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    Is it "Unmanly" For a Guy to be a Huge Salad Lover?

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    • Posts: 16,356 Member
      TOPIC: Is it "Unmanly" For a Guy to be a Huge Salad Lover?

      I think it's unmanly to love any food. Just eat it like a normal person. Leave the apple pies alone too. That's not what they're for either.
    • Posts: 7,963 Member
      nooooo not unmanly at all...it's sexy!!! really!!!

      And on the other side of the extreme, htf is it sexy in the least?
    • Posts: 133 Member
      Not unmanly at all, although I am having a mental image of the Simpsons congaing around their house singing "you don't win friends with salad'.
    • Posts: 201 Member
      Nope!! Its very manly for a dude to love salads!! Nuf said!! :):drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
    • Posts: 2,860 Member
      I am disappointed in this thread.. I expected better..
    • Posts: 799 Member
      :happy: No judgement here. Eat what you want and don't worry what other people think. Carry on.
    • Posts: 139 Member
      a real man eats what ever he damn well wants...

      it would be most non-manly and wimpy to stop eating something you like because you a little scared that folks are questioning your masculinity.
    • Posts: 139 Member
      No, but stressing over it to the point of asking this question is.


      ^^^ This. And very well said.
    • Posts: 124 Member
      Hey, real men wear pink, eat quiche and love salads! Who cares what you are eating...let the others stare. Eat what makes you happy. I think watching a man eat a huge salad is a turn on! I get sick of watching my man eat steak every night. I will put out a small salad and he will eat the potato, side of veggies, the steak and then tell me to wrap up the salad for tomorrow night because he is too full to eat the salad.

      So eat your salad, let people stare because they are probably thinking...hum, maybe I should have ordered a salad too?! Maybe they are staring cause your a hunk. You have no worries. Eat your salad and enjoy life! Your body loves you for it! :wink:
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      I have a question for everyone here. Do any of you think that it is unusual or "unmanly" for a guy to be a huge salad lover?

      Food is neither manly nor effeminate. At least outside of high school.
    • Posts: 49,119 Member
      Just throw some steak and bacon in it........................problem solved.

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    • Posts: 2,065 Member
      Gender stereotyping is a load of bollocks.

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    • Posts: 1,473 Member
      I have a question for everyone here. Do any of you think that it is unusual or "unmanly" for a guy to be a huge salad lover? I happen to absolutely love salads! In fact I would say that over time salads have become just about my favorite food. A really good Chefs salad or a Cobb salad are definitely two of my favorite foods. I eat salads all the time. I know that salads can actually be unhealthy, but I normally try hard to make sure my salads are healthy. I eat a big salad at least everyday. I normally make myself a salad everyday for lunch at work. There are some days occasionally when I'll eat a salad for both lunch and dinner. I