Survey: 30% of meat eaters won't date a vegetarian

MSNBC ^ | 07/07/2012 | Linnea Covington

[SeekAndFind]

Is it a dealbreaker if your partner skips the bacon in favor of tofu? For some meat eaters, that’s exactly the case. The recent Love Bites survey of 4,000 singles conducted by TODAY.com and Match.com found that nearly 30 percent of meat eaters say they would not date a vegetarian or vegan.

Writer and omnivore J. Federer told TODAY.com that while he agrees couples should have interests outside the relationship, food is one thing that should be shared. “Food is social, and the dinner table is where a couple gets back together after a day of work or play,” he wrote in an email. “This is where the relationship happens. The ability to provide and share food is part of romance, and I just can't date a person who does not share those moments of life with me.”

Blame it on biology, says Dr. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist and Match.com’s chief scientific adviser. She explains that sharing food is integral to courtship throughout the animal kingdom.

“It’s so common in the animal world to give food for sex that it’s called the nuptial gift,” Fisher explained. “Mankind’s first luxury was meat, and when carnivores share food – what they are sharing is this luxury. It’s more than just cultural, it’s instinctual.”

Federer tried but couldn’t get past the distaste for dating a vegetarian. He had a two-year relationship with a vegetarian and another with a vegan, but said he always felt judged when they would sit down to eat.

“She kept talking about the carbon footprint of a pound of meat and the impact of fishing on the oceans,” he said.

[Salamander]

*Some* people classify dogs as ‘omnivores’ but that’s only true insofar as they’ll cheerfully eat the gut sack of any prey they get hold of.

I’m not sure that really qualifies.

The addition of corn and soy was the downfall of generally good dog health, many years ago.

How many times has anyone seen a wolf or coyote standing in a corn or soy field, smacking its lips with anticipation?

[yeah, *never*...unless rabbits were in the field, too]

Ironically, both of Odhinn’s vets cringe when I mention his raw, bloody meat habit.

They worry it could “hurt” him or “make him sick”.

The stomach acid of a dog can handle rotted carrion, even though, of course, I wouldn’t feed less than fresh.

The whole world has gone wimpy and they want to take the dogs with them.

Pitiful.

Thanks for the compliment...petting him is like stroking fine black satin.

:)

[Salamander]

LOL!

That was his childhood “coyote buddy” that he carried everywhere.

He was laying on the bed with it in his mouth when I gave him the flank steak so he put the steak on the coyote and ate it there.

[he never left the coyote go for fear the girls would grab it and run off with it]

One day, he must’ve decided he’d outgrown ‘childish toys’ and ripped its face off.

He carried the body around for a few more weeks and then dicarded it.

[not sure what all that ‘meant’]

;D

[Altariel]

The ripping off of the face is symptomatic of canine adolescent rebellion. When you refused to be intimidated by such feats, he took it to the next level-—hiding the body.

;-)

[Salamander]

Huh.

And here I thought he just got tired of having the filthy, wretched thing in his mouth...LOL