AITA for throwing away a plate of food over relish?
I (25F) was invited to have dinner with my parents. We were having a simple dinner of hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill. Fries, chips, you know, the classics. After everything was prepared and cooked, we set it all up on the counter as grab and go bar. Lettuce, onions, tomatoes, chili, and…relish.
Now, I love pickles, but I really don’t like relish. I had it once and it hurt my stomach so I just don’t eat it. I don’t like it, so I don’t eat it. simple. I’m not a picky eater either, I just don’t waste time eating foods I know I don’t or won’t like. I’m open to trying foods, but not anything I know I won’t like. Example, I don’t like seafood so I don’t try different fish. I don’t care to eat any type of seafood, so I don’t even bother.
I’ll give some preface here, my dad is the type to try and get someone to try something, specifically me. He’s always telling me, “you need to just try it”, “try it for me”, “why won’t you just try it?”, and so on. It really gets on my nerves and frustrates me because I don’t know why he won’t just let it go. We’ve gotten into arguments over foods I refused to be pressured into trying or eating. I’m not going to eat something I don’t like or know I won’t like.
At dinner while I’m putting my preferred toppings on my burger, my dad approaches me with a jar of homemade relish. I already knew what was coming. He put a little bit on a spoon and said “try this, it’s homemade.” I politely declined as I tried to continue making my plate. He then proceeded with “come on, just try it.” I told him flat out no. I could tell he was getting frustrated with me as he put the spoon closer to me. “Why won’t you just try it?” He said. I looked at him and with a bit of anger in my tone, I said, “I’m not going to try it. I don’t like relish.” He then proceeded to say, “You haven’t had homemade relish. It will change your mind.” I was growing a lot more angry at this point because I don’t know why it’s such a big ideal. Why he’s determined to make me try things I don’t want.
I finally just said loudly that I’m not going to eat the relish. He began arguing with me saying he doesn’t understand why I’m getting so angry and frustrated.
He then proceeded to put a glob of relish on my burger and tell me I need to try something for once. This angered me. Now, I’m not the type to waste food and I know I could have just scraped it off and made my burger again, but I was fuming at this point. I decided to throw my entire plate of food in the trash. This prompted an argument of me “wasting food” and “overreacting.” I wasn’t going to stay and put up with the overwhelming arguments so I just left afterwards.