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

462 replies

Callcat · 03/02/2022 15:37

Just that really!

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thelittlestrhino · 03/02/2022 15:49

No way!

EatingGreens · 03/02/2022 15:51

Well it is fussy. 🤷
I cater to different food preferences a lot but by God it's easier and more relaxing to live with and be with people who'll eat mostly everything.

MrHavelIsHot · 03/02/2022 15:52

Why not? As long as he didn’t try to change my diet, I wouldn’t care. I often eat a different meal to my partner as we like different things.

PollyCreo · 03/02/2022 15:52

I briefly dated a 30-something man who told me he didn't eat vegetables OR meat Confused He 'ate pasta' and by pasta I mean tinned ravioli and spaghetti cold out of the tin He was also crap at sex; probably due to an iron/vitamin deficiency Grin

AmbushedByCake1 · 03/02/2022 15:53

No I wouldn't.

I find fussy eating in men a real turn off and one of my main hobbies is cooking & eating out so I wouldn't be compatible with someone like that.

MintJulia · 03/02/2022 15:54

No, too restrictive and boring

NoSquirrels · 03/02/2022 15:54

I wouldn’t call anyone a “fussy weirdo” and I’m sure they eat more than just ketchup white bread sandwiches (which, incidentally, I survived on as a toddler for over a year Grin) but honestly it would just suck the fun out of life for me.

Every meal, worked around no veg- I can’t imagine it. It sounds awful.

So I’d leave him in the dating pool for someone who’s less foodie and regards it more as necessary fuel than pleasure.

EatingGreens · 03/02/2022 15:55

I guess my main hobby is eating too.🤣 I see that if it's not a priority it might not worry you.

KatherineJaneway · 03/02/2022 15:55

No chance.

RedCandyApple · 03/02/2022 15:55

I wouldn’t get it as I don’t understand how people don’t like any fruit or veg but how would you know as I’m guessing they wouldn’t tell you straight away so it’s more of a would your dump someone for this and no I wouldn’t if he was otherwise a nice guy.

wheresmyshoe · 03/02/2022 15:55

No, I love eating at a wide variety of restaurants and a meat and beige diet wouldn't work at them. It would also take the fun out of cooking together.

MermaidEyes · 03/02/2022 15:56

So I’d leave him in the dating pool for someone who’s less foodie and regards it more as necessary fuel than pleasure.

To be fair I'm not a foodie and only eat because otherwise I'll probably die 😁 Dh is much more a foodie than I am

Kopenbergglass · 03/02/2022 15:57

Im married to one. Having sampled PIL's cooking and overboiled broccoli, I understand exactly why he doesn't like vegetables.

He prepares and cooks them for me. Prepares and cooks them for the kids. The kids eat a variety of fruit and vegetables. It's really not the big deal some people on MN make it out to me. We used to work opposite shift patterns so cooking individually was something we've done anyway.

Seeing as some people on here are married to numpties who can't even operate a hoover or washing machine or wipe their own child's arse, I do think an aversion to vegetables in an otherwise good man who shares the load is not a hill to die on.

Comedycook · 03/02/2022 15:57

Can't stand fussy eaters so it's a no.

FrugalFrancine · 03/02/2022 15:58

I don't think so, no. Unless there was a medical reason for jt

InTheNightWeWillWish · 03/02/2022 15:58

No. A couple of my friends have husbands that don’t eat vegetables and it ends up as separate meals whenever they want to watch what they’re eating. I also have a friend who doesn’t eat vegetables too.

All these people are very restricted in their diets and are fussy eaters. They also can’t (wont) cook, even my female friend. They like to eat one type of food. In a friendship, it’s kind of manageable but I don’t think so in a relationship. My friends with these husbands have to check there’s a chip option before they try a new restaurant, especially if the food is not English. Going away, they have to think about what their partner will eat and if there are safe, bland options available for them. My husband will eat literally anything and I do joke about him being a human dustbin but actually it means we can be out and see a restaurant and know we’ll both find something to eat and probably have a good time. One of my friends booked a romantic meal for their anniversary, it’s a lovely place they went too but she had to ring and ask if they could make plain food for her husband.

DiddyHeck · 03/02/2022 16:00

When I read the thread title I thought firstly 'I can't believe this is an actual question because why on earth would any one not??' Then I read the replies and (not that any confirmation was needed), it confirmed Mumsnet is actually properly batshit crazy 🤣🤣

What in fuck's name would it have to do with me what another adult chooses to eat/not eat? I genuinely do NOT get it? Confused

InTheNightWeWillWish · 03/02/2022 16:00

Sorry that should have said that the people I know who don’t eat vegetables are fussy eaters and don’t cook. I’m not saying all people who don’t vegetables won’t cook and only eat chips, just my experience of the handful I know.

WellTidy · 03/02/2022 16:01

Yes. And I eat pretty much everything and really enjoy food. As long as they were very ‘live and let live’ about their preference and didn’t mind what I or others ate around them.

FrugalFrancine · 03/02/2022 16:02

@DiddyHeck

When I read the thread title I thought firstly 'I can't believe this is an actual question because why on earth would any one not??' Then I read the replies and (not that any confirmation was needed), it confirmed Mumsnet is actually properly batshit crazy 🤣🤣

What in fuck's name would it have to do with me what another adult chooses to eat/not eat? I genuinely do NOT get it? Confused

I just can't take anyone seriously if they say they don't eat vegetables 😬. Even friends. It's like saying you still play with Barbies at 28 or something.

But, if there was a serious reason for it, I'd probably get over it.

DeadButDelicious · 03/02/2022 16:02

I married one.

The fact he doesn't eat vegetables really doesn't come up all that often. He just doesn't eat them. Kind of like I don't eat fish.

I really wouldn't consider it a reason not to be with him. He has so many other wonderful things going for him, what he does or doesn't eat really didn't come in to the decision making process.

Ijustreallywantacat · 03/02/2022 16:03

My dad doesn't. He's in his 50s and fit and healthy though. In the army and takes vitamins. He didn't pass the habit on. If it was the case he was generally a slob, then no. If he is healthy otherwise, sure.

StrychnineIntheSandwiches · 03/02/2022 16:04

God no. I don't understand how someone could dislike all vegetables and I'd suspect they had a very rigid and conservative mindset. I like a man with a bit of adventure and an openness to trying new things. Not someone who's scared to eat some peas.

RavenclawDiadem · 03/02/2022 16:04

No way.

tackling · 03/02/2022 16:05

I didn't used to eat fruit or veg. I was always skinny but so unhealthy. Now I pretty much only eat fruit and veg.

How my husband put up with it and didn't go mad, I don't know, but I'm glad he did, we have had a wonderful life together.

So on that basis, yes I guess I would, even though I'm almost evangelical about healthy food these days.