Y/M Eating Habits

My husband and I have been together for a long time now. But I was remembering when we first got together his eating habits were different than mine. He had a very small selection of foods that he liked. And the list mostly included things like frozen pizza, fast food hamburgers, and things of that nature. I sort of had to gradually sneak "GOOD" food in on him.... I guess it may depend on if they came from a family that cooked a lot with some variety. My husbands mother wasnt a terriffic cook I dont think. Anyway I was just curious to see if any of you girls have had this experience with your y/m?

my YM is a fairly healthy eater, and eats the way I do for the most part. he is vegan, i'm not so strict (i eat eggs, he doesn't) so that is a major point of compatibility. it's hard to find men who don't want to gulp down garbage.

Heheh, well, it's been interesting. I've had a similarish experience kindanice - word was, when I got my honey, that his mom wasn't a great cook. She's made some very good things when we've visited, but it's different dealing with a mom's food every day when she's Just Not That Into cooking. I know...my mom was similar. She wasn't the best cook on an everyday basis.

What I have seen is that some guys stick to the frozen things because they're considered "safe" and consistent. It turns out that my honey loves good quality food, and prefers it after seeing how easy it can be to make. He turns into a little chef with the toaster oven - which he had been doing some of before we met, because he found out how easy it is to make good fish dishes in there by tossing on a few yummy ingredients (and we both love fish).

He has a lot of fun with sauces and spices - how hard are those ya know? The other day he did some pork chops with 2 kinds of barbecue sauce, rosemary and tarragon (he wanted sage too but we didn't have any).

I think your theory holds up kindanice, I think the limited choices of some people are because they've had limited success with going outside of them. I can't imagine, because I love really good food and eating nothing but 3 or 4 kinds of frozen or fast-food is leaving too many yummy experiences out of life.

Sort of...

I don't eat lots of fast food, but I'm very, very picky, and what I do eat has been very limited. I have to eat pretty well though, because I can get ill otherwise, my stomach can be very tempremental! My gf has got me eating a few more greens, I don't think I'd ever had a salad before I met her. :eek:

I actually eat a bit less junk than her, stuff like crisps (chips :rolleyes: ), chocolate, things like that. I guess what I eat for dinner/lunch isn't always as healthy, but then I don't eat crap inbetween.

One other thing is that my mum cooks the same things over and over and over, so my experience of food has been very limited. And my dad... well he can't cook, simple as that! I've got sick of that over a number of years and started to cook for myself a lot more even before I met my gf, but I've definitely picked up a few things off her. ;)

I come from a family where cooking and having meals together was a daily pleasurable activity.

All of my ex-s come from simmilar families as far as the culinary tradition goes.

Problem is that I'm an excellent cook and even though both my ex-husbands were as well, when they discovered my talents, they gave up cooking :(

How I wish someone will make me little yummie dishes one day :o

The only person who cooks for me is my friend Jason when he visits from London.

My ym is a bit of a health food nut - meat is a problem for him. Personally I find that a tad over the top and he knows it. So, he's adapted his diet to where he'll eat chicken and some beef, but not a lot.

He's gotten me to start working with soy, which really isn't so bad, actually, and I liked bean sprouts anyway, lol. But between the two of us, we're both very picky regarding what we like and what we don't like. I grew up in an Italian household - good stuff, in other words, lol, and he grew up with a very restricted diet and a bunch of bean sprout obsessed brothers. Things like Italian sausage, spinach, cheese soup, any seafood, (he'd never HAD seafood until he met me), he couldn't stomach. At the same time, he'd never really had any good guidance when it came to eating either, he used to eat condensed soup STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CAN. (Not only is that gross, it's a major sodium overdose who, for somebody with his family's heart condition, is a very bad thing. . .).

