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-L.
 
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Oh, I tried my best to reform him when we were first together. I have to
> admit that he would "try" to eat some of the (quite normal) things he had
> never eaten before, but most of them he simply couldn't abide, and
> actually claimed they made him feel "sick". <g> He now eats and loves
> veal which he had never eaten before, as well as filet mignon which he had
> never tasted. Still, he'd probably have a hamburger if left to his own
> devices, and a greasy one at that, however greasy food is now verboten.
> He will eat *shredded* lettuce on a sandwich or a very small salad, but
> God forbig he should eat a *leaf* of it. <g> After this many yaers I'm
> quite used to it, plan for it, and it's no major effort now. Eating out
> he will join me at Asian restaurants but no foods on their menus will ever
> pass his lips. One exception is Lemon Chicken, as long as it doesn't have
> too many "pieces" of other things in it. <g> And so it goes...
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*


Why am I singing "The Things We Do for Love" now? LOL...

Well, you really do have to choose your battles. I will put up with
DH's quirks because I know he would never, ever, lie, cheat or steal,
and he carries me around on a velvet pillow. But of course I have to
remind myself of that when he is being his most, ahem,
"detail-oriented"...
-L.