Diet Differences

[lucybelle]

Something that's been.. well not bothering me, but something I've been thinking about a lot is our diet differences. I'm a vegan (no meat or anything that comes from an animal-- milk, eggs, butter, etc) and he loooooves meat. Now that doesn't bother me, he can eat meat for every meal every day if it pleases him, but I just won't touch it. I'm vegan mostly for health reasons and partially for animal cruelty reasons. (though I do occasionally eat eggs from my mom's chickens! I know they're happy eggs)

My SO is moving in soon and I think the basic consensus is that we eat vegan in the house (maybe some cheese, eggs [from my mom's chickens] and butter for him), and he can get his meat fix when we go out for dinner.

Anyone else have diet differences that you have to think about?

[garnet]

I'm a vegan as well, and my ex husband came from a family that hunts. -_- It was yet another reason we didn't work.

Rane isn't a vegan, but wants to convert to veganism (his choice, I never asked) as we get more financially stable. The baby will be vegan from day one.

It will be nice to not have to think about it anymore. I don't like that we never share meals, that we have to shop separately, that there is meat in the kitchen. Dairy and eggs are just as vile, I seriously will not miss these early days.

[sabby64]

Gosh, I could never be vegan. I'm iron deficient enough as it is, and I looooove my ribs too much. We only buy certified free run though, so it's all good. I don't understand getting rid of meat completely, moderating it maybe, but I could never get rid of it.

There's not much in the way of diet difference except for I'm super picky and he eats anything and everything, which works out I guess, because he just eats everything I won't XD I eat a ton more junk food then he does though. Besides, even if we did eat different things, there's enough room in the fridge for two people, and 4 stove elements, so it wouldn't matter either way. I would never make him give up something he loved, because I would hate to have the same done to me.

[wisdomdreamer]

This discussion is so pertinent. I have an illness which I control via diet so there are massive diet restrictions on my end. Somedays I can eat certain things and other days I can't. Some of my list of no-go foods:

-not to many raw vegetables, cooked is fine
-no corn, peas or cabbage
-no strawberries, or blueberries
-no spicy foods
-absolutely no dairy (or butter (Vegan margarine is fine) but cream cheese is fine, figure that out)
-for some reason turkey is evil and sometimes chicken
-Absolutely NO shrimp

Whereas on his end, he loves trying new foods. However, he has a peanut allergy (though he thinks he outgrew it). We work really well because I've gotten over the fact that I can't eat a lot of things (though sometimes I get crazy cravings) and he's willing to eat things made with soy and that I can eat. Thank goodness! We've even gone on tours of ice cream factories and I've survived lol! It's still interesting to see how it's made and I can still have sorbets!

[folclor]

*thinks* um... nope? I eat a lot differently up there than down here but *shrugs* that's just cause our families eat different stuff ^^; Both Alex and I are open to new tastes and stuff ^^ it's nice to eat different stuff.

[Trethsparr]

My fiance is allergic to milk (a histamine reaction, not lactose intolerance, which people often mistake it for). This means he can't eat products with much milk, butter, cheese, etc. without getting stuffed up and swollen. Thankfully, I'm not a milk fan, so we won't have to worry about stocking it in the house. Cheese and butter will likely still be there, but we'll also have his non-dairy substitutes, and all the meals I make in the house for the two of us will be safe for him.

[Rugger]

My SO has a severe Tree-nut allergy, so when we move in together, it's an unspoken rule that no but products will be allowed in the house. I don't really like buts ( aside from peanuts, which he can eat) so that's not really a sacrifice for me. Other than that, we are pretty in sync with our diets. He doesn't really eat friend food, which is all around better for our health, so I'm not gunna eat it either.

[LostInLove]

The Boy and I eat pretty much everything, so we don't have to make any adjustments when eating together. I know that my mom was a vegetarian when she met my dad, and eventually (I think when they decided to get married) my mom made the choice to start eating meat again because she didn't want to make multiple meals, and she didn't want to force anyone to become a vegetarian against their will. She still struggles with it sometimes though, and if people start talking about where the meat she's eating comes from she often has to stop eating it.

I don't think I could ever be a vegan....but I did spend 5 months in Australia being vegetarian. But that was more because I was broke, and meat's expensive. :P

[Darth_Taco]

I have a ridiculous amount of food allergies XP. My most severe one is olive oil. Enrique had to pretty much give up Italian food when I moved here because if it's in his saliva or semen my anaphylaxis starts acting up XP. I don't do into full shock, but I do stop breathing and get red and uncomfortably itchy. His friends piss me off sometimes because they continue cooking with olive oil around him. Thankfully he pretty much refuses to eat or touch what they make unless they can prove no olive oil. They could be dicks and lie, but then they'd have to pay for my funeral since it makes me stop breathing. Thankfully I know how to make Italian food without olive oil :'D! It's still delicious ;D.

There's also my lactose intolerance. That's just annoying (and hilarious for him ;_;!). He doesn't have to alter his diet there thankfully, but he does need to make sufre he's not feeding me dairy products unless there's a crapper nearby xD. Speaking of which, it's acting up right now @_@!

[nicole]

Well my mother recently had a bunch of problems and now has to eat a special diet, so I decided I should too, so I'm less likely to get it when I'm older. I've converted to everything wholemeal (even rice- brown rice is so freaking annoying to cook!) more veggies and fruit, less sweets. It's hard cutting out the sweets at times, but I think cravings will go eventually.

My SO and I have decided we are going to be cutting down on our meat consumption though. I now currently primarily eat "quorn" which is made from mycoprotein, it's really nice, and he gets tofu as it's more readily available for him to buy. and sometime we just replace meat with a vegetable- like we have butternut squash curry instead of chicken mmmm I LOVE squash! The one food he won't eat is mushrooms- but I hate them too so it's no loss. I have a slightly longer list of things I hate (celery *shudder*), but I'm not fussy, and if he wants to have it, I don't have to eat it so all is good

[Stina83]

I'm vegetarian and my SO is a carnivore. Obviously I think it would be great if he were vegetarian as well, but I'm not going to tell him what to eat. Other than that he's diabetic, so yeah.. he can't eat sugar, and I'm a sugar addict!! We've been together for extended periods of time since we started dating, and our differences in eating have not really been a problem (yet). When we're together he respects that I don't like to touch meat, cook meat or even meat in the fridge. I never had to say anything, he just basically goes vegetarian when we're together, even though he loves meat. Except when we go out to eat, he'll have meat. But when we cook together, we cook vegetarian foods
It's just so important to me that he respects my eating preferences, and I (try to) respect his too. The sugar thing isn't really a problem either, because he doesn't have a sweet tooth so he doesn't care if I buy candy and eat it in front of him.
I guess our eating styles are as different as they can be actually, lol. But it's all about respecting each other I think.

[Dziubka]

I'm a vegetarian with a carnivore boyfriend, too.
So far, even when we've been together for longer periods of time, it hasn't been a problem because he loves, what I cook.
I'm not going to cook/buy meat for him, but I'm fine with him eating it. Telling your SO what (not) to eat is really taking it too far.
When we'll have children, I'm also ok with them having meat when we eat out (or at someone else's place), but I won't prepare it for them either.
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[Riyko]

My ex and I our diets fit perfect together here's why

* I'm lactose intolerant so I only drink soy milk or lactose free milk (mainly for cooking), my ex loves both milks
* Neither of us eat pork or chicken

[squeeker]

My boyfriend is a vegan, well mostly, he still eats honey but doesn't eat dairy or eggs because he's intolerant to them... and he decided to give up meat too. Right now I'm a vegetarian who likes to try vegan options, like drinking soy milk, vegan earth balance spread, and we make vegan recipes all the time. I know we'll be a vegan household when we live together, because I know I can do it and I want to do it but I don't need to and it's harder to be vegan! lol But in general we have very similar diets!

[Stina83]

Wow, can't believe how many people on here are vegan or vegetarian Makes me happy to see, lol! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one in the world to has given up meat, bc noone I know (well except my sis) share my beliefs..