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What are some things that people keep wanting you to try?

Asked by Kardamom (33284points) February 5th, 2019 from iPhone

I have friends, relatives, and other well wishers that continue to try to get me to eat eggplant, despite repeatedly explaining that I I do not like eggplant.

These people often say, “Well you haven’t tasted eggplant Parmagiana!” I have, repeatedly, in different restaurants, in people’s homes, at potluck BBQs, as frozen food, and fresh out of the cold deli cases at the grocery store. I still don’t like it.

Eggplant is one of 3 vegetables that I don’t like, despite having eaten it baked, battered and deep fried, made into lasagna, thrown on top of pizza, and every other incarnation that has come down the pike. I still don’t like it. I also don’t care for okra, or cooked zucchini (although raw zucchini, and zucchini bread are OK).

I can’t figure out why people are so adamant about trying to get me to eat eggplant, when there are thousands of other things that I do like.

One friend keeps insisting that I go see her friend’s Van Halen tribute band. I don’t like Van Halen. She insists that I will love them, because they are so good. That doesn’t even make sense.

Then there are the people who want me to like sports, mostly football and baseball. The only sports I enjoy are figure skating and gymnastics. I don’t want to watch football on TV, and I really don’t want to join anybody’s softball team. “It will be fun!” they say. I’d rather watch paint dry, or scrub my toilet.

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13 Answers

Kardamom's avatar

People always seem to want me to play board games, and cards too. Aaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

stanleybmanly's avatar

People tend to forget that I am no fan of cottage cheese. The issue doesn’t arise with the frequency of former days when we were much more social.

Demosthenes's avatar

Weed.

Being friends with stoners for years has involved so many attempts to get me to try it. Just not interested.

I’m incredibly stubborn, so if I don’t want to try something, I won’t. You can’t make me. :)

JLeslie's avatar

I remember @auggie trying to get me to try fluther. :)

The one thing many people try to convince me to eat is frozen yogurt. I hate it. I hate yogurt. When you hate something you taste it, even if it’s covered in sugar and flavoring.

I don’t understand why they want you to try eggplant if you have already tried eggplant.

There are things I try to persuade my husband to try, because I feel over 90% sure he will like it. Some foods, and also things like I want him to try snorkeling, but he resists it. I push, because I think he imagines it incorrectly. I’m usually correct when he finally does try the thing I’ve been pushing.

I do this to a friend of mine. I keep wanting her to try different activities where we live. I finally have basically given up.

Love_my_doggie's avatar

It’s beyond me why people do this. Food tastes are very personal, and does anyone really believe that you’re too ignorant, naïve, or stupid to know your own likes and dislikes?

I loathe coffee. I can’t stand the way it smells, When I accidently get even a sip, I literally spit it out because it’s so nasty. I can’t tell you how many times someone’s tried to get me to drink a cup by saying, “But this is really good coffee,” or “You need to try this.” No, I don’t want any coffee!!!

gondwanalon's avatar

Alcoholic beverages. I’ve never drank beer, wine or hard liquor. Why? 3 alcoholic step dads and I’m repulsed by the smell of booze of any kind. People keep asking me to smell and try it.

Also my Asian friends keep asking me to try “aged fish”. It smells rotten to me.

ragingloli's avatar

Watch movies that I have zero interest in.

Kardamom's avatar

@Stanleybmanly and @Lovemydoggie, you can send the unwanted cottage cheese and coffee over to me.

@gondwanalon, the idea of aged fish makes me shudder! Lol

rockfan's avatar

To watch Game of Thrones. Show doesn’t interest me at all.

gondwanalon's avatar

@Kardamom The smell hits me strongly the instant I enter Chinese restaurants and when my in-laws prepare aged fish at home. My friends and family rave about how wonderful aged fish is. The smell is discussing to me. One time at the end of a meal the host told me to try just a small amount of the aged fish. I put a tiny bit in my mouth and very nearly vomited right on the table. I quickly spit it out in my napkin and drank some water.

If it doesn’t look good and doen’t smell good, then I don’t eat it.

Our nose is right over our mouth to smell the food and drink (just before we put it in our mouth) to make sure it’s not rotten or bad in some other way.

seawulf575's avatar

My wife keeps wanting me to try listening. I still don’t.

Brian1946's avatar

Knee-replacement surgery.

There are some less invasive therapies I want to try before I get there.

Dutchess_III's avatar

Sushi! I want to try it. Sorta. But I get it right at my lips and and I freak out.

I hate it, too, when people say, “Try this! You will love it!” Well being pressured like that automatically sets me up to not like whatever it is. I can really sympathize with children whose parents or caretakers force them to eat foods they don’t like.

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