melskids, qualiticare, and crystal all said it perfectly.

And fruit is NOT dessert in this house!

I do not tend to eat things I don't like, momofsix. I will refuse, politely, but I do NOT like some things, such as seafood of any kind, and to try and force myself to eat it would be impossible. It is possible to politely refuse to eat something. If someone had something with, say, a few mushrooms in it, then I'll eat around them, but if I didn't like coconut and someone served me coconut cake, then why should I eat it when I could just say, "No thank you, it looks wonderful, but I'm watching my weight/too full to eat another bite/I'm not a fan of coconut/whatever"

The idea that you have to eat something you don't like just because it is served by someone else is ridiculous, IMO. As a host, it would NOT offend me in the slightest...and if you, as a host, would be offended by someone choosing not to eat a dish they don't care for, as long as they were polite about it, I have to ask you, why?

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