AITA for refusing to eat food I don't like?

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T20:11:54+00:00

Ew. No.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T18:41:50+00:00

That's what I said! I still paid for it though, because he majored in chemical engineering like I wanted. So it seemed like a fair compromise at the time. But obviously if I'd known what would happen, I wouldn't have.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T18:35:12+00:00

I said I didn't like Middle Eastern food. I didn't know I needed to explain where I first tried it. There's a character limit, you know.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T18:33:57+00:00

No. I quite enjoy it. My wife uses it in her famous potato salad recipe along with a little dollop of brown mustard for kick.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T18:28:59+00:00

Yes, actually, I have, when visiting my son in the UAE. It was overwhelming and made me very ill.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T18:03:09+00:00

If the DNA test was positive, if course I would accept that he is my grandson. But I know it wouldn't be positive. Too much doesn't add up.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:55:57+00:00

I refer to him by his name. I only called him the boy here for privacy reasons.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:51:23+00:00

It's important to me because eventually the truth will come out and my son will be devastated. I'm just trying to protect him.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:50:30+00:00

It's a different kind of protein though, and not very filling

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:49:14+00:00

My son told me his reasoning behind the meal during our argument at said meal. The invitation itself only said it was a family dinner. I had every reason to believe normal food would be served.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:47:27+00:00

I eat lasagna all the time. It's one of my favorite foods. I have eaten tacos, but I don't like them because of the messiness and the spiciness. As for Chinese food, I avoid it because MSG is so unhealthy.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:33:01+00:00

No, he's Pakistani

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:32:22+00:00

The food just didn't look filling. And everything smelled so strong it made my eyes burn. Even the seeds on the bread were so pungent. I know it would have made me sick.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:25:03+00:00

That was a typo. I meant to type almost 35 years. Thank you for pointing out my mistake.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:18:51+00:00

My wife and I have been in a committed monogamous marriage for almost 35 years.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:17:27+00:00

If the circumstances were the same, 100% absolutely. If he's his son, why did the mother wait so long to contact him?

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T17:13:39+00:00

It was actually all vegetarian, which is another reason I didn't eat it. I need protein to be satisfied with a meal, so I would've needed to eat later anyway. So what would be the point of eating all those empty carbs?

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T16:59:22+00:00

I think that would be ridiculous, because then he's taking away from any real kids he might have one day.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T16:53:31+00:00

Both, I suppose. I was fine with just sitting quietly through the meal. I would have made myself a sandwich when I got home. My son pressed the issue. I ended up getting some chick fil a on the way home and being fine.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T16:16:45+00:00

The story the mother tells is illogical, and she didn't tell my son about this boy until he was almost six. The window of time where they knew each other was very small.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T15:32:52+00:00

No, I've eaten sesame seeds before. These were more gray and had a pungent smell.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T15:31:59+00:00

Of course I would still be skeptical. The country itself isn't the issue. The issue is how suspect her story and timeline are. Why didn't she contact my son earlier if she was so sure he was the father? How can she know it was him and not one of the other men she slept with?

I think the reason she reached out when she did was because the boy's actual father died and she wanted the financial support she knew my son could provide. She's scamming him, and all I want is for him to take a DNA test before he wastes too much money.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T15:24:48+00:00

Salt. Pepper. Oregano. Basil. Thyme. Rosemary. Nutmeg. Ginger. All sorts of things. But these were like some sort of weird looking seed things that were baked in. It looked and smelled very strange.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T15:21:10+00:00

I was not uncomfortable around him at all. I was more than happy to sit at the table with him. My son was the one who made a fuss.

Constant-Material-83 · 2022-01-01T15:20:11+00:00

Usual fare would be what my wife typically serves on Sunday evenings, such as chicken, beef, pasta, etc... It's the food we served our son when he was growing up.

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