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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am about to lose it. My husband cooks dinner most nights mainly because I work until 7pm. It makes sense for him to cook. 
However: Any time I suggest a deviation from our rotation, he balks. For instance, meatless Monday. Nope, not a "mea;" without meat. Seared fish. Nope. 
Basically it's a seasoned chicken, pork, or beef dish every night with mushy broccoli or sweet potatoes (the only veggies he likes).
I will grocery shop and try to buy other things and they rot in the fridge b/c he won't cook with them. I will suggest recipes and he'll find reasons why he can't make it. 
Or he'll just grimace.

Finally I decided I'd just cook dinner ahead of time and freeze it. I made a few items. He critiqued each thing or else said why it was gross (cream sauce! cheese! olives...on and on). Then announces it at the table so our little kids also say "Ewwww".

WWYD!?!?!?! I am so beyond annoyed here.
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You are lucky, actually.  My SIL will only eat: ham; roast beef; chicken tenders, mashed potatoes and fries.  Maybe a little barbecue a couple of times a year.  [b]She will not prepare or feed their kids vegetables.  If my brother wants to eat anything else, he must prepare it himself and eat alone.[/quote][/b]

How do you end up with someone like this? That sounds like borderline child abuse. Your brother should prepare meals for himself and the children and she should eat alone. Maybe not pc, but that is trashy.[/quote]

Here is my issue with this and OP - you knew this adult was picky when you got married. A HUGE tip off is a person ordering chicken fingers when there are 25 other things on the menu. I don’t think I have EVER ordered chicken fingers if there is anything else to eat.

So now, OP, you are stuck. You and your DH need to come to an agreement. You don’t criticize his cooking, and he doesn’t criticize yours. He cooks M-F which makes sense, and you cook what you want on the weekends. No complaining.[/quote]

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