Welcome to Small Bite Sound Bites, a midweek segment of food for thought podcast where I,

your host Colleen Patrick-Gudrow, share short, succinct, thoughtful responses to typical

questions, myths, and misconceptions related to plant-based eating, veganism, and animal

protection.

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A topic that comes up a lot, people ask me my opinion on this and in the end this is

very subjective, this is really up to the individual if they want to date non-vegans if they

are vegan.

And I'm using vegan, it could be vegetarian as well, but I do think there's something

different once you become vegan.

And so really the idea is you being vegan, would you date someone who eats meat or dairy

or eggs or all of the above?

And so in the end, do what makes you the most comfortable, but I just wanted to share

my thoughts about this, because when we limit ourselves to people who are only vegan, whether

we're pursuing a romantic relationship or a platonic one, we are mathematically limiting

our options.

It's just the facts, right?

So if you want to widen your pool and date non-vegans, that doesn't mean you're compromising

your values, but let me explain, I think we're also limiting ourselves when we say we only

want to date vegans, not just from the mathematical perspective, but also because for me, veganism

is not a value, veganism is not an ethic, it's a manifestation of our values, it's a manifestation

of our ethics, it's a manifestation of our values of compassion and kindness and wellness,

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