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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, why is this such a big deal to you? If you are being forced to make a bunch of special foods, I can undersand annoyance. But that doesn't seem to be the case here. You just seem annoyed because these women don't like to eat certain foods.

If so, why do you care? And would you be posting this if it were female teens or children? Doubt it.

What does a FEMALE human being's age have to do with picky eating? I know plenty of children, teens, MEN, and young people who have limited food choices.

So sick of the age bashing on DCUM especially women. 
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Because everyone has to tip-toe around family matriarchs when dinner time comes around. Last night it was my mother in law -- wife picked a Mexican restaurant. Instead of just saying, "no -- let's eat this other thing instead," her mom just got all passive aggressive at the restaurant. Then I had to be the sounding board for my wife's aggravation with her mother. But it's not just a one-off. We do this kind of dance with my own mother when we go on family vacations. And, like I said, it's reminiscent of people walking on eggshells for one of my grandmothers when it came to the subject of food.

I'm happy to concede it's other genders and ages in other families. But, in my family, it's the elderly women who seem to be difficult to please when it comes to food and who seem to make a point of making others aware of the unhappiness without really being very forthright about alternatives that would make them happy. [/quote]

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