My boyfriend told me a secret today

To start off, I can't stand spicy things. Anything spicy literally hurts too much to eat. It's even gotten to the point where I can't even eat anything very salty either. It's frustrating, especially if we go out to eat and I can't eat anything there because I know it'll be too spicy. It makes me feel like a baby.

My boyfriend on the other hand, LOVES spicy. We have half the fridge dedicated to all his exotic hot sauces and pickled reaper and ghost peppers 😂 Last year I got really upset when we went out to eat because I had to order off the kids menu. I even tried some of his food because it smelled AMAZING but it hurt my tongue too much. I was so embarrassed. He suggested I slowly start introducing spicy/salty foods into my diet to help my tongue get used to it. And for a month I tried, but I was so sick of having my mouth hurt that I gave up.

We love to cook together. Pretty much every night we'll cook or at least take turns. (Nothing salty or spicy for the sake of my stupid tongue) Well, tonight he made a new kind of grilled fish and it was amazing. After we were done eating, he told me he put some of his hot sauces on it. I was totally astounded, I literally didn't even notice. I asked him why he suddenly put hot sauce on it, knowing my sensitive tongue. That's when he admitted to me that over the last year, he has been sneaking in tiny amounts of spicy things into our food. He said he figured I was trying too hard last year and using too much and I didn't let my tongue get used to it enough, so he decided to use just teeny tiny amounts every time he cooked and slowly increase over the year without me noticing.

And sure enough, it FUCKING WORKED!! Y'all I'm ecstatic!! I told him to put a drop of one of his less spicy hot sauces on a spoon and to give it to me. He put a little drop and had me try it. It was definitely spicy but I could handle it!!! I gave him a little shit for being sneaky, but I'm more excited than anything! I literally can't wait for tomorrow, we're going out for sushi and I'm going to try one of the spicy rolls for the first time.😍😍😍