Would you date a man who didn't eat any vegetables?

[Callcat]

Just that really!

My partner has a limited types of fruit and veg he will eat. It’s fine it’s not my body. We have different tastes in food anyway. There’s only us two so it’s easy to create meals etc.

We can go out and eat meals and we travel it’s never stopped me or him living life.I also go to places that don’t suit his tastes with my friends too. So I don’t miss out.

I feel like he does miss out on some tasty foods ( in my opinion) but that’s his choice and to be fair to him he does try things I eat.

After finally finding him after 10 years ago after dating idiots I’m quite happy to not be fussed about his dietary tastes tbh. We live a very happy, fun and settled life.

A vegetable refusing vegetarian sounds...challenging!

@ElevenOG

DP only willingly eats peas despite being vegetarian nearly all his life. He was raised on chips, eggs, toast, etc. and no fruit at all. We're both veggie (I literally eat a bowl of steamed veg for dinner) but I have to be creative with his food. The biggest victory was cauliflower mash. He doesn't cook so he's oblivious to the fact that he eats spinach pretty much every day, but given a choice he will only choose peas.

Honestly it's really bloody annoying at times and would put me off someone if I found out in the early days of dating.

Oblivious to the fact that he eats spinach pretty much every day really makes me laugh. I would find this very hard.

"I think it depends on how they go about things."

Yeah. Was at MIL's this weekend. Her diet is very restrictive, OK it's her choice. I made a side dish with peppers which I knew she wouldn't like but there were plenty of other options for her. My 4 year old announces he doesn't like peppers (has never even tried them). She says in a defiant voice "no I don't like them either" and makes a face. Wtf? Now that I have a preschooler who goes around shouting "I DONT LIKE THIS" like a badge of pride, I understand why I've always been irritated by her eating habits. It's not what she will or wont eat, that's her thing. It's that she's so bloody proud of it. It's literally like eating with a toddler

@StrychnineIntheSandwiches

A vegetable refusing vegetarian sounds...challenging!

How can that even be a thing.

@TatianaBis unless you count chips and baked beans as vegetables (I know they technically are) he was raised pretty much without them!

@JanisMoplin it's almost a running joke I have with myself over how many "chunks" of Tesco frozen spinach I can add to a meal before he notices. It's ridiculous I know but his red blood cells will thank me.

He doesn't cook so he's oblivious to the fact that he eats spinach pretty much every day, but given a choice he will only choose peas

I’m sure he’s otherwise lovely but the not cooking would probably bother me as much as the not eating vegetables.

No I wouldn't. Even if it was because of autism or sensory issues. I would still find it unattractive. I cook a lot and eat out out a lot too and do not want to change how I cook or eat.
My dad doesn't like onions and its very very annoying to give flavour to a dish that is suppose to have onions but doesn't.
I dont think I would even date someone who didn't like onions but ate everything else thats how annoying it is.

@Jobseeker19 I can't eat onion but it's pretty easy to flavour dishes them .

2 halves in the dish while it cooks will impart all the flavour still (or quarters if you prefer). You can also make onion puree (blitz onion and olive oil, keep in air tight container in fridge) and add a small teaspoon. Or onion powder. Celery salt is a brilliant alternative too.

My mum hates onion but never notices when I flavour a dish with it in these ways.

No I get cross watching my DH pick out tiny pieces of mushroom or tomato, it's so childish.