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What is it like? Is it a deal breaker if your s/o decided to go vegetarian? What type of hurtles are to be overcome? I can imagine during breakfast and dinner times, meals are prepared separately, and I could see a rift would develop between the couple. Over a long term period, would the polar opposite diets become an issue? What are your thoughts?
What is it like? Is it a deal breaker if your s/o decided to go vegetarian? What type of hurtles are to be overcome? I can imagine during breakfast and dinner times, meals are prepared separately, and I could see a rift would develop between the couple. Over a long term period, would the polar opposite diets become an issue? What are your thoughts?
I have friends that are vegetarians married to meat eaters and they get along just fine.
Anyone with different eating styles can and do have great relationships and marriages without fixing separate meals.
They learn to adapt to the others eating habits and as long as both are comfortable with it and do not force their eating habits on the other there usually is not an issue.
The issue comes in when one or the other refuses to accept the difference and learn how to adapt and compromise.
Many of my friends are vegetarians, they have no problems dating meat eaters.
I tried to be a vegetarian once, and it lasts about five hours.
As long as she/he has no problems with the food you choose to eat, I see no potential problems.
My friend is a vegetarian, she also must eat organic food. I don't like going out to eat with her because it takes forever to find a restaurant. That is the only problem I have with her.
What is it like? Is it a deal breaker if your s/o decided to go vegetarian? What type of hurtles are to be overcome? I can imagine during breakfast and dinner times, meals are prepared separately, and I could see a rift would develop between the couple. Over a long term period, would the polar opposite diets become an issue? What are your thoughts?
Are you expecting a woman to do all of your cooking for you? Or you to do all of the cooking for her? If not, this should not be an issue.
I became a vegetarian midway through my last LTR. When I cooked for us, I made meat-free meals that were very filling. If he wanted to eat meat, we would go out. Likewise, he could eat all the meat he wanted at lunch or on days we didn't see each other.
As for breakfast, we usually just had bagels, sometimes eggs or pancakes. But if he wanted bacon, he could have cooked it himself. Likewise, plenty of dishes that normally include meat can be made without it, or are such that the meat-eater can add meat at the end.
Not really sure what the issue is here. It's not like you're going to be eating all three meals together every single day. And it's not like it's a good idea for your health to eat meat at every meal, anyway. Bottom line is, if you want meat, cook it or buy it yourself, just like you're doing now!
Are you expecting a woman to do all of your cooking for you? Or you to do all of the cooking for her? If not, this should not be an issue.
I became a vegetarian midway through my last LTR. When I cooked for us, I made meat-free meals that were very filling. If he wanted to eat meat, we would go out. Likewise, he could eat all the meat he wanted at lunch or on days we didn't see each other.
As for breakfast, we usually just had bagels, sometimes eggs or pancakes. But if he wanted bacon, he could have cooked it himself. Likewise, plenty of dishes that normally include meat can be made without it, or are such that the meat-eater can add meat at the end.
Not really sure what the issue is here. It's not like you're going to be eating all three meals together every single day. And it's not like it's a good idea for your health to eat meat at every meal, anyway. Bottom line is, if you want meat, cook it or buy it yourself, just like you're doing now!
No I see what you're saying. I guess the issue is going from a joint effort cooking endeavor (breakfast,dinner) to cooking separately. I lift weights, need lots of protein to supplement my diet, so, a couple meals everyday involve mostly chicken. I was just not sure how, in the long term, a relationship could survive having such polar opposite diets. But, as I read some of the replies here, it seems it could work. I'm just having trouble understanding how this will impact any relationship long-term. I've enjoyed having a steak dinner with my s/o, or grilling chicken together at a BBQ.
No I see what you're saying. I guess the issue is going from a joint effort cooking endeavor (breakfast,dinner) to cooking separately. I lift weights, need lots of protein to supplement my diet, so, a couple meals everyday involve mostly chicken. I was just not sure how, in the long term, a relationship could survive having such polar opposite diets. But, as I read some of the replies here, it seems it could work. I'm just having trouble understanding how this will impact any relationship long-term. I've enjoyed having a steak dinner with my s/o, or grilling chicken together at a BBQ.
Why do you feel she has to eat what you eat in order for you to bond with her? You don't expect her to order the same dishes at a restaurant, right? If it's because you like to cook, you can grill a veggie burger just as easily as you can grill your chicken.
My ex had several food allergies that would send him into anaphylactic shock. He was also lactose intolerant, hated mushrooms and celery, was overconcerned about enriched grain or pasta products and high-fructose corn syrup, freaked out about BPA and food storage or preparation products made with plastic or in China, and could not stand the smell of most seafood (I occasionally eat seafood if I dine out somewhere nice).
Somehow, we managed.
Just remember, she'll have to be tolerant of what she might see as your food "issues," too.
Why that should be deal breaker? One of my friends is a vegetarian but his wife is not but they do very well. If take like that there is non you can find non deal breaking .
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