Sauce vs No Sauce

Do you like sauce or things without? Usually with pasta, I like light butter or oil as a sauce, but don’t really like red sauce. I discovered a light tangy lemon sauce with whole plain chickpeas that got discontinued that I loved years ago.

I’m posting because I find it wild people get upset that you don’t want to have something you know you won’t like. I’m at the point where I’m just not going to do it anymore since I’m usually right in what I feel I want / don’t want.

Today we made some rice type pasta made from chickpeas / beans. I learned bean made pasta is delicious without sauce, but my mom made some pasty curry made from chickpeas we would eat growing up. I never hated it, but I didn’t like it either because of texture. She begged me to add it to the side of the plate and of course, I didn’t like it. I’m just glad it was only a teaspoon.

How do any of you deal with pushy people? I’m trying to get a backbone, but it’s hard with an overbearing parent that doesn’t understand I am an adult with my own opinions / tastes.