What to do if your partner doesn’t like your cooking?

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I feel like my partner and I are always having issues about what I make. I’m a simple + picky eater and don’t eat much so I make simple foods like pasta, soups, tuna salad, chili. However, my partner says he doesn’t like it to nearly everything. Sometimes my mother will cook and he’ll say “this is real cooking i know you didn’t cook this” or something along those lines. Idk if I should learn to make more foods or just tell him to make his own food then.

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honestly i kind of think both..if he’s going to complain and make you feel bad then he can make something else but also maybe you guys could work together and look up new recipes to try that you both may like

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Both. It never hurts to grow your cooking skills. And of course it doesn't hurt to tell him to make his own shit if he doesn't like what you made.

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I've stated multiple times my husband needs to tell me if he doesn't like something I've made so I don't make it anymore. If you don't like it, I won't make it. I may make it for me for lunch but I won't make it for dinner. You are not required to like the things I like and you are definitely not required to like all the things I make. If I make something he doesn't like, he'll make himself something else. Not a big deal. He's a picky eater so if I want like onions/tomatoes/pickles/olives/mushrooms in/on my food I'll do it off to the side so it's not mixed with what he'll be eating.

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Both. I would try to learn to cook some different things that he likes better, but also expect him to do the cooking some nights.

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Both. Cook together. Yours might stay plain like chicken for example but he can add spices to his. Or more veggies to a salad or stir fry with a different flavoring.

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My husband is picky but still appreciative. He will eat what I set before him, even if he doesn’t like it. He only says something if I ask whether he liked it or not. I ask because I like to know if I should make what I made again or tweak it. 
This guy seems mean and annoying. I wouldn’t stick around for that kind of mental abuse.

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"This is real cooking I know you don't cook like this"? That behavior will just get worse! He has zero respect for you.

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There are some days I will cook a dinner I know my family won't eat,  but them is up to him to cook for the kids. Most of the time I will cook things everyone will eat though.

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Take us both to cooking class.

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I have 3 kids (1 is a baby still) and my husband. And all of them are picky. With there being 4 of us there is at least one who doesn’t like the food that’s made. I tell him to make his own food. And I know that’s not very nice but sometimes I do learn a few new things but I hate cooking and cleaning up after everyone. I hate cooking for over and hour in the kitchen just for them to say they don’t like something. No thank you. Cook your own food. It makes me mad.

What to do if your partner doesn’t like your cooking?

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