So I was watching Seinfeld tonight, and it was the episode where the woman he is dating refuses to try the apple pie, shaking her head but not giving a reason. Now, in the episode, she is branded a psycho by an old lady, but for me, I am somewhat on her side.
My wife is always asking me to try her stuff and when I refuse, its like she is personally offended. Now if she made the said thing I was to try, then I understand the offense, but usually it is something she had no part in making. Also, just as in the episode, when I refuse to try something, I rarely have a good reason. I mean, I am a large man and so never full, so I can't really use that. If I say it looks gross she scoffs at me and says but it tastes great just try it.
I don't know why, but being forced to try food is just so unappealing to me that I think it is probably considered torture in some parts of the world. And if I refuse to try something, and my wife forces it upon me lest she be mad all night, I never like it.
Now honestly, once I refuse to try something and someone insists, they have lost, because even if I like it I will act like I loathe it in that moment. But I have also found that when my wife asks me to try something and I pass and she doesn't persist, I end up waiting a few moments then wanting to try it anyway...maybe I am a psycho.
But also, why do people get so offended when you don't like the food they like?