So, over time, we've worked out some of the kinks with our culinary tastes. He now eats soup the normal way and I've pretty much cut most carbs out of my diet. I can also get him to eat spinach cooked in things, as well as mushrooms, if he doesn't know they're there, he has no problem eating them. ;)

That's not to say he doesn't indulge in junk every now and then, because he does. He's a major Doritos fanatic, he loves pizza, and bbq ribs are his major indulgence, and don't even try to come between him and his soda.

hmmm... I'm not too found of ****ing "everyday-foood", so Joel have been doing a LOT of ****ing since he moved to Norway, that also means that he have had to learn to make other stuff than frozen food :p But he doesn't like fish and boiled vegitables and both me and my kids LOVES that.
I have manage to make him eat a little fish.. like fish grateng and fish-balls.

He has always loved spicey food and we don't use a lot of spice in our... I don't let him eat spicey food to often either,cause he will walk around with a tummy ache for hours after :(

Joel loves sea-food other than fish though and I can't wait till we have an evening without kids... cause then it wil be lobster and some good wine.

When it comes to drinking habbits he used to swallow alcohol like it was water... and I told him that he had to slow down... he teases me cause he thinks it strange that a viking don't know how to drink fast :eek:

Aina, it's cooking with "cook" not"co*k" like a a rooster :D

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Hmmm, I'm curious what Aina wrote in her first line that got blipped out. LOL.... :D

Anywhoo....

My family have always been into good food and good cooking. My mom is a terrific cook. I'm not bad myself. My boys are fantastic at creating wonderful meals. So when Dereck moved up here he had a variety of foods he had never tasted before. His health had not been all that good but living with us he has cut out almost all of his fastfood diet and lo and behold! he is actually feeling good!

But he does love his sweets. :p

lol!! Gotta love people who do such a great job speaking English that people don't realize it's their second language :D

Rob, one of the first observations my husband made when he came here to the USA was that he was amazed at how 'convenience food oriented' we Americans are. He wasn't used to our way of eating and has gained about 4 stone! :eek: But that's okay -- he needed to put on some weight... ~heh heh~

Cute thread :)

Mine is a 'junk' eater... McD's, Wendy's, Subway, Wawa hoagies...chips, Reeses PB cups, soda, sugared ice tea... oh well...

Since we're not a 'couple,' and dont live together, i really dont tell him what to eat and what not to eat, tho i could never eat like that again at my age...i wouldnt risk it.

The other guy i see (older) is a very healthy eater...eats just about everything in moderation, but i'm trying to learn from his eating habits. He defintely eats more quality protein, veggies, and fruit than i do.

Rob, one of the first observations my husband made when he came here to the USA was that he was amazed at how 'convenience food oriented' we Americans are. He wasn't used to our way of eating and has gained about 4 stone! :eek: But that's okay -- he needed to put on some weight... ~heh heh~

I don't know that it's all that different to be honest. Isn't it true that 'fast-food' originates from the US though? I get the feeling that the NE isn't exactly the same as other places. I remember Ponderosa's in Florida when I went there as a kid.

One thing that I do find odd is breakfasts. They're so big, and stuff like steak. I mean, c'mon, we have english breakfasts (bacon, egg, beans, sausage, etc) but it's not even on a par and we don't have them all that much. Just cereal or toast or something for me thanks!

I did gain some weight when I was here for 3 months in the summer, but I think that was more to do with not having a lot to do and not playing football every weekend like normal.

lol!! Gotta love people who do such a great job speaking English that people don't realize it's their second language :D

:o :o This is not the first time I write that word wrong... lol

Anyway I was just curious to see if any of you girls have had this experience with your y/m?

My boyfriend loves good, healthful food. He also eats some junk and drinks a lot of limonade, but overall, he probably eats more healthily than I do :)

We don't share a household and are in a long distance relationship. I'm not sure how he would react to living with me...the foods that I cook for my children are nutritious and usually as natural and whole grained as possible. I nibble at it myself and then when they're asleep I'll bake some greasy snacks and browse online :eek:

I think some of it depends on his grandmother cooking well for him and his own desire to be healthy, that he eats well.

My boyfriend loves good, healthful food. He also eats some junk and drinks a lot of limonade, but overall, he probably eats more healthily than I do :)

We don't share a household and are in a long distance relationship. I'm not sure how he would react to living with me...the foods that I cook for my children are nutritious and usually as natural and whole grained as possible. I nibble at it myself and then when they're asleep I'll bake some greasy snacks and browse online :eek:

I think some of it depends on his grandmother cooking well for him and his own desire to be healthy, that he eats well.

