Would you date a non Vegan/Vegetarian?

I think it'd be nice to date a vegan but there is more to dietary preference when it comes to people, of course. I met a militant vegan guy once but we just didn't "click" and even our friendship ended quickly. More often than not, the standards people set up for themselves don't mean anything when they find the right person.

Even through i have choosed to live a vegan life, i dont want to limit myself from friendships and relationsship with meat eaters.
My girlfriend eats meat but she accepts my eating habits and how much it means to me, so theres no problem there.
But personally i would have a problem if she wore fur or a lot of leather products, that would be too much.
I dont think anyone should change just to please someone.
The most important thing is people can choose for them self and still have a healthy relationship to each other.

luizedu said:
I would date a omnivorous, but for sure vegetarians girls have a "plus". As for vegetarians friends, I currently don't have any, but I would really like to have one, or to convert my older friends.

+1. Veg*an girls get a little extra consideration from me because it simplifies eating together. Plus people sometimes take the veg*an thing the wrong way and think that I am sort of implicitly judging them all the time or something like that (honest, I'm not the sort of guy to be making self-righteous comments while others are eating!). Let me tell you, that's not a fun situation to be in when it comes to someone you genuinely admire as a person...

I see no problem in dating non vegetarian... but honestly I think that living permanently with someone who eats meat might get hard for me. I must sound terrible closed minded but anyway I think I'd get extreamely irrateted if I suddenly had someone's bacons in my fridge or something like that :S (lol)

But just like Fladio said, love is a mysterious thing and it's not about what one eats or doesn't eat :)

HailSeitan said:
More often than not, the standards people set up for themselves don't mean anything when they find the right person.

That's exactly how I see it too. There are so many different things which when combined make a good and satisfying relationship. I personally could tolerate a girlfriend eating meat, at least if she's happy to eat vegetarian food when eating together.

Living together with somebody who eats meat every day at home would be more difficult though.

I've actually never dated a fully vegetarian girl, but I'm looking for one...

I thought about this a lot over the last year. I mean... It's a bit strange really, sitting there and wondering whether I could do that. And I guess not. As strange as that sounds. I just... couldn't do it. I mean... Of course I don't decide to like only people who don't eat meat, but I mean... It might make the person even more interesting... if it's a vegeterian or vegan, y'know? But that's all theoretical, it probably would turn out differently anyway. I think I might be too "ideological" about it... -_-

5anna escribió:
but honestly I think that living permanently with someone who eats meat might get hard for me.
I agree. I'm vegan and my boyfriend Loves eating meat,but I still love him anyway.

I would. It's ok to be different from your partner.

I would, as long as they refrained from giving me shit about it. I wouldn't give them shit about their bacon habit.

i'd REALLY prefer to date a vegetarian or vegan girl, but at the same time, i'd have a really hard time turning down a girl just because she eats meat.

I'm on the fence about this issue. In the past, I might have been fine with dating someone of any dietary background. But these days, I've really taken up cooking and I can't imagine myself being unable to cook a meal for someone I love because of their needs/desires/etc. There is not only an intimate appeal to home-cooked meals, but also a huge enjoyment for me in cooking new meals - whether it's a certain meal I saw prepared on some food show or I had at some family/friendly event. So, as crazy as this might sound, I don't know if I'd actually be able to date either a vegan or an omnivore. As my reasons for being a vegetarian are mostly environmental, having to cook two separate meals is illogical, and I don't think eating out for variety is the way to go. [Plus, coming from a huge family, eating meals together with loved ones has always been a huge part of my life and having that connection over a great dinner is not something I wish to miss.]

yes, I would because I don't care.

i was, but then he turned vegetarian, it was awesome and i was proud of him (: i'm not one of those pestering vegetarians who tries to turn everyone around them vegetarian, he just announced one day he was going to cause he'd heard my views on the subject.
now we always jokingly lecture everyone haha (: