I married a man who has mad vacuuming skills and voluntarily scrubs down the bathtub, but who has no interest in cooking. In return for having all of his dinners cooked for him, he eats without complaint and especially likes it when I cook something new and unusual. It's fun to cook for someone who will try anything, even the mostly vegetarian meals I've been trying out lately (though if I threw a sirloin down in front of him, I think it would go over equally well).

So when I read this article from the NYT about food standing in the way of love, I had a hard time relating. A lot of the dietary changes I've made personally are for ethical reasons, but I can't imagine those choices causing a rift between my spouse and myself. Maybe I'm just not built to be hardcore, but it just seems like there are more important things to worry about in life than what my love is having for dinner.

On the other hand, we've been together for 10 years now. If I was a vegetarian or vegan and found new love with a habitual meat eater, would it give me pause? I guess I can't answer that question. What about you? Do you give a person's eating habits weight when considering a relationship with them?

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