| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 5/31/2007 10:47:19 PM | Nothing wrong with skipping on meat now and then. I wouldn't have a problem with it, but then again i'm pretty much a vegetarian anyhow so I doubt my opinion count's for much. | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 5/31/2007 10:54:38 PM | | I would date a vegatarian, vegans tend to be too hardcore for me though. I'd be willing to go to vegatarian resteraunts sometimes, and while I won't swap a burger for tofu I'd be willing to swap it for something else (tofu is foul, if it was fowl it'd be ok). I wouldn't be willing to become a vegatarian though. | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 5/31/2007 10:59:22 PM | | Yes, I have dated vegetarians. Of course, you make sacrifices and share a table and meal with them as often as you can. And I like it and it tastes good. I have nothing against vegetables and organic food. However, I do need meat, and so will not always eat the same as her. I've never had a problem with this method. Overall, it can be challenging, because I like to dine out and sometimes my options are limited. | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 5/31/2007 11:12:53 PM | My current S/O is a vegetarian. He also does not eat eggs. It really isn't that difficult. And I am fortunate that I
can eat meat in front of him (in a restaraunt, for instance). He is not uncormfortable or squeamish about that, at
all. but I do not cook meat, at his place. I have many pasta dishes, that can be easily made without meat. I even
learned how to make my own veggie burger patties
And we eat a lot of salads. It can be a bit of a balancing act, but it's not really that difficult. | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 6/2/2007 6:56:46 AM | as it happens i am married to a vegitarian and i'm a sea food eater and have meat around twice a week... my wife has been a veggie for 30 years and in the 14 years we've been together she has never preached to me, she cooks meat for me ( while wearing rubber gloves ! lol) and i often tell people i eat a vegitarian diet with meat or sea food on the side..
I'd eat veggie dishes on a date to keep the date happy, but if she could'nt bear seeing someone eat meat or sea food at all then the relationship would be going nowhere. I would never become a full blown veggie and if she objects to that then it's time to move on !! respect is a two way thing... | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 6/2/2007 9:27:35 AM | Sorry to say, yesiamcute, but if this is a big issue for you you should not expect to find a meat-eater who will make special allowances as you put it, in a long-term relationship. It's possible but not very likely - in my experience people tend to be as intolerant as they can socially get away with and when it comes down to it, meat-eaters who are "religious" about their diet are just as common as veggies who are about theirs. Better point your radar towards fellow vegetarians.
For those few people who have chastised yesiamcute for her "manipulative female canine" ways I think you have made an incorrect assumption. Although they certainly do exist, by the wording of yesiamcute's original post, she does not appear to want to be controlling the diets of people she is with - I think she is just uncomfortable being around meat and the act of its consumption. I'm quite intimately aware of the results of combining capitalism with animals and have gone through times in my life when I would be overwhelmed by sympathy for the previous owner of a chunk of flesh and muscle tissue that was sitting on a plate near me.
If you would not make allowances for people who are uncomfortable with something you do when you are with them then fine, but be tolerant enough to allow others their beliefs and feelings without ridiculing them or making disrespectful statements such as "they have issues they need to deal with".
with metta,
- StevenBee | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 6/2/2007 9:39:26 AM | I've never understood WHY this is or even should be an issue.
If you've made a personal choice regarding what you wish to eat or NOT eat... good for you!
NOW -- Please extend the same courtesy to the REST of the world! They have their OWN choices to make, particularly when it comes to what is being shoved down their throat... and their choices should NOT concern you in the least.
See... wasn't that easy! | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 6/4/2007 8:16:45 AM | I don't think it would work for me,
I'm a vegetarian once removed, I only eat things that used to eat vegetables.
If it didn't have a face, I'm not much interested in it... | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 6/4/2007 9:08:21 AM | I am ok with this up to a point. I totally respect the food decisions that people make. I would be willing, on occaision, to go to vegan/vegetarian restaurants. However, I would expect that courtesy to be returned by the other party agreeing to dine at a regular restaurant.
However, I think I would draw the line at dating someone that would not sit at a table with me while I was eating meat. Essentially that is forcing me to change a very basic part of me just to dine with her. I am a flesh eater, I eat the flesh of animals, birds and fish... that is part of who I am. While I do enjoy vegetarian meals at times, i would not be willing to change my eating habits just to date someone. If she could not sit at the table while I enjoy my food preferences I think there is very little chance of a meaningful relationship developing. Throughout history the sharing of a meal is a primary building block in the foundation of most social and romantic relationships. Eliminating this from the dating scenario is a recipe for disaster.
Unfortunately many vegans/vegetarians tend to be quite vigilant in defending their food choices and wanting to force them upon others. If they would agree to disagree, and they eat what they want and I eat what I want, then perhaps things could work. Ultimately, I see this as too much of a basic difference to build anything other than a friendship upon. This is probably one of those scenarios where you should stick to dating people that share your same belief. This is not one of those cases that opposites attract. | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 6/4/2007 9:21:58 AM | | Frankly, I am a meat eater, but I respect the reasons many people choose not to eat meat. If she can tolerate the fact that I eat meat, then I could tolerate the fact that she doesn't. I would also not mind going to vegetarian restaurants with her and trying vegetarian dishes to make her feel comfortable. There is nothing wrong with vegan restaurants or whatever.... If I really like the girl, this would not really be an issue for me. | |
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| Dating a vegan/vegetarian
Posted: 6/5/2007 10:03:11 PM | Whuh, if she couldn't eat at the same table as me when I was eating (I don't think I ever have a meal that doesn't have meat in it....) I don't think it'd work too well. Of course, I doubt I'd ever wind up in that situations because not too many vegitarians or vegans are cool with hunters and trappers. =)
Keep it funky!
J. | |
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