I've been vegetarian most of my life and every guy i've dated was a meat eater. It's not a big deal at all, i don't get how some people can make such a huge issue out of something so minuscule.
Also, the fact that I refuse to eat a "big juicy steak" shouldn't reflect on my or any other vegetarian's personality.
30% of Meat-Eaters Won’t Date a Vegetarian: Would You Date Someone With Different Eating Habits?
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According to a recent Love Bites survey by TODAY.com and Match.com, for many, shared dietary preferences are key when making a love connection.
30% of the meat-eaters surveyed said they would not date a vegetarian or vegan. On the other hand, only 4% of the vegetarians said that they wouldn't date a meat-eater. (But keep in mind—only 2% of Americans identify as vegetarian and 3% as vegan. That’s a pretty small dating pool!)
So why won’t these meat-eaters date vegans or vegetarians? 1) Many consider sharing food a very important part of romance and don’t want to be with someone who won’t share those moments. 2) Others dislike feeling judged or pressured to give up meat. 3) Many just don’t like picky eaters; 66% of respondents described that trait as a turn-off. 4) And some view meat-eaters as more "manly."
Yet, many cross-dietary couples are able to accommodate each other’s choices and make the relationship work.
“The ability to accommodate to needs of a new partner is really important – both people have to work at it,” said Dr Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist and Match.com’s chief scientific adviser. “The vegetarian has to send the message that they can work around it, they can find or bring alternatives to barbecues or family gatherings, and the meat eater has to be willing to bend once in a while as well.”
What about you SodaHeads? Would you date someone with different eating habits?
30% of the meat-eaters surveyed said they would not date a vegetarian or vegan. On the other hand, only 4% of the vegetarians said that they wouldn't date a meat-eater. (But keep in mind—only 2% of Americans identify as vegetarian and 3% as vegan. That’s a pretty small dating pool!)
So why won’t these meat-eaters date vegans or vegetarians? 1) Many consider sharing food a very important part of romance and don’t want to be with someone who won’t share those moments. 2) Others dislike feeling judged or pressured to give up meat. 3) Many just don’t like picky eaters; 66% of respondents described that trait as a turn-off. 4) And some view meat-eaters as more "manly."
Yet, many cross-dietary couples are able to accommodate each other’s choices and make the relationship work.
“The ability to accommodate to needs of a new partner is really important – both people have to work at it,” said Dr Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist and Match.com’s chief scientific adviser. “The vegetarian has to send the message that they can work around it, they can find or bring alternatives to barbecues or family gatherings, and the meat eater has to be willing to bend once in a while as well.”
What about you SodaHeads? Would you date someone with different eating habits?
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Top Opinion
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whispering hands 2012/07/08 06:38:15
I don't think eating habits matter much, as you can see there are a lot of people who wouldn't mind their partner having totally different eating habits than they're used to.
I'm pretty sure as long as the other person isn't bulimic or anorexic everything's all good.
I know alot of people who turned veggie because of the 'cruelty that the animal goes through' and I too am disgusted by growth hormones (which are also put in ALOT of veg) and battery caging, but rather then choosing to make myself sick via vegetarianism (both my doctor and my nutritionist advised AGAINST vegetarianism), I choose to eat seasonal organic/free range (as we are supposed to) and only buy from farmers markets where I can ask the farmer themselves how the animal was treated or how the veg was grown, I have never been healthier.
growth hormones are far from my worries although i dont want to ingest them....
buying organically raised animals from farmers who raise their animals correctly and whose animals actually get to live a normal nice life without torture is so expensive only the rich can afford it plus you never really know unless you see the farm with your own two eyes
Well then I guess I am rich but the more that people buy organic the cheaper it becomes to produce the cheaper it becomes to buy.
However... imagine 2-3 servings of read meat a week (as our bodies were evolved to ingest, at MOST), compared to your average American... and we just start to see a small part of the problem.
My wife has been a vegan since she was 14 (is now 33), and thankfully lives in the US where non-animal protein needs are readily available.