Reply #18: Think you hit the nail on the head...

[housewolf]

"Refusing was a way he could maintain control. And he never grew out of the bad habits."

Have you and he ever talked about this as a control issue? Does he own up to it, or does he just think it's about the specific foods he doesn't like?

(If this is to nosey a question, you don't need to answer - I was just curious...)

It's frustrating, I know, to have such a limited menu to work from, and always having to put aside things that you like and enjoy.