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12/15/2008 1:19:35 AM

I dated a vegetarian (no meat, but eggs, cheese, etc) and that wasn't a problem at all cause she wasn't picky except for the no meat thing. I have dated girls who were very picky like the OP article and/or wouldn't try new things and that was fucking annoying and is definitely a turn off.

12/15/2008 1:20:55 AM

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"now if she whines about only wanting to eat free-range meat products and organic this and unprocessed that, then it becomes a pain in the ass. "

Yeah, that would piss me off too.

Also, I've never dated a guy that's vegetarian. Might be rough when I want a cheezburger, which is VERY often.

12/15/2008 1:21:28 AM

^ seems like a lot of vegetarians i've met recently will still eat fish. anyone else?

mmmmm.... cheeseburgers...

12/15/2008 1:25:26 AM

god, fish is a meat, it's muscle tissue of an animal.


i went out with a girl who would do it all the time and it wasn't bad at first, but eventually i would think.. 'jesus, here we go again.'

12/15/2008 1:40:42 AM

Eating fish makes you not technically a vegetarian, but a lot of people figure it's close enough so they just fudge it. Whatever's easier to explain--it's your business as long as you aren't being self-righteous about it.

12/15/2008 2:15:36 AM

Not a turn off for me as long as she doesn't get overly insanely picky.

12/15/2008 3:13:49 AM

It might throw up a small red flag in my head, but nothing major.

This made me LOL:

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"The only place I know of are nicer Italian restaurants and Primavera Pizza in Garner."

Pizza place != nicer Italian.

12/15/2008 4:39:41 AM

organic vegan = yes
normal vegetarian = no

since I eat "clean" now, it's easy to see why some people can be picky while out to dinner, I used to be the same way with being very picky while choosing foods, after going through extensive dieting to lose almost 100lbs, I am willing to stomach anything now....body just wants to eat!

12/15/2008 5:46:50 AM

it makes me think that she's probably not very adventurous or even boring.

12/15/2008 7:44:54 AM

Poor table manners is more of a turn-off than picky eating.

12/15/2008 9:02:16 AM

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"Poor table manners is more of a turn-off than picky eating."

Agreed.

I couldn't give a shit what somebody orders. If they want to stick to what they know they enjoy eating instead of branching out, fine by me.

However, if someone is being a slob, or is bitching out about some minor problem with their food, then it's a huge turnoff. (Note: "bitching out" would not be telling the waiter politely that he/she got the order wrong, but "bitching out" would be yelling or complaining excessively at anyone about the issue.)

12/15/2008 9:07:27 AM

i try not to be too picky

there are just some things i do not like


but i will try to find something i do like where ever i go and not make a big deal about it


i'm not very adventurous with my eating but i am willing to try things


but if i don't like it, i don't like it...and no matter how it's cooked or how nice the restaurant is...i'm not going to like it

12/15/2008 9:25:43 AM

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" This made me LOL: Quote : "The only place I know of are nicer Italian restaurants and Primavera Pizza in Garner." Pizza place != nicer Italian."

Your reading comprehension is terrible. Really bad.

12/15/2008 9:27:28 AM

a girl i worked with in florida was a vegan. she made a point to tell me on every trip how I was destroying my body with the foods I ate. we went to cheesecake factory for dinner with a few other coworkers while at a show in Naples and she ordered pasta. I couldn't help myself...

Me: "You know that pasta is made using milk and egg products, right? not to mention that the marinara sauce you are eating was almost undoubtedly cooked in the same pot as a meat sauce..."

Vegan coworker: " ... ... ... "

12/15/2008 9:39:22 AM

its just one common symptom of a needy woman

but its also a common symptom of not liking to choke down food you don't enjoy

lame

12/15/2008 9:47:26 AM

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"Me: "You know that pasta is made using milk and egg products, right? not to mention that the marinara sauce you are eating was almost undoubtedly cooked in the same pot as a meat sauce...""

