Author: Derek Beres / Source: Big Think
- A recent Reddit post discusses the challenges of dating while on a ketogenic diet.
- Entire websites and tutorial videos for “dating while vegan” feature a range of advice.
- Perhaps having too much choice with food decisions has paralyzed our ability to dialogue with one another.
My wife really loves me. When we met over four years ago, I was vegan. For context, she is the unpickiest eater I’ve ever met. Her mother is from rural Thailand; and her father’s job in the military meant they traveled often and ate everything. That she even attempted to cook vegan Mapo Tofu signified commitment.
I believed I was an easygoing vegan, something you can only understand the folly of in hindsight. My veganism lasted two years; my vegetarianism, twenty. I’m certain there are many terrible dating memories from those decades—and some great ones, when I was with someone whose diet matched mine—that I’ve suppressed. Thankfully, today when someone asks me about dietary restrictions, I can honestly say “none,” beyond a disdain for raw onions and most mushrooms.
Just as one might cringe when looking at yearbook photos, I feel my forehead wince whenever I see #vegan splattered across social media (and even more so when it’s #vegancats). I don’t take issue with the diet, just the soapboxing, which I was admittedly part of. My body has responded well to a carnivorous diet, just as I respond well to marriage.
One thing is certain: I’d certainly not want to return to dating while on this or any diet.
Those battle scars are real.This reminiscing is thanks to a Reddit post in which a man talks about how his keto diet ruined a date for him. She was a recent graduate of nursing school. He, a devotee to low carbs and intermittent fasting. A recipe for disaster.
I also brought up the fact that I do intermittent fasting, which she then told me was a binging disorder. I tried to explain…
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