Steaks On A Plate

I do some volunteer work, and I've fallen hard for this guy who volunteers with me, and he seems to be into me, too. The thing is, I'm a vegetarian, and he appears to mainly subsist on cheeseburgers. He seems to be a great guy, but is this doomed before it starts?

--Veggie Girl

The question isn't whether opposites attract. The question is, Would they spend the entire evening fighting over whether one's chicken bone touched the other's frying pan? The answer to that question hinges on your answer to a few more questions, like, Why are you a vegetarian? Do you hear "medium-rare" and think "morally bankrupt," or do you just think meat is icky? And let's say you're okay with the ethics of meat-eating. When you think of kissing the guy, are you imagining his lips on yours or around that chopped dead cow? Next, consider that cooking together would probably be more like cooking separately together but with shared meat stench. And finally, be sure you wouldn't eventually feel compelled to bully him into becoming a meatless meatball eater, like by starting a cute mealtime ritual of estimating what percentage of the rainforest was destroyed by farting cows to put that steak on his plate. Thanks, hope you enjoy your dinner, too.