Did you do a quick google check to look up their pasta? Not all pasta has egg and milk.

(Their pasta does have an egg base, but most places have vegan noodles actually.)

12/15/2008 10:03:50 AM

yes

my wife is a slightly less picky eater than i am - it's probably reversed in our situation

12/15/2008 11:06:41 AM

yes

12/15/2008 11:09:49 AM

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"Did you do a quick google check to look up their pasta? Not all pasta has egg and milk. (Their pasta does have an egg base, but most places have vegan noodles actually.)"

I think you missed the point of the story.

12/15/2008 11:13:53 AM

my girlfriend's a vegetarian (well, pescatarian)...it doesn't bother me at all (i thought it would, but since she's not weird about it, or psycho PETA, i find that it's not an issue at all)

12/15/2008 11:21:39 AM

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"Eating fish makes you not technically a vegetarian, but a lot of people figure it's close enough so they just fudge it. Whatever's easier to explain--it's your business as long as you aren't being self-righteous about it."

That was the situation with my girlfriend when we started dating--she was a "vegetarian" but would eat fish/shellfish. She was up front and not self-righteous about it, so that was cool with me. She said she had done the full vegetarian thing for a while, but missed seafood too much to keep it up.

As it turns out, several months later, she started eating meat again. I blame my corrupting influence for that one. That, and the temptations of a nice hot crispy plate of bacon.

Actually she claims that *I'm* a picky eater sometimes. I think this is the first time that accusation has been leveled against me. But then again, she's willing to try almost any food other than exotic meats (which I think is a lingering symptom of the vegetarian era).

12/15/2008 11:25:14 AM

yes, because if she rules for food, she has rules for everything, sex, cleaning etc. it becomes annoying, and usually this means they are OCD.

12/15/2008 11:25:26 AM

Yeah, it's a turnoff.

If they are a vegetarian or has a medical condition that has a special diet, then I'm more than able to tolerate them.

My brother has a girlfriend who only eats chicken and potatoes...and that's about it. Everywhere we go, chicken and potatoes, she's not willing to try anything new. Her mom raised her on chicken and potatoes and she probably eats that mess every day. She would be frustrating, but at least it would be easy to know where to go since she gets the same thing every time.

I can't stand a girl that isn't happy with any part of the menu. I mean, most restaurants have something for everyone, but if you're still trying to "custom make" your order and make it hard on the people that are working there, then it is definitely a turnoff. There are always foods that people don't like, but it's not difficult to avoid and eat around them. Don't order spaghetti and ask for no tomato chunks. If you want a custom made salad, tell your man to go to Ruby Tuesday or Sweet Tomatoes or something.

12/15/2008 11:46:06 AM

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"My brother has a girlfriend who only eats chicken and potatoes"

That is kinda weird.

12/15/2008 5:36:56 PM

it's not a deal breaker, but yeah, it's a bit of a turnoff.

12/15/2008 5:37:41 PM

yes. i fucking cant stand it. sure, there are things i dont like but i fucking eat them anyway. im not being lazy, i just dont want to go through all the hastle to say oh you put a tomatto on my burger when i didnt ask for it. for one thing. if they take it back, they are just gonna waste it and throw it away and make another one.

2/5/2009 5:16:27 PM

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"i really don't care. i'd still bwn"

2/5/2009 5:21:56 PM

it's less of a turnoff and more of an indicator of an area where we're not alike. But now that I think about it, that may be a good thing for me. Last two girls I've dated long term shared my love for many different kinds of food, and lots of it, and as such I ended up putting on weight with both

