Julie Bove > wrote:

: "W. Baker" > wrote in message
: ...
: > Julie,
: >
: > Please let us know. Are you just complaining to get it off your chest or
: > are you asking for advice? Your post is not clear on that so we don't
: > knwo if we should just shut up and listen or should offer you some
: > suggestions if we have them.

: I thought it was pretty clear. Yes, I am complaining. I did ask for
: suggestions but I have a feeling there is no answer to this. He won't eat
: hummus, any dips, raw veggies, salad, stir fries... I did buy 5 different
: prepared salads of fruit, nuts and meats, also fruit like Waldorf and a
: vegetable slaw. Also a prepared chef's salad.

: Not really sure what else there is. Angela and I mainly eat either canned
: green beans, other beans or raw veggies. He said he won't eat beans either.
: Would not touch the bean relish that I made.

: We are not fruit lovers so I don't want to buy fruit to have to throw it
: out. I did buy two cups of watermelon. He did just eat one. And I bought
: cottage cheese with pineapple.

: I think it might all boil down to him being as my FIL used to put it,
: "difficult". Perhaps if someone could just agree with me on that, it would
: help. Because he is making me feel like *I* am doing something wrong by not
: giving him the right food. But... If he can't tell me what the right food
: is, specifically, then I am always wrong. Right? I think...

I would agree with you about his beign "difficult" about his food.
Unfortunately, I don't have any good suggestions for you, unless you just
tell him to buy and cook his own food, which, I fear, might lead to an
explosion.

Wendy

"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : > Julie,
> : >
> : > Please let us know. Are you just complaining to get it off your chest
> or
> : > are you asking for advice? Your post is not clear on that so we don't
> : > knwo if we should just shut up and listen or should offer you some
> : > suggestions if we have them.
>
> : I thought it was pretty clear. Yes, I am complaining. I did ask for
> : suggestions but I have a feeling there is no answer to this. He won't
> eat
> : hummus, any dips, raw veggies, salad, stir fries... I did buy 5
> different
> : prepared salads of fruit, nuts and meats, also fruit like Waldorf and a
> : vegetable slaw. Also a prepared chef's salad.
>
> : Not really sure what else there is. Angela and I mainly eat either
> canned
> : green beans, other beans or raw veggies. He said he won't eat beans
> either.
> : Would not touch the bean relish that I made.
>
> : We are not fruit lovers so I don't want to buy fruit to have to throw it
> : out. I did buy two cups of watermelon. He did just eat one. And I
> bought
> : cottage cheese with pineapple.
>
> : I think it might all boil down to him being as my FIL used to put it,
> : "difficult". Perhaps if someone could just agree with me on that, it
> would
> : help. Because he is making me feel like *I* am doing something wrong by
> not
> : giving him the right food. But... If he can't tell me what the right
> food
> : is, specifically, then I am always wrong. Right? I think...
>
> I would agree with you about his beign "difficult" about his food.
> Unfortunately, I don't have any good suggestions for you, unless you just
> tell him to buy and cook his own food, which, I fear, might lead to an
> explosion.

Although he would not do that, he simply could not at the moment, being even
more disabled than me.