Charlotte....IS THAT YOU??? You changed your avatar. I just realized its you...hehe :) Nice avatar. Shes purdy

One thing that I do find odd is breakfasts. They're so big, and stuff like steak. I mean, c'mon, we have english breakfasts (bacon, egg, beans, sausage, etc) but it's not even on a par and we don't have them all that much. Just cereal or toast or something for me thanks!


LOL! Well, we don't usually have steak for breakfast in our house either. Once in a great while, I'll eat a proper English breakfast with Tim but I've got to be honest, the beans do not do it for me! I live in the midwest and it's all about either farm food or fast food here... either way, your waistline is doomed if you're not careful! (we don't put corn on our pizza here either - *gasp!*)

Aina, our next door neighbor is from Germany (her hubby is American -- we live in a duplex so we say we have our own little international house; it's cool!). One day, they were at our house playing cards and she said they had just gone to see the movie, "Meet The Fockers," only she very clearly pronounced the " o " like a " u " sound! :eek: We were in tears with laughter as her husband corrected the pronunciation! It was so cute! Try as she may, she couldn't make her mouth go the right way to make the correct sounds...

That's one good thing about Americans (at least where I live): we really do enjoy and appreciate people from other parts of the world who try to grasp our crazy language!

Aina, our next door neighbor is from Germany (her hubby is American -- we live in a duplex so we say we have our own little international house; it's cool!). One day, they were at our house playing cards and she said they had just gone to see the movie, "Meet The Fockers," only she very clearly pronounced the " o " like a " u " sound! :eek: We were in tears with laughter as her husband corrected the pronunciation! It was so cute! Try as she may, she couldn't make her mouth go the right way to make the correct sounds...

That's one good thing about Americans (at least where I live): we really do enjoy and appreciate people from other parts of the world who try to grasp our crazy language!

hahahaha....
Joel has learned some norwegian now, and there is a lot of things he says that I really do not want for him to learn to say correct cause it's sooooo cute :p

Charlotte....IS THAT YOU??? You changed your avatar. I just realized its you...hehe :) Nice avatar. Shes purdy

Heh, yes it's me, not the pic, but the poster is me! lol

Here is me (with my youngest):

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/canadian_daisy/webcam.jpg

I cannot wait until Remi is finally here and we can begin to really see how this food issue is going to work out between us. This was to me, one of the most fun parts of our vacation together.

Anytime I cooked for him, I tried to cook meals that were "traditional" in my part of the country. For example, one dinner included fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans seasoned with ham, and sliced tomatoes. Remi would "oversee" my cooking, constantly turning up his nose, or asking, "what's that?" with disdain on his face. However, he ate every single bite, went back for 2nds and 3rds, and then sometimes in the middle of the night, I heard him up and about in the kitchen heating up leftovers (if there were any). So, it was so funny because he pretended that he would not like what I was cooking, but he ate it up. :p

Allll the while, he was bragging to me about what a great cook he was. So, I sat back one evening while he did the "cooking" which consisted of boiling water, and dropping a packet of seasoned pasta in to boil. And, then covering it in some sort of romanian condiment that I can't recall the name of now. whooptido. He really thought he was being such a great "chef". LMAO

Anyway, all our meals were fun. We were both questioning "what's that?" or "why did you cook it that way"? But, the funniest question he asked me was why was I serving cold tomato slices alongside the hot dinner. He said, "won't that cold food being eaten with hot food make your teeth crack?" LOL

It was so much fun. And I have missed those days in the kitchen terribly. Hopefully, he will finally be here by spring and we can finally start our "kitchen wars" again.

I do think he'll eat much better once he's home with me. Right now, he lives off those pre-packaged pasta packets or fast food.

I cannot wait until Remi is finally here and we can begin to really see how this food issue is going to work out between us. This was to me, one of the most fun parts of our vacation together.