2/5/2009 5:23:18 PM

lets see, mine are:
nothing spicy - i just dont have a tolerance for spicy things
very few condiments - there are some that i like, but i usually don't need them to enjoy food, except for salt
no seafood - i just cant stomach it, the taste and the consistency gross me out. my sister is allergic to shellfish so its pretty likely that i am too
no chinese food - at least not shitty take out, but this is because i had a really bad food posioning incident in high school, and the smell of shitty chinese food still makes me nauseous
im also particular about vegetables - some i dont like at all, some i only like raw, and the rest i can eat raw or cooked

i think thats it, though my bf could probably add a few more things to the list

2/5/2009 5:28:16 PM

...didn't read the thread, but I saw "vegetarian" a lot.
Vegetarianism is not the same as being picky. At all. Not even close.
Picky is when you have an unreasonable dislike for some food, or how it's prepared or served.
A diet (the real word diet, the way biologists use it, not some short-term weight loss thing,) with restrictions, like vegan, kosher, organic, etc. is NOT PICKY. AT ALL. IT IS DIFFERENT.

That being said, picky is a turn-off, but simply having a restricted diet is not.

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2/5/2009 5:34:58 PM

I think it's sort of a turn-on, if the girl is a vegetarian for ethical reasons...it shows she has principles and character

2/5/2009 6:46:41 PM

i think my biggest picky thing is the microwave

there is just something about stuff you fix in the microwave that grosses me out

and i agree about vegetarianism being "different" not "picky" there are whole cultures who eat largely vegetarian cuisine. i don't get the problem.

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2/5/2009 7:08:47 PM

I'll take a picky eater

I don't really like vegetarians. It shows they have some sort of ethical concerns, but also shows their principles are directly the opposite of my own.

2/5/2009 7:24:36 PM

^ some people do it to be healthy, you know.

2/5/2009 7:25:35 PM

True. It might be different if they were extremely healthy. It's very hard to get the vitamins and minerals you need as a vegetarian though.

Every vegetarian I've met looks

2/5/2009 7:33:53 PM

Yes.

2/5/2009 7:44:13 PM

i know several vegetarians that look perfectly normal.

2/5/2009 7:45:02 PM

why are they veggies again? oh and they make sure they tell you....fuck that, I do not want to hear about that

2/5/2009 7:46:22 PM

i think that is a large myth about vegetarianism. i think that with any diet you can be unhealthy and not get the proper vitamins and minerals. people that eat a "normal" non vegetarian diet have trouble getting the proper vitamins and minerals because they eat too much shit...fast food, snack food, whatever.

i mean if you are dumb about your diet, whatever it is, then you are going to be unhealthy. that being said, it may be more difficult just because their diet is more restricted. but you CAN get what you need, you just have to be smart about it like anything else

2/5/2009 7:47:45 PM

^

many take vitamins as well...

like people on "regular" diets.

2/5/2009 7:50:23 PM

why are they veggies again?

2/5/2009 7:51:39 PM

who gives a shit? it's what they want to do.

2/5/2009 7:52:09 PM

I'm just saying, women that are picky eaters are only cool when they make the bill lighter. I don't have anything against veggies, but it does seem like an exercise in self-importance.

2/5/2009 7:52:31 PM

i guess it's selfish to care about your own body.

2/5/2009 7:53:09 PM

Eating fish and shell fish and calling yourself a vegetarian is a load of crock to me.

it you are eating something that is a living and breathing animal you are not a vegetarian.

I also hate people who become vegetarian for health reasons rather than for in respect to not kill living things.

2/5/2009 7:54:55 PM

I guess you do not get the fucking point. IS it a turn off? Fuck ya, every veggie I dated told me I was going to hell cause I was eating a poor animal, none said anything about being good to their body, come on..

2/5/2009 7:55:34 PM

its a turn off when a woman is not goldengirl

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2/5/2009 7:55:42 PM

^^ now that's understandable. not all vegetarians try to project their views on you, nor are they all elitist pricks. your generalizations were all i was referring to.

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"I also hate people who become vegetarian for health reasons rather than for in respect to not kill living things."

i don't even know how to respond to this

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 7:57 PM. Reason : more]

2/5/2009 7:56:41 PM

ie. they are doing it b/c they want to be skinny etc. i know a few girls who went vege b/c of this fact only.

2/5/2009 7:57:44 PM