Really curious: How do Filipinos feel about dating/marrying a vegetarian???

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Raven

it doesn't matter if we're vegetarians or meat-eaters. if we just love that person much, willing to take our sacrifices to that person, then it's enough to tie the knot with that person.

after all, love conquers all, knows no wall, builds bridges and makes the world go round :D

allan y

i do eat vegetables. but i could never survive without baboy or baka.

i can date and marry a vegetarian as long as my palangga cooks baboy and baka for me

Lushbabe4ever

If I love that person, it doesn't really matter what he eats as long as it is healthy for him. (--,)

mitzy_paz

It's really fine,,,,,,marrying someone whose food preference is different from mine,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

tranquil

Am fine with it.

von1979

nothing because love is all about compromises

BokBok

Yes, as long as there is chemistry in play, that all that really matters. Because a person may as well have other preferences that are very well different than yours, but you will learn to grow as a couple from each others differences.

Mike's Girl

my bf - american as apple pie - is vegetarian...he knows how to cook but his meals are yucky...his dumplings have cabbage & tofu & stuff...his spaghetti has veggie sausage...i don't eat any of those...so i always tell him "mikey baby, if i marry you, we'd either get a maid or eat out all the time otherwise i'd starved to death"...ha ha ha

but really we're heading nowhere...so we're just making the most of our happy moments here and now

lane

My best friend is a veggie and her hubby is flip....its pretty funny cuz they LOVE their meat! And his family loves it too. But over the years its become the norm. Even at family gatherings they will make certain dishes with no meat just for her. When they bbq or cook she'll have a veggie patty or somthing. It really no biggie.....if you dont make it one! They do have dishes they dont have meat!! Have fun!

deedumdah

I wouldn't really mind. I think it might be harder for my family (specifically my mom and aunts) to accept an in-law who won't eat their dinuguan, asado, adobo, etc. but it won't be a problem for me!

Most of my friends are vegetarians so I'm used to checking out restaurant menus beforehand to see if they offer vegetarian dishes and when I invite people over, I make sure that I have at least one vegetarian dish. It wouldn't be any different if I were to date / marry a vegetarian.

As long as he won't FORCE to turn me into a vegetarian, I can always compromise with someone like that. :)

Lola

Inday, i love vegetables. any kind. my fave, bitter melon with scrambled egg and stir fried with shrimp. i can eat it three times a day everyday. so, i dont see any problem with a vegetarian for i have tried eating a month without eating meat (abstinence).

Jigoku Akuma

Well, I, for one, am abstinent, meaning I don't engage in eating meat of any mammals, but I eat seafood (that's how abstinence differ from vegetarianism). I don't mind if the one I'm dating/marrying isn't abstinent/vegetarian at all, that's fine with me AS LONG AS she respects my opinions/decisions. Like any other bad-attitude vegetarian, I'm not the one who constantly rants at people who eats meat; I have nothing against meat-eaters. I chose to be abstinent, because I simply love animals, and I cannot and would not eat their flesh. That's all my reason and nothing else personal. So, if my girl doesn't have problems with me being abstinent, then I really wouldn't mind, and besides, less than 20% of the Filipino community tend to be vegetarian since birth. So, my chance of finding a girl who is like me in the way of food preference is not that steep, but not that close, either.

Bibingka

I'm a vegetarian married to a Filipina and living here. She doesn't seem to mind since we dated for many years and she knew about it long before. She has adapted and bought vegetarian cookbooks to help her. The only real problem is eating out - many restaurants don't have anything for a vegetarian so we can't go there together (Jollibee for example).

glow d-phil

vegetarian? for what reason? if you ever you meet a filipino who is a vegetarian, he must have a reason for being that. if you date someone, you should first know the reasons why and better think it over bfore plunging into marriage, you see, filipinos love eating and because we don't hv vegetables as good as other countries have, we have relied so much on meat for our dishes, "carnivorous", having somebody around with a different peculiarity when it comes to foods could be pretty difficult and somewhat annoying, but serious health reasons could be considerable and if you really love the person why not try be a vegetarian yourself, then you will both reap the advantages of being one.

Georgina

I would consider a vegetarian but not a vegan. If it is a vegetarian, I would probably even consider learning to be one being that it is healthy and all.

Since I am already married, it is too late. But I am glad because my husband and I LOVE to eat.

pingnavarro

Oh..I love that..Im not a vegetarian but my condition prohibits me from eating meat , specially red meat(pork,beef)..I dont eat foot with too much salt, fats, cholesterol, uric acid, MSG..

So, when you do plan it? I'm here in Makati area.

Devastated

Most of Filipinos are devout catholics.
If they don't eat meat, they're afraid that evil will influence their souls.

someone

it's ok but it will be so hard to cook food for her. better buy a cookbook for veggie cookin

yonip.orig

No problem for me. I do love veggies too.so maybe most of the time we eat veggies and then sometimes I may cook a meat based side dish just for me.Love conquers all di ba?

morning breath

If vegetarians eat vegetables only, what humanitarians eat? Humans?
I think we Filipinos are omnivorous and not carnivorous.

PESTE the REAL DOG

better the veggies than me.

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