I Love You, but You Love Meat

[groovedaddy]

SOME relationships run aground on the perilous shoals of money, sex or religion. When Shauna James’s new romance hit the rocks, the culprit was wheat.

“I went out with one guy who said I seemed really great but he liked bread too much to date me,” said Ms. James, 41, a writer in Seattle who cannot eat gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.

Sharing meals has always been an important courtship ritual and a metaphor for love. But in an age when many people define themselves by what they will eat and what they won’t, dietary differences can put a strain on a romantic relationship. The culinary camps have become so balkanized that some factions consider interdietary dating taboo.

No-holds-barred carnivores, for example, may share the view of Anthony Bourdain, who wrote in his book “Kitchen Confidential” that “vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/dining/13incompatible.html?th&emc=th

[Steerpike]

1. I love meat.

And people are made of meat. Ergo I love people.

[geardaddy]

9. I love Soylent Green

Ergo, I love people. :P

[LeftyMom]

2. It is easier to date somebody with whom you can easily share a meal.

Not impossible to do otherwise, but it adds time and a certain degree of negotiation ("where are we going for dinner?" "Can I ask you not to cook meat in the house?") that you don't have to deal with when you have a common diet.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. i would not date a vegetarian or a vegan. atleast not seriously.

so i can understand this

[grace0418]

4. I would date a vegetarian (assuming I was single) but I don't think I could date

a vegan. Going out to eat and cooking at home would be a total nightmare. I could stand life without meat (although I rather enjoy it), but never ask me to give up cheese and yogurt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. i love cooking meat and would hate to not be able to share it

:hi: i wouldnt even want to casually date a vegan. i tried it once and it was quite irritating for me.

[BridgeTheGap]

6. I eat meat but would NEVER eat a vegetarian!!! n.t

[Hell Hath No Fury]

11. And why not???

According to my ex-boyfriends I "tasted" better than girls they dated who ate meat. :evilgrin:

[BridgeTheGap]

21. I've changed my mind! Here's why: EKU senior a finalist in PETA's sexiest-vegetarian contest

Hey, I try to keep an open mind!

http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/318352.html

[tigereye]

7. I have given up meat in the past with no relationship consequences

since my sweetie was also a vegetarian at the time.


But giving up BREAD? :scared: :yoiks: That I could not do.

[datasuspect]

8. "Hezbollah-like splinter faction"

true dat.

[MrCoffee]

10. Ayatollah flvegan is not amused.

:rofl:


I'm so calling him Ayatollah Monique from now on.

[Xithras]

12. My mom-in-law is a vegetarian. My F-I-L isn't. They've been married 41 years.

If two parties love each other, they're willing to compromise their beliefs a little. She is willing to deal with the presence of meat in her refrigerator for the past 41 years, and he understands that he has to cook it himself if he wants to eat it. He understands that meat will never be the primary food in any meal, and she understands that all of her vegetarian dishes need to be somewhat compatible with some sort of meat that they have in their refrigerator.

[SacredCow]

13. I love a good steak every now and then....

and I've dated vegetarians and vegans, and it rarely caused a problem. In most cases, a "live and let live" policy worked fine. I never questioned or made light of their choices, and in turn received the same treatment from them. Eating out could sometimes be tricky, but certainly manageable.

[BridgeTheGap]

15. Sacred Cow - "I love a good steak every now and then..." - I'm having trouble

wrapping my mind around such utterances from "Sacred Cow!" Reminds me too much of cannibalism!

[DarkTirade]

14. Yes, I found that to be a bit of a problem with the last person I went out with...

she's allergic to most artificial colors and generally all the things that the big companies put in food nowadays.

Although on the plus side, it gave me an excuse to invite her over and cook dinner with her a couple times. :)

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[Greyskye]

17. I love you, you love meat...

I Love You,
You Love Meat,
You eat things that go "Bleat Bleat Bleat"

[WritingIsMyReligion]

18. "Hezbollah-like splinter group"

:rofl::rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

19. It's never been a problem for me.

:shrug:

[RadiationTherapy]

20. I agree. No meat, no wheat when I met my wife.

She conformed to my requirements, so we are still together!! We even eat meat and wheat now...for now...

[flvegan]

22. I've always really appreciated being likened to an Islamic terrorist group.

Just proves that there are true assholes out there to say it, and fucktards to agree with it or find it funny.

[philosophie_en_rose]

23. That's what she said.

:blush: