Dating a non vegetarian?

Question

Those who are vegan or vegetarian. Would you date someone who is not?

Answer 1

I say no way! If you fundimental beliefs are SO different, how can you be a family? What would you feed you kids, should to relationship move forward?

I believe every life is as valuable as the next. The spider's life is as vauable as the cow, and as the human. How could I date someone who ingests the flesh of other being? eww...

Answer 2

I'm vegetarian and my husband is a meat eater. The catch to this is that I didn't become vegetarian until after I was married. By that time, we had already been together for 6 years. Don't worry, I'm always trying to educate him about animal cruelty and persuade him to go veggie but it hasn't worked yet.

Answer 3

had I insisted on finding myself a veggie man, then nothing would have changed in the world. Had we never met, we would both be veggie anyway - no extra animals saved there if I did hook hook up with such a veggie. I live with a meat-eater guy. Before he met me he ate meat 2 or 3 times a day and ate loads of dairy and eggs. Now he gets meat a couple of times a week, has developed a liking for lentils and soy, etc, I dont buy eggs, I buy vegan cheese and he puts a little cows milk in coffee, but has soy milk in cooking and for milkshakes. I suppose the reason we get along is that he basically knows I'm in the right :-) and agrees with my beliefs to the point where he'd allow for our future kids to be vegan. Initially he was horrified by veganism and reckoned it was extremely unhealthy, etc but has now completely changed his views. The only difference between us is he can't bear to make the sacrifice of never eating meat again.

Answer 4

Absolutely not.

A relationship should be between two individuals with similar moral values.

I don't think I could stand to be in the same ROOM with someone who didn't think the treatment of animals in the dairy and meat industries is horrific, let alone form a relationship with them.

Answer 5

I've been veg*n since I was 16. I was married to (and divorced from, but that's another story) a meat-eater and my current bf is a meat-eater as well. It works because both men were respectful of my choice and willing to eat what I cooked without expecting me to cook meat for them. My boyfriend eats about 90% vegan at home and cooks his own meat when he really wants some. We've already agreed to raise our kids vegan (if we have any) because he knows it's far more important to me that they not eat meat than it is to him that they do. I think it all comes down to respect and communication, but that's true of any relationship.

Answer 6

Yes I would and I have before.
As long as each person is respectful of the other's decision, everything is copacetic.
To me, allowing something like that to stand in the way of love is just as ridiculous as someone refusing to date someone else based on their skin color, religion, nationality, etc.

~peace love & light~

Answer 7

Yes, I'm vegetarian, my boyfriend is not =)

Answer 8

Yes. It's not one of my criteria for someone to date.

Answer 9

Only if they would be okay with my flexitairian vegan rules and eat my food and raise the kdis vegan

i dont think i will ever d8 as im assexual.........

Answer 10

Yes, my boyfriend eats meat