I just get irrationally angry that they are willing to forego all the amazing food there is out there. 

But on second review I see you said that 4/5 of the family is super picky and only mentioned three kids... so I take it the dad is picky too, which explains a lot. 

Picky eaters, if/when you have kids do you plan to try to raise them to be less picky than you? I'm genuinely curious!

yep. bil is picky too.

I'm not sure what they eat daily.  I've always live across country or on another island.  I have seen them eat pizza, turkey and chicken tenders, mac-n-cheese, burgers (no cheese) and steak.  No pork, though.  Only bacon is allowed. 

Jen4948

I'd tell your sister, "I'm sorry we won't be joining you for dinner. H and I will eat on our own."

Then go to a restaurant of your own choice and enjoy yourselves. If your sister wants to be a martyr she can do it on her own time and dime.

lyndausvi

Jen4948 said:

I'd tell your sister, "I'm sorry we won't be joining you for dinner. H and I will eat on our own." Then go to a restaurant of your own choice and enjoy yourselves. If your sister wants to be a martyr she can do it on her own time and dime.

It's mom's 70th birthday. It's a family dinner. We live across country and see her 1-2 times a year.   I'm not eating somewhere else do to my sister's family being picky.   DH and I can eat anywhere.  Spending time with family is the goal, not eating.   We have 3 other nights to eat where we want.

She is now pushing a the steakhouse.  Which is fine.  I love steak. More importantly my mom loves steak.  Funny though DH is not really a steak eater.    He would never say that though.   Steakhouses always have a fish dish he can eat.    It's not that hard.   

redheadbride15

My 19 year-old niece had a boyfriend in high school who only ate 1) plain baked boneless skinless chicken breasts, 2) peanut butter (smooth, not chunky) sandwiches on white bread, and 3) milk. I was astonished that he didn't have scurvy and a variety of other vitamin deficiency-associated ailments.

My H grew up on meat and potatoes and doesn't like fish and a handful of vegetables and sometimes I pick on him for being a picky eater (though in truth he isn't that bad - it's just that I have an unusually diverse palate). His response is always "Well, I could be like whatshisname and only eat chicken!". And then he promises me that if we have kids we won't let them end up like that.

WinstonsGirl

I taught foods to a kid who cooked everything and ate nothing.  And in grade 7, we made mac and cheese, sloppy joes, pizza bagels, apple pie, pizza bread, etc.  Pretty basic kid friendly stuff.  He was always very polite about declining, and I don't make them taste their food if they didn't want to.  I asked his sister what he did eat.  She thought about it and said "toast.  He really likes toast"   Anything else??  "Umm, not really"   Nothing else.  I don't know how he was alive.  He did start eating other things slowly over the next 2 years