Dating someone who doesn't eat what you eat..

Question

I'm dating a pescatarian at the moment and I'm wondering how long-term partnerships work when one person eats one way and the other doesn't. In the past, I dated a vegetarian (he was Hindu), and he had strong feelings about any meat in the house. While I do enjoy fish, I'm low in iron and supplements have never worked well for me. Would you only eat meat outside the house or how have mixed diet partnerships worked for you?

StellaK · Answer

I have the same issue with my partner not drinking what I drink. It sounds simple but we can never split a bottle of wine and that's sad.

Anonymous · Answer

Hmm yeah, I think this can be pretty hard sometimes.

Anonymous · Answer

Not as constricting, but I dated someone for a year and a half who hated sushi (and sushi is one of my favorite things!). Definitely enjoy having sushi back in my life now ;)

It's definitely a struggle, but I think there's ways to compromise and make it work - you don't eat/cook every single meal together, and going out to eat offers options!

Tatiana · Answer

Oh, it can be rough down the road. My partner in the past was vegan and she realllllly judged me for what I ate. At first, we made the differences work, but it was so hard to go out to eat with her and then the living situation just didn't work out.

Kate Solomon · Answer

I'm a vegetarian and my partner is not. It's never really been an issue. When we eat at home, we often eat the same (vegetarian) thing, but sometimes we make different things for ourselves (or we'll share some things and he'll also cook sausage or some kind of meat). Usually when we go out, we share a veggie appetizer or salad and get different main courses. Having the ability to share more meals would be ideal, I suppose, but it's always been this way for us so we don't really know any differently.

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