“I realized I cannot do this and it will eventually wreck us,” she wrote on Reddit of her reasoning for ending the relationship
- A Reddit user admitted that she broke up with her picky boyfriend because of his very selective eating habits
- “He basically can only eat chicken fingers, grilled cheese, mac and cheese and pad Thai,” she explained
- Other Redditors described his restrictive diet as “stuck up” and ”annoying,” especially for a “fully grown man”
A girlfriend is saying goodbye to her boyfriend thanks to his picky eating habits.
The woman confessed on Reddit’s “Am I the A——?” forum that she broke up with her boyfriend due to his very restrictive, seemingly no-veggie diet.
“I realized I cannot do this and it will eventually wreck us,” she wrote of why she ended things. “My boyfriend has tons of food restrictions and is picky in general. He basically can only eat chicken fingers, grilled cheese, mac and cheese and pad Thai. I’ve never seen him eat a vegetable.”
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She noted that they’ve been dating for only a few months, and although she loves him, she decided to break up before she went on a vacation, which she feared he might ruin with his incessant food complaints.
“I love him, but I eat everything and am very laid back,” she wrote of their eating incompatibilities. “I know I will have to plan my entire day around finding food he can eat, on top of listening to him complain that things aren’t the same. … I just don’t want to hear about it while I’m on vacation.”
“The thought of taking him to an event or a dinner with friends/family and having him eat like a toddler makes me already experience second-hand embarrassment,” she added later in the comments section of her post.
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Feeling “bad,” she asked the forum if she’s being the a—— here.
“[Not the a——],” replied someone who related. “I told myself NEVER again with the picky eaters after dating a chicken finger man lol 🚩 somehow it will always be you who is expected to plan the meals too 😩 I understand not liking some things but unless this is medical/allergies there’s a point where this is just stuck up and annoying as a fully grown man.”
Most people agreed, even if they were sympathetic to any medical needs.
“At the end of the day, even if someone does have a perfectly valid reason to be picky, it’s still their responsibility to handle it like an adult,” another Redditor commented. “If he’s sitting through meals complaining the whole time, particularly if it’s an issue of his own making, how does that mirror his behavior in other areas of his life?”