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[quote=Anonymous]You cannot go to a dinner party and tell a hostess what to cook for you.  So your choices are
a) decline (which I would advocate)  or
b) eat beforehand and push the food around your plate.

I am an excellent cook and try different things.  I hold parties like this and I can say that a huge part is to have my guests enjoy the novel things I bring out that are amazingly delicious.  It is clear you would not share in this joy, so if I knew this I would prefer you would decline.  That doesn't mean that I wouldn't want you as a friend, I would just rather have coffee with you or see a movie or even go to a restaurant where you can be catered to instead.   I strongly encourage you to decline.

If this is the only situation where your food preferences cause you problems, you are likely fine.  But if you are avoiding dinners at your boss' house, family holidays, etc., you should consider that there are ways to work on this problem.  But only if you care enough.  Honestly, it sounds like you are getting by.  But please recognize it is a limitation of yours, like being tone deaf or not at all understanding sports.  You cannot expect others to cater to your limitations, you must cater to others likes.  I say that as someone who is not into things that some of my friends are (read: baseball or something). I decline invitations to baseballs games.

You are not into fancy food.  Decline an invitation to a celebration of it.

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