Encouraging your significant other to eat more healthy foods

[valkyrie]

Soak fruit in vodka.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Soak fruit in vodka.

MMMMMMMMMMMM delicious.

[kddani]

Some people will get VERY annoyed if you try to force things upon them. I will admit that I learned to like things by someone saying "here, try a bite". But that's different that totally trying to change someone's eating habits, particularly if they KNOW they do not like something. It will piss them off and annoy them to no end. I've had umpteen boyfriends try to get me to drink wine, for instance (which I can't stand, and never have liked). None of them have succeeded. One actually held a glass of sangria to my lips until I took a sip (needless to say he's long gone).

There's a difference between introducing someone to new things and trying to force them to change something so major.

Just like you can't help that you're short, he can't really help that he's a picky eater.

[gpb1874]

I just started cooking meals instead of going out. If he didn't like it, he could go get something else. Living in a small town like mine, there are few options (Dairy Queen and Mexican places get old after a while) and he gets lazy and doesn't want to go get anything else. He also hates to grocery shop. So, he eats what I make or he fends for himself. It is working pretty good.