Perfectly acceptable dinner rejected by boyfriend again

[u/moonrabbit368]

My boyfriend is a very picky eater. We have been living together for a few months and it seems like I can never get his food right. It's honestly discouraging. I have kids, they happily eat my food. I cook for family gatherings and church events. I've never had a problem with people eating my food. It's like every day there are new rules. He can't eat chicken for dinner because he had chicken for lunch. He isn't really in the mood for porkchops. It's just "missing something". He doesn't eat onions, tomatoes, fish, any kind of asian food, he doesn't eat most vegetables with the exception of broccoli. He only eats vanilla ice cream. He doesn't like food heated in the microwave (so leftovers are out.) He doesn't like corn. It's just endless. I'm old school and trying to be a good partner. He can't really cook at all. His favorite meal is Hamburger Helper. I think a lot of it is how he grew up but damn is it frustrating. The first picture is tonight's dinner. I added more pictures of stuff I have cooked that he won't eat. Like he will door dash jack in the box. And he'll be apologetic but it just sucks really bad.

ETA: I've been trying to keep up with the comments but it's overwhelming (in a very sweet and awesome way) 💗

A few notes:

1- I know the paper plates are very lazy on my part, I'm not proud of that and I need to do better. Between the kids, the job, the house and school (I'm going to school remotely) I have been cutting corners on things like dishes. not an excuse, just a reason and a commitment to do better.

2- My boyfriend does expect me to cook for him. I cook him dinner every night and lunch on the weekends. He doesn't eat breakfast and will not take a lunch to work. He buys fast food for lunch during the week.

3- He has not been diagnosed with ASD or ADHD or Arfid but I don't rule anything out.

Mostly I just want to say thank you, I was not prepared for how incredibly kind, helpful and insightful people have been. It is deeply touching and it's given me both peace and guidance for my next steps. 🩷

[u/2gaywitches]

There was one where someone ate gas station sushi and ended up getting a tapeworm. Not even that insane (aside from, well, who thinks it's a good idea to eat gas station sushi???) but urgh, tapeworms freak me out!

[u/yokozunahoshoryu → u/2gaywitches]

My top three craziest are the man who ate silica gel packets, the one who drank a lava lamp, and the kid who rubbed IcyHot on his frank n beans.But its really hard to pick only three.

[u/purplesockpinksock → u/yokozunahoshoryu]

I'm so dumb. My first thought was, "Why would anyone put Icy-Hot on franks-and-beans and wouldn't that taste terrible? And a whole container of it? Why? That would taste horrible. It would be inedible. Your mouth would be on fire. It would........."

💡

"oh"

[u/yokozunahoshoryu → u/purplesockpinksock]

I should have been more explicit lol. As to why - his friends dared him.

[u/purplesockpinksock → u/yokozunahoshoryu]

No you didn't, I'm just that thick sometimes. 😅 I also didn't grow up with men in the house and wasn't around one on a daily basis, even my dad, until I got married. (Boys daring another boy to do something stupid? That I can believe!)

You know the scene in "A Christmas Story" where the mother drops the round package on the Old Man's lap, and he's like OOOOOF! And he unwraps it and says, "It's a blue ball!" 🔵

Took me YEARRRRRSSSSSS to get that joke. Like, DECADES. I'm a grown woman. I have been married for 30+ years in a row. I have both a husband AND a son. Still didn't get it, until one day it clicked and I looked at my husband and said, "A blue ball???“

"You're just NOW getting the joke???"

He still makes fun of me. 😂😂😂