I'd say food would be more important than religion for someone like me. I could cook fish for someone no problem, but I don't think I could cook other types of meat... maybe if I didn't have to touch it with my hands. But I wouldn't expect anyone to eat differently because I don't eat that way... but the food does make an entire house smell for days, so I'd say cook all your meet for a week on one day... which is a good idea anyway, no matter what you're eating. I think it can be tough, food is the foundation of my daily life. It'd be important to share food and eat together. But more importantly would be eating with someone who eats junk all the time. That would be much tougher on me than eating with a meat eater. It'd have to be someone who shares a similar nutrition philosophy, someone who tries to eat healthily and if we had that much in common, they could eat meat three meals a day, as long as that's not all they were eating.
Eating happens three times a day...it's very important for survival... Therefore, your eating habits will affect your life in some way or another...and if your eating habits differ than the majority, you will run into problems...it's just how it is... *shrugs*
I've never had this problem personally, but if a person can give up cigarettes for someone they love, I imagine that food (which is necessary but not addictive) can be handled the same way... habit. And I'm talking about the onmivore giving up meat since few meat-eaters are so for ethical or moral reasons.
My girlfriend was vegan when i met her, then she turned vegetarian because of icecream when i got her stoned. when we started to live together I did all the cooking so I started to always make veggie meals since i did not want to cook more then I hade to and i still enjoy eating it. then after a year and a half I lost about 15 pounds and I am a thin guy to begin with. So she decided to start eating meat. Now we are both happy. I am not saying this happens to all vegetarians but we are now both more healthy eating meat. so conversion is what happened to us in both ways.
Id have to say yes, unless your a veg who freaks out and trys to force your opinions on others. Being veggie shouldnt get in the way of your relationship, after all its a dietary choice, nothing more. You cook what you want he eats what he wants (or vise versa) and I assume all is merry. If you respect one anothers veiws it shouldnt be a problem
Some people don't think of vegetarianism or veganism as JUST a dietary choice. Some of us see it as a LIFESTYLE...some of us see it as a MORAL thing... It varies.
