Reply #14: I think my husband is similar.

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His mother is high strung and can be a little controlling. With my kids, she is always running to get me and say, "They didn't eat all their apple!!!" Or "They hardly ate any lunch!!!" In a really panicky voice. Meanwhile, the kids are perfectly healthy and of a normal weight. They just were not hungry or didn't want apple. Whatever.

But I think my husband got into a battle of wills with his mom over food. Refusing was a way he could maintain control. And he never grew out of the bad habits.

I try telling him, "Just try it. Sometimes it take awhile to get used to something new, yadda, yadda, nag, nag." He has made small progress over the eight years we have been together. But still a long way to go.