I hate being a picky eater. I always have been, and it sucks. I know in the grand scheme of things, it's a very minor issue, people in other parts of the world would be glad to eat what I'm turning my nose up at, ect. Still, it's an issue for me. So here are some things that suck about being a picky eater.
Choosing a restaurant
As someone who interacts with a lot of people who are not picky eaters, trying to find a place to eat can be a pain. The stars have to aligned in a certain way for me to be confident in where I want to eat. I usually just tell people: "You choose, I'm sure I can find something to eat there, I'll just look on the kids menu or something."
Ordering the food at the restaurant
I know I said I'd be able to find something no matter where we went to eat, but that doesn't mean it sucks any less when I get there and nothing sticks out. I could order the salad, play it safe, but it has onions on it, and I don't want to be a bother and ask them to take it off. Oh, there's soup, I could eat that...Nope, never mind, it has mushrooms in it, it would taste weird. Uh, I'll just get the chicken tenders off the kids meal.
Having to get your food specially prepared
I mentioned it in the last paragraph, but I hate having to ask the waiter or waitress to take things off of the food. I wish I could just eat it how it was put on the menu and they intended you to eat it! I don't want them to have to remember to take off the onions and the weird sauce they use and the peppers and everything else. Then, if they do forget to take those things off, not only can I not eat my food because they left the stuff I don't like on it, I don't want to bother them again to tell them that they left something on it! It's a terrible cycle and I know they hate me for it.
Going over to a friend's house
This is quite possibly the worst on the list. You go to a friends house, maybe to spend the night or something. It's dinner time. They put the food in front of you, and you don't like anything about it. What do you do? Complain? Heck no, you're a guest, you don't complain to your friends parents about your food. Then they ask you how it taste, and you haven't even touched it yet and they think there's something wrong with it, oh no. Be strong, eat it, don't hurt their feelings. Just chug some of your drink after every bite. "Yes, it's delicious, thank you so much for cooking!"
Being hungry
Being hungry in general sucks as a picky eater. I can look at a fridge full of food and not find anything to eat, because I have some sort of issue with it. I know I'm just being difficult when it happens, but none of the options feel...right. I usually just end up opening and closing the fridge like I expect new food to appear.
The texture
Maybe this is only me, but even if I love a food, if I eat it one time and the texture strikes me wrong, I can never eat it again without remembering that and getting turned off from it. I use to love fried okra when I was younger. I ate one that had a weird texture, and I have't ate it since. I can't eat pineapples because of the texture. Even steak has a weird texture to me sometimes. Maybe I'm just the weird one.
