A Matter of Taste As in, I Have Taste and He Doesn’t!
Dear Ms. Prim,
My boyfriend has the worst, and I mean the worst, taste in restaurants. He always wants to go to places with the worst food, the worst service, and the worst atmosphere imaginable. I have no idea why he does this. I’m not sure if he legitimately likes these places (if so, I fail to see what he sees in them) or if he has some ulterior motive by choosing them.
As if that weren’t enough, he’s absolutely adamant about choosing where we go whenever we go out. He doesn’t just want to choose the place when we go out as a couple, but when we go out with friends too. Every Friday night, my friends and I have to make sure we come up with a way to choose where we eat without his input. We then have to blindside by making sure he doesn’t realize where we’re going until the last minute so he doesn’t have time to protest. It’s becoming a problem.
No matter how much I try, I can’t seem to make myself confront him about this. The main thing is that I don’t know how to go about it. How do I tell him his choice in restaurants sucks? I’d appreciate any advice you have for me.
-Cordy9034
Dear Cordy,
Sweetheart, as I usually tell people in situations like these, BE DIRECT! Talk to your man and just tell him that he has a habit of choosing restaurants that other people find less than desirable. Honey, if your relationship is worth beans, this shouldn’t be a big deal at all. That being said, I want to give you a little food for thought (pun most certainly intended).
Very few people have truly bad taste when it comes to food. They are out there, but you only meet someone like that once in a blue moon. I suspect that you were on to something when you suggested that your boyfriend might have hidden reasons for choosing bad restaurants like he does. Maybe he hates going out and this is his way of getting back at you, maybe he likes your cooking and he’s trying to get you to make him dinner more often, or maybe it’s something entirely different. I really don’t know, but I suggest you look into it, darling. This whole thing seems a bit fishy.
Anyway, I hope you found my advice fabulously useful. Oh, and I’d like to wish everyone Happy Holidays. Try not to ruin your figures with all the decadent foods you’ll be eating these next couple of months. But if you DO ruin those figures, gurlies, don’t worry. That’s what New Year’s resolutions are for!
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Miss Prim likes to think that the occasional pearl of wisdom falls from her mouth, but the only thing she's licensed to do is drive a car (and, honey, have you seen her driving?!).
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