Kate Hackett
Redditor u/ATotalMunch is dealing with a girlfriend with the eating habits of a picky child and the situation has become so untenable, they hopped on Reddit’s “Am I The Asshole” sub to get a verdict.
OP explains that his girlfriend is incredibly picky. She won’t eat… well, ANYthing.
My girlfriend is an incredibly picky eater. Like I said in my title, she eats like she is 10 years old. In fact I’ll give a short list of things she refuses to eat; Unflavored water, fish (excluding fried shrimp), anything with bones, cheese other than sharp cheddar, spinach, onions, garlic, pasta without red sauce, eggs, spicy food, aioli, ketchup, potatoes (other than french fries), pastries with fruit, citrus, sausage or any “non-American” food. This compares to me, someone who grew up in multiple different regions of the US and lived in abroad for a few years, so I’m a bit more adventurous when it comes to food.
OP, meanwhile, is much more adventurous with their food. And at this point, it’s a little embarrassing to go out to eat with this girlfriend because she only orders boilerplate American fare.
Whenever me and my girlfriend go out somewhere nice she ends up getting the same meals usually either a burger or chicken tenders and fries. We could be going to an authentic Nepalese restaurant and she will get the french fries and white rice. To me it’s kind of embarrassing to go to a restaurant where there is a dress code and for her to order chicken tenders and fries.
It’s also grating on OP that they’re paying for something so simple.
It especially bothers me that since I typically pay, I end up paying 15 bucks for chicken tenders that I could get from the freezer section at Walmart for 5 bucks.
A very nice place recently opened, but when OP checked it out, he balked at paying a lot of money for chicken tenders.
Recently in our area a very nice dinner place opened up and my girlfriend has been dying to go. I took a look at the place and the menu and saw that it looked nice but the food was kind of pricy. She said she was probably gonna get chicken tenders as per usual. I asked her what’s the point of going then if I can toss some tenders in the air fryer for her and not spend a ridiculous amount of money on it.
He said he thought it was a waste of time and money to go out for kid food and the girlfriend got upset.
She asked why I had an attitude about this and I told her that I thought it was a waste of time and money to go to a nice place to get little kid food. She interpreted this as me calling her a little kid. I clarified that I wasn’t calling her a child, however it is kinda childish for her to eat the way she does. I also said that if she’s gonna order food we can make at home theres not aby point in us going anywhere.
So… is he the jerk?
This lead to an argument about me thinking I’m better than her.
Aita?
Oh boy. Yes. Sort of. He’s a jerk for not bringing this to her constructively earlier; this poor girl is just living her life and he bodyslams this information at her.
One user noted, “literally no one other than you is analyzing what she eats. who cares if she eats chicken tenders. it’s not your mouth/stomach/palate/body, so why do you care? i promise you no server or guest is looking at her plate and judging it like you are. they wouldn’t have it on the menu if they had a problem serving it to people.”
Another user wondered, ” I don’t see why she would even want to go to these nice, especially ethnic places if she’s going to have nuggets & fries? Is it so she can brag she dined there?”
Other people didn’t totally agree with me, “Probably not the popular opinion but I think NTA. I don’t see the point in taking her to an expensive restaurant with a very specific type of cuisine and her getting fries or chicken fingers. Why is she dying to go there anyway??”
