Why did I not find this site ages ago?!?!?! This is SO refreshing to read all of these stories very similar to mine! I am 36 years old and I am a picky eater. Always have been. My mom had to feed me beef babyfood until I was about 3-4 years old. After that, she would add a raw egg to my Carnation instant breakfast shake in the blender so I would get protien. My dad would always force me to eat veggies/fruit when I was growing up, so I have tried many things... and there are just many things I do NOT like - at all! Like to the point of gagging or feeling like throwing up if I eat or even think about eating... namely, fruits and veggies. I at least eat one veggie: carrots and 2 fruits: apples and bananas. But I don't even fully enjoy eating those. They are the only ones barable enough for me, that I feel like I HAVE to incorporate them into my diet. I can't stand any kind of seafood. But I do love one thing - MEAT! I joke that I swear I may have been a carnivorous dinosaur in my past life lol. Most everything I order, whether it be fast food or restaurants, I usually have to special order and it is so annoying! I am very lucky that I have been with my husband since I was 16 and he is very understandable about how I am, although, he still (nicely) tries to get me to try new things now and then. He is the chef in our home and sometimes he uses the food processor to "hide" things in his cooking lol but he makes things the way he knows I will like it. However, he worries about my health. I admit, the older I am getting, I get more worried too. I especially worry about my weight. I was always a healthy weight growing up (on the skinny side as a child), but since the weight gain of having babies, I find it hard to diet to lose weight, because I simply just don't like a lot of healthy foods. I am not severely over weight, but I would love to be back down to where I was. Luckily, I had very healthy pregnancies and have two super healthy boys (ages 4 & 9) - who are not nearly as picky as me - thank God! I am so glad I found a place here where I feel people can read my story and hopefully relate to it. It is so hard when people don't understand why you don't like certain foods. I hate potlucks at work, I get anxiety when eating at new places or with new people, etc... I just wish people could understand - this is not something that I chose. It is not something that is within my control. Eating should be an enjoyable thing. If I don't like something, I am not going to eat it just because it is supposed to be "normal." I do take vitamins to help supplement things I don't get from my aversions... I guess I just wish there was more I can do. Thank you for letting me get all of this out! It tends to "eat" away at me now and then! (no pun intended lol!)