the dinner blues

Anonymous

the dinner blues

So I was just wondering what people's approach would be..

Say your invite to dinner by a friend or even your spouse cooks you a meal. You taste something you don't like.

Do you eat it politely (this was how we grew up or we would hide it discretely under a napkin, we would never announce it and even now as an adult I'd never dare in silt someone in such way. I'd never lie if asked but I'd be polite Or do you " what's in this potato in a turn your nose up ungrateful tone "

Pretty much in a cook your own food mood from now on. I don't think I'm a terrible cook but my now partner just doesn't seem to enjoy it and I'm beginning to feel disheartened.

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Anonymous

Depends. Is this a one off or every night? If it's a one off I'd let it slide. If he regularly comments I'd tell him he can cook his own.

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Anonymous

I'm with you, be polite and eat in anyway, if we live together I might be more honest and say what did you put in this, or sorry babe, don't like the potatoes that way, but appreciate the effort that someone else has cooked.

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Anonymous

A bit of both!
If I'm at dinner at a friends house I'll eat it politely and shut up. It's just one meal.
If it's at home and someone occasionally cooks a meal I don't like, I don't make a thing of it either. But sometimes you need to speak up. Like if every meal had coriander in it and it couldn't be picked out then I'd be speaking up!
When we make the menu for the week we try to pick meals that we all mostly like. I want everyone to enjoy what they eat. That being said we all like a wide variety of foods so it's pretty easy to find something we all enjoy.
If you've tried to take into account his likes and dislikes and compromise and they are carrying on like a two year old then tell him to cook then.

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Anonymous

I am not a good cook. I hate cooking.
So if I put effort into a meal thats turned out decently and someone turns their nose up at it, complains about it or has anything to say about it other than 'thank you', that person would likely wear said meal 😂

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Anonymous

If this is your partner, complaining more then once a week, tell him to cook his own dinner if he can’t be polite about your cooking.

If it’s at a friends for an occasion or a once off, quietly eat as much as I can and shove the rest to the side.

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Anonymous

Very open to interpretation.
1/ I was invited to dinner at grannys house, I don't eat meat but granny was raised in an era when you ate what you're given. She cooked every meal with oceans of love and I sat once a week in her kitchen and ate my sausages or rissoles in gravy with gratitude.

2/ My partner and I have very different tastes in food so we each buy what we want and cook for ourselves, if he's cooking hot chips he'll ask if I want some, if I'm making salad I'll ask if he wants one but that's it generally.

3/ Food at work, generally there will something I can eat even if it is just salad. I often have to call restaurants in advance to make sure there is a vego option.

4/ We don't do friend "dinner parties" but we often do BBQ's. I just take something along to pop on the barbie or I eat before hand.

Works for us.

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