The tribulations a couple faces not eating from the same plate.

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I, a vegetarian, have been married for more 23 years to a non-vegetarian. Yes, it involves some accommodation, but so does any marriage! We're very happily married.

In my case, the diet differences are far more than this. My wife is Korean, and must have her rice and kim chee. I'm a bland diet type person, and really can't take kim chee. And I'm not fond of white rice (and my wife doesn't like brown rice).

Only rarely do we eat exactly the same things for a meal, even when my wife is not having any meat (which is fairly often). Sometimes we have part of the meal in common and part different, and sometimes we eat entirely different meals. Since my wife retired from business (while I'm still working full-time), she now does almost all the cooking and doesn't complain about the challenges of the different diets.

We both eat enough of a variety so there are plenty of restaurants where we both can find something we enjoy. Occasionally, we've gone to a shopping center with different kinds of restaurants and each gone to a different one. However, most of the time we eat at the same restaurant. If we eat at a Korean restaurant, where there typically are no vegetarian entrees, my wife will arrange for a special dinner for me. She's not happy unless I'm happy!

-- posted by Bill_Samuel

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