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With only a few days left until Valentine's, we thought that it would be fun to take a look at the role that food can play in our relationships with a little mini series leading into February 14th.
Yesterday, we talked about what it was like to date someone with really restrictive diet, or conversely, what it was like to date someone with a very broad palate when you were the one with a restricted eating habits. Some shared that the felt it gave them new perspective and forced them to become more creative in the kitchen, while others were of the mindset that "if you are a picky eater, that is remarkably unsexy and you are gone." This all leads us into today's question, which is whether or not you would change your eating habits to impress?
Small things are easy to change and it isn't uncommon for us to be more aware of our eating quirks when we're out on a first date and want to make a good impression. For example, even if you don't particularly care for broccoli, you might find yourself taking a few bites if it is served with your dinner on a first date with a girl you really like. Or perhaps you are a chicken-and-fish kind of girl, but decide to share in an order of beef chili fries at a big football game, since you know your date loves them. The more restrictive the diet, however, the more difficult the change, but there are some dedicated meat-lovers who are willing to go vegetarian, or mostly vegetarian, to try and impress a vegan or vegetarian significant other.
The interesting thing about these types of dietary changes is that they are not permanent. Meat-lovers go back to eating meat and broccoli-haters continue to avoid broccoli, which makes you wonder whether the change is worthwhile in the first place, since there is minimal intention of changing your overall inclinations.
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2-10-2007 @11:02AM sarah said... I am one of the things you described, a non-vegetarian who recently started living with a vegetarian (who doesn't eat fish). It isn't in fact such a big change for me, as meat doesn't form a large part of my diet. I will tend to eat some fish if we go out, as I really miss that part, and when he is away I might make myself a chicken curry or something like that. But when he is here we eat vegetarian. I am enjoying the challenge in fact, as I am having to think a lot more about how to bring protein into our diet (he was never very good at being a vegetarian in that way). In fact anyone with great suggestions that don't involve beans I'd love to hear from you! I'm planning to explore seitan next...
As an aside - my brother became a vegetarian when he moved in with a vegetarian 12 years ago, and he's never looked back. So it isn't true that people always revert.
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2-10-2007 @11:14AM Miss Tiffie said... I think the only "change" I'd do is maybe I eat more/less depending on the person I'm with, at most - like I hate eating more than a guy, it makes me feel weird, I feel like guys should always eat more than girls hahaha. But in the case of what I put in my mouth... I love trying new things and I'm not very picky. If I don't like it, I won't eat it, but I'm usually willing to try things at least once.
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2-10-2007 @11:11AM pattyce said... ok, desde que aprendí a comer saludablemente, excluía excesos de carbohidratos y frituras, así como también enlatados.
Pero cuando me casé, auch: mi marido es un argentino que le encanta comer TODOS LOS DÍAS carne y/o milanesas y/o carbohidratos, y nada o poco de vegetales y legumbres.
Es muy complicado y no resulta tener que preparar 2 tipos de comidas cada vez. Tuve que llegar a un acuerdo y que cenaramos más sano (tarta de vegetales, ensaladas, etc)
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2-10-2007 @12:35PM Robyn said... My husband is kind of cheap so in some ways I would eat cheaper things--like we would go out to more low-key places, but I have influenced him to focus a little more on getting something good and relatively healthy (like, with veggies) too.
I have also gotten him to eat (and like) kim chi and tofu.
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2-10-2007 @12:53PM Bridget said... My mom has always hated tomatoes (a trait she passed on to me). She said she knew she was going to marry my dad when she found herself eating an heirloom tomato salad during dinner with his family. This definitely wasn't a lasting change. I'm don't think we've ever had a raw tomato in the house in my lifetime.
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2-10-2007 @6:32PM Ken said... I gave up beef out of respect for my girlfriend (who's Hindu). It wasn't really much of a sacrifice, honestly - but I had also been a vegetarian for eight years when I was younger.
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2-10-2007 @7:32PM GhaleonQ said... As the irritatingly healthy eater, my girlfriends have never tried to persuade me to eat a lot of less healthy foods, for obvious reasons. It's enough to assuage any irritation by grabbing the occasional junk food.
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2-15-2007 @9:03AM Erin said... I have been a pescatarian for what seems like forever.My fiance loves ALL food.He and his mother are both wonderful chefs.Most of his favorite dishes include meat.I am having a difficult time preparing meats for him only because I have no experience with what certain meats SHOULD taste like. I follow recipes and hope he enjoys it.I feel like an oddball at family gatherings and/or restaurants.More often than not,there are few choices for me.Someone always has the comment" Aren't you eating? 'Then I have to explain that the potato salad has bacon in it,the pizza is covered in pepperoni,the pasta salad had chucks of salami...etc..I don't complain...I settle for a roll/butter and a piece of cheese. I do politely suggest we all go out for sushi next time.Erin
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