Anytime I cooked for him, I tried to cook meals that were "traditional" in my part of the country. For example, one dinner included fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans seasoned with ham, and sliced tomatoes. Remi would "oversee" my cooking, constantly turning up his nose, or asking, "what's that?" with disdain on his face. However, he ate every single bite, went back for 2nds and 3rds, and then sometimes in the middle of the night, I heard him up and about in the kitchen heating up leftovers (if there were any). So, it was so funny because he pretended that he would not like what I was cooking, but he ate it up. :p

Allll the while, he was bragging to me about what a great cook he was. So, I sat back one evening while he did the "cooking" which consisted of boiling water, and dropping a packet of seasoned pasta in to boil. And, then covering it in some sort of romanian condiment that I can't recall the name of now. whooptido. He really thought he was being such a great "chef". LMAO

Anyway, all our meals were fun. We were both questioning "what's that?" or "why did you cook it that way"? But, the funniest question he asked me was why was I serving cold tomato slices alongside the hot dinner. He said, "won't that cold food being eaten with hot food make your teeth crack?" LOL

It was so much fun. And I have missed those days in the kitchen terribly. Hopefully, he will finally be here by spring and we can finally start our "kitchen wars" again.

I do think he'll eat much better once he's home with me. Right now, he lives off those pre-packaged pasta packets or fast food.

Oh my gosh Whiterose, your post is so funny. I KNOW he will eat better when he gets home with you :) Those pasta packets are what my daughter (11years old) cooks all the time. And she thinks shes a great cook too.




Charlotte, I love your pic. You are very pretty and your little one is a doll. :)

LOL! Well, we don't usually have steak for breakfast in our house either. Once in a great while, I'll eat a proper English breakfast with Tim but I've got to be honest, the beans do not do it for me! I live in the midwest and it's all about either farm food or fast food here... either way, your waistline is doomed if you're not careful! (we don't put corn on our pizza here either - *gasp!*)


I have to ask... when you say beans, do you mean Heinz Baked Beans in tomato sauce???? You can't really get them here, but we went into an Irish shop in Bethlehem in the Lehigh Valley and they sold some. I picked up all 8 cans that were on the shelf, I just had to have them. I think they're so much nicer than the ones in brown, sugary sauce that are here.

Found a pub that does an 'Irish Breakfast' too, which also shows the football. The sausages are SO nice, I can't really eat the ones here, they're too chewy. I think it might be because they have too much meat in them! I think ours in the UK have breadcrumbs or something in them? Anyway, I'll be at that pub on Saturday at 7:30 in the morning watching the football. How mad is that!

Hi. I'm new here.

I'm hesitant to post because the age difference in my relationship is so large. I almost laugh when I see "7 years" or "9 years", not because it isn't significant to the participants, but because mine is a decades gap, much like the woman who is with the college student in Boston.

My YM's food choices nearly make me ill. He can swill Mr. Pibb and pop all day, eat potato chips, candy and fast food to an unbelievable degree. As a matter of fact, it affects how I feel about him sexually.

You work hard to ignore the many differences in taste- both of you do- but, if I sit there and watch him drink Grapico, it turns me off so completely, that I decide not to have sex with him that evening- seriously.

He is adorable and loving and is very good to me on the whole, but I do wonder if there aren't just some differences that cannot be accomodated? And if those differences end up breaking up your relationship.

Any input is welcome.

Well I would say that withholding sex from your partner is too heavy handed & controlling a way to handle his eating habits. If anything, it could make him feel negatively reinforced and therefore reach out to sugar or other addictive substances to feel better.

The best you could do is to discuss the problem with him and find out where he stands regarding changing his habits. If he wants to make changes, then there are things you can do to help.

Hi All!
I have been lurking here for a looooong time - but this thread has prompted me to write! I am 36 and my YM is 23 and food has been one of our funniest issues. He would eat chips and salsa with a Guinness every day if he could...and throw in a Resees's PB Cup and he is in heaven. I gained 15 lbs. and finally decided I couldn't eat like a 23 year old anymore! So now he is much better about eating healthy meals with me...we often cook together and it is one of our favorite times!

Trish, I did a google image search, and it looks like ` Grapico' is a grape flavoured soft-drink(I think you guys call them sodas?).