For vegeterians/vegans when you have a new bf does he accept that you dont eat meat?!
Please give me advice because I dont care what people think but I dont want to go through life with no bf because im a vegeterian.
Answers: I dont have one but I think that most guys think im a freak because I dont like to eat meat. I would love to meet a guy thats a vegan as well but thats very hard to find these days.
Please give me advice because I dont care what people think but I dont want to go through life with no bf because im a vegeterian.
I would love to meet a girl who is vegan or vegetarian. I don't want to go through life with no g/f either. It goes both ways.
Do you know where the female veggies hang out? I sure haven't met many (apart from online).
if the new bf cares for you and wants to be with you then being a vegatarian should be the least of his worries. he should accept you no matter what if he cares.
Love has nothing to do with ur personal diet.
he better!
I have found that not making your vegetarianism a big deal keeps it from being the deal breaker, so to speak. Don't even mention being a vegetarian, for instance, until you're already dating. It's not like it's HIV or something, it is not something that should hurt or affect him!
Let him take you out, but try to suggest a place to go, like Chinese or a Mexican food place (the Veg-friendly options there are numerous as opposed to, say, Cracker Barrel, where even the veggies are fried in lard). Above all avoid preaching or trying to convert your BF, it's like being Christian but dating a Jew and trying to nonstop convert, it's kind of pushy and insensitive in my opinion.
If your meatless food choices come up, just say, " I made a decision to be vegetarian, I've felt a lot healthier since then," or something like that. Don't say confrontational guilt-inducing things like "I don't eat other animal's babies, I don't want their rotting flesh on my plate!"... who TALKS like that on a date? :)
I met my husband as a very strict vegetarian and he was an omnivore. I can assure you it's easy to date if you don't put so much weight on your vegetarianism. I've since gone completely vegan and our relationship has not suffered from the decision either. Of all the things we argue about, food is the least, after a while things like that don't matter.
Hes going to have to if he cares about you.My ex actually started to check ingredients on food,and even cooked veg dishes for me.If they disagree to that part of you,then you don't need them anyways.
Before I was a strict vegetarian, I still didn't like to eat much meat. My boyfriend went totally ape sh*t every time I would refuse to eat lobster or crab or something. We broke up for other reasons and since I have become a flexible vegan (I still drink skim milk and eat no-fat plain yogurt). Boys seem to have no problem with it. Every once in a while they'll be like "let's go get some wings" and I'll just simply say "no thank you" instead of going into a huge lecture on how eating meat is wrong.
I guess my best advice is to let the boys know you don't eat meat, but don't make a big deal out of it. If he wants to eat a steak, let him eat steak, you can order salad. He'll appreciate that when he pays for the bill!!!! Good luck my friend=)
Oh yes-- and in order to meet fellow vegetarians and vegans, try finding a vegan cooking class and go to it. Lots of sexy guys will be there too!
When I first told my current boyfriend that I was a vegetarian, we had just started talking and he thought it was really cool. We have discussed it several times since then, and he has eaten less animal products since we've been together. He even suggested that he go vegetarian when we move in together, and I completely support the idea, of course.
I suggest bringing it up soon; if it's really important to you, it should be important to him. An interesting and curious boy will be intrigued when you bring up the fact that you're a vegetarian. Only a dull and boring boy would reject you. Which would you rather have?
I also suggest learning as much about the vegetarian diet as possible and practice some lines about it, so that you never feel embarrassed or intimidated when talking about it. Figure out a way to tell your potential boyfriend that doesn't make him feel like you're attacking him or think you're better than him, then rehearse it! Tell him about the interesting vegetarian foods you have discovered. You could even learn some recipes and cook a vegetarian meal for him! You could watch a video about factory farming or vegetarianism together, or just send him a link on Myspace.
Bottom line, if a boy is intrigued and asks you more about it, it's excellent. If a boy is turned off or tries to belittle you and your beliefs, he's a goner.
I am a tad old to be calling men that I go out with 'boyfriends'....
But when I go out with men - they order what they want - I order what I want. Not a problem.
It isn't like I am eating off their plate or they off of mine.
When I was out yesterday, the man even apologized for stopping at a steak house cause he forgot that I couldn't eat meat. It wasn't a problem - I had a baked potato and salad.
People that limit acceptance of others only upon the way that they eat and such - have issues that they really need to deal with and such isn't the type of person you want to date anyway.
Just my opinion of course.
When I first met my (now ex-) husband, he confessed that he almost didn't call me because he'd never known a vegetarian and he thought I might be "weird." He also confessed that he realized he was really silly to think that once he got to know me. Other than that, in 21 years I have never had any guy treat me differently or not want to be involved with me because of my diet. Frankly, any guy that would reject me because I don't eat meat is far too narrow-minded for me to want to be involved with him. Generally speaking, I'd love to find a relationship with another veg*n, but I have an omnivore boyfriend currently and we just choose to respect each other's choices.