Picky Eater
I was roommates with a guy for several months and I began to notice he was a picky eater. I would always offer him food and he always declined, sometimes looking at the food in disgust. Admittedly, I’m an adventurous eater, often eating a lot of various ethnic foods and unusual stuff.
After a while, I got curious enough to ask him about his diet and he opened up. The dude ate plain cheeseburgers, cheese pizza, mac and cheese, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, ice cream, and pretty much nothing else. He was about 25 at the time, and had the diet of an 8 year old. He openly admitted that he hated all vegetables and only ate bread, meat, cheese. He hated Mexican food, Chinese food, salads, and anything even slightly spicy. He thought I was the weird one and that I was just trying to be different by eating all this weird stuff.
Just to clear something up – I completely understand this is not a healthy diet for anyone. When I said “diet of an 8 year old”, I meant it’s the diet that a lot of American 8 year olds would choose for themselves if their parents didn’t make them eat healthier. Also, the roommate did not grow up impoverished. His parents are actually fairly wealthy.
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