All my boyfriend ever wants to eat is sushi. I hate fish, so this is a problem! I compromise, and on days when I'm not very hungry I'll suggest sushi and let him pick the place. I can snack on cucumber and egg rolls while he fills up on fish eyes or whatever, bleh. OR I will have him take me to a place that I really like for lunch, and for dinner we'll bring in sushi. On days when you're not very hungry, let the other one win! That way when you DO have a craving for something he doesn't want, he'll be more willing to go where you wanna go. Gotta say, the steak/salad comparison was kinda weak. What steakhouse doesn't serve salads? The real problems come up when he wants Indian and you want Italian.

What might also work is if you are cooking at home make a menu for the week of the things you both like. You make a menu of 7 meals for yourself and he makes his menu of 7 meals. Then you both can take turns choosing from the others menu. Hope this works.

He gets mad because we will have this round-about question go on for 5+ minutes: Where do you want to eat? He is the more picky eater in the relationship, I only don't like seafood but most restaurants have alternative options. He doesn't like chinese, thai, indian, italian, etc and the list goes on. So when he asks me, I just say "wherever". And he gets upset. Sometimes I speak up and say I want to go to a generic breakfast place, but I'm really not picky but he always wants me to choose. Then later he speaks up saying he wants something else, I feel like we should just go where he wants to go. Because it doesn't matter much to me. I prefer to cook at home, but he lives with 4 other guys in a house, and he never has food in the fridge and just eats take out. I think that's absurd. I like to cook, so sometimes I'll cook dinner at my place then take it to him and hangout. Really, I think this conversation is the most annoying one to have every week.

My daughter and son in-law have come up with the perfect solution when all else has failed. I like this solution & they say the decision is quick & leaves neither one feeling selfish for choosing. Each choose a place where they wish to eat & SIMPLY FLIP A COIN. NEVER FLIP TWICE! Accept the draw of the coin & be Happy.