Would you date/marry a vegan/vegetarian?

[Anonymous]

I'm happily married, so I'm not going to date or marry anyone.

But leaving that aside, although I am an omnivore, I'd happily date a vegan or vegetarian as long as they respected that I was making different choices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It didn't occur to me to consider people's eating habits as part of my vetting process for relationships. I guess if they were a strict vegan, we might not have gotten along because I eat/consume a lot of various animal products.

I'm vegetarian and wanted to make sure I wasn't marrying an absolute carnivore. I'm not high maintenance and can make do in restaurants, but if he was one of those guys who insisted that it isn't a meal unless there's a huge hunk of meat in it, we wouldn't be compatible.

+1. I didn't want to marry into a family like that, either. Thanksgiving is really not fun if you're around people who put meat into everything.

I'm not an absolute carnivore, but Thanksgiving is way more fun if you put meat into everything. Vegan Thanksgiving is actually no fun at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because someone is a picky eater or has a strict diet, doesn’t mean they’re sanctimonious, unless they try to impose their choices on others or condemn others for making other choices.

Narrator: “They all do that.”

[Anonymous]

Vegetarian, yes. Vegan, no. All vegans do is talk about how they're vegan.

[Anonymous]

I've been a vegetarian for 25 years, married to an omnivore. In my own way I am strict (in that I have no interest in eating meat, and my beliefs against factory farming are strong). BUT, virtually all my friends/family are omni and it is not a big deal. I recognize I'm in the minority and this is my issue. I'm not on a crusade to get others to behave like me. DH loves steak. We're happily married. I think the hardest thing is we'd probably want to share more entrees if we could.

[Anonymous]

No way I would. They have so much attitude about eating meat it wound drive me up the wall. Every one I’ve met wants to tell the world they don’t eat meat and why we should not also. Corn fed for me!

[Anonymous]

We are both vegetarians and major foodies. Can't imagine it any other way. Most of our friends are vegans or vegetarians also and our families have no problem with eating at vegetarian restaurants or having 75% vegetarian holiday dinners.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It didn't occur to me to consider people's eating habits as part of my vetting process for relationships. I guess if they were a strict vegan, we might not have gotten along because I eat/consume a lot of various animal products.

I'm vegetarian and wanted to make sure I wasn't marrying an absolute carnivore. I'm not high maintenance and can make do in restaurants, but if he was one of those guys who insisted that it isn't a meal unless there's a huge hunk of meat in it, we wouldn't be compatible.

+1. I didn't want to marry into a family like that, either. Thanksgiving is really not fun if you're around people who put meat into everything.

I'm not an absolute carnivore, but Thanksgiving is way more fun if you put meat into everything. Vegan Thanksgiving is actually no fun at all.

No its not. You can do a great vegetarian/vegan thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most vegetarians I’ve met are fat, so probably not.

This is why I will not let my kids join me in vegetarianism. An unhealthy vegetarian diet is worse than a healthy diet that includes moderate meat consumption. If you do not like nuts and love processed foods, eliminating meat will cause your diet to become less balanced. Being a vegetarian helped me lose weight but if I start eating bread, pasta, and sweets it comes right back. I think it would be easier to stay this slim if I were eating meat because the carb cravings wouldn't be so fierce. On high-discipline days I eat raw and cooked veggies, 2-3 pieces of fruit, legumes and walnuts or almonds in the evening after a black coffee fast.

Omnivores can be unhealthy eaters as well. In fact more omnivores are crappier and eating healthily than vegans or vegetarians. It is simply statistics. I disagree that eliminating meat will make diet less balanced. I think those that do not eat a healthy diet will eat the same regardless of their intake of meat. Example, my SIL was overweight when she was vegetarian. When she went back to eating meat, she gained a ton more weight. She is now obese. Gaining weight is simply due to eating more calories than you burn. Eating pasta does not make you overweight. Eating too much pasta does.