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Sucks being single if you are vegan and care about that sort of thing. All the "good" vegans are already married to other vegans or dating people who aren't... or they suck and you wouldn't want to date them regardless of what they eat. I might not want to date someone who isn't vegan but, like the song goes, "what's a girl to do?". Finding someone you actually like and can connect with is hard enough, finding someone who you like, connect with AND who shares your same dietary/ethical lifestyle is infinitely more of a challenge. I'd rather not spend the rest of my life with Mr. McBeef & Cheese Breath, but the thought of spending my life alone is equally as daunting.

At this point I avoid the problem of dating meatlovers by simply not dating anyone.

i feel that...

I do want to say that although I'm dating (and living with) and omnivore, I totally understand those to whom it's unfathomable. I try not to think about it too much, since he eats MY food in the house and whatever he wants outside the house, so I don't have to touch his food or deal with it that often. But since I think he's such a great, compassionate guy... well, yeah, sometimes it upsets me that he can eat animals so casually. And no, I don't REALLY respect a person's choice to be an omnivore, especially when the material and information you need to change is right in front of your face. So yeah, it saddens me a bit that he eats animals. Not because kissing him grosses ME out (it really has nothing to do with me) but because I want the person I love to be the best person he can be. I can TOTALLY understand how someone not sharing your moral views can be a deal breaker, just like someone being a drug addict can be a deal breaker. I just don't feel the same right now, and if I stay with this guy and he never goes veg, it won't be a deal breaker for me. Ever. Cause he's awesome.

That's a Deal Breaker!

http://www.hulu.com/watch/73150/30-rock-preach-it-liz-lemon

Teach it like you preach it Liz Lemon.

I'm a straight single vegan girl, and I have no idea what will happen when I start dating again. I'm currently a vegetarian who is trying to transition over into being vegan (I'm not there yet but almost.)

Anyways, I guess we'll see what happens.

The last two girls I dated were omnivores who were both very open to going to vegan restaurants. At home, I did a lot of the cooking which they liked. And when they cooked, they were very good at making sure everything was vegan.

I was a on-again, off-again vegetarian for years that was friends with a couple of angry vegans. Having to deal with them a good part of my adult life, I try to be tolerate of other people's diet. Dating is such a pain in the ass that I would prefer to put chemistry in front of someone's diet. Granted, a part of that chemistry is tolerance for each others diet

However, dating a vegan girl would be pretty fucking nice right about now.

my last few girlfriends all went vegan after dating me for a bit which worked out pretty great .. although after the breakups i heard they all went on burger binges to spite me .. meh .I don't have a problem dating omni's if we're first getting to know each other .. normally the deal breaker to them is when i mention i'm not going to pay for their non vegan meals if we go to an omni restaurant ... My problem is finding a woman who doesn't drink and is vegan, the XvX super combo ! damn near impossible!

sometimes you can't control who your attracted to, and love is blind. but I do know that dating vegans is preferable for a few key reasons for me.

1) animal rights is a big part of my life.

2) People who are vegan are essentially going to be very compassionate and emotionally aware which are things that attract me.

3) it sucks not being able share food, as its one of those romantic things, I adore.

4)And above all there's no miscommunication what is vegan and what is not.

I tend to not commit to anyone who is not at least vegetarian, but I can't say I never will. And I can understand loving someone, who isn't you can't control that. However I will say for most people would say its preferable. But I believe in love at first sight.. so I have to say that I can understand where people would fall in love with an omni. And if they are truely wonderful people maybe after spending time with me, they will understand the heart wrenching pain animals in captivity have to go through, and will find it easy being with someone who strives for a cruelty free life.




This link made me actually watch 30 rock. I'm watching through season one on Netflix watch it now. ^_^

I went vegetarian at 14, so everyone I have dated has had to deal with at least that. As a vegetarian I dated some onmis, but I would like to think it was a lack of any good veggie options in high school and college.

Cook meat for them is something I never did. As I became more secure in who I was I wouldnt even pay for there half of dinner if there half was unethical. Needless to say I dated a lot. Very few where veggie, even less lasted any significant amount of time.

The end of my undergrad I finally managed to find an AR kind of girl. We where both vegetarians, and during the year we dated it was great. Eventually things didnt work out, but during the complicated split we both made the move from vegetarian to vegan in some kind of 'I can out AR you' break up way.

I have only dated 1 person since I went vegan 3 years ago. She started out veggie and has gone vegan since. It is the longest relationship I have been in (and still going), being that she is the only vegan I've ever dated Ill blame that.


So to answer the question at hand, I suppose I would date an omnivore (but be a dick about it). It may be possible as a vegetarian to have a long term relationship with an omni, but as a vegan it goes into lifestyle much more and I just dont see it.

I've been considering this a lot. Here's my latest thought: I'm a straight female. If I date a guy who isn't vegan, then he is going to learn a lot about vegan cuisine and cruelty-free dishes, just by having me as a girlfriend.
Even though he's not vegan, he'll probably end up at least tasting and trying various vegan delicacies which he'd never have been exposed to if we hadn't dated. In the end, more knowledge of restaurants and places that carry compassionate cuisine and more awareness of the attempt to stop the horrific torture/suffering of animals in the factory farming situation.
Likewise, I'm sure I'd learn a lot from him based on his worldview and whatever things he really cares about. It would be a total two-way street in that sense, each of us enriched and enhanced by the other.

I think I'd just naturally go to whoever I'm drawn to, and date and be friends with people who both are and aren't vegan, without worrying who is who and with no judgment. I'd just be myself and do my thing as it feels right to me, without trying to change or convert anyone or anything. (You can quietly state why you are doing something without getting into huge arguments or ridiculous stuff like that.)

I don't know if this is overly idealistic or not. Different things of course work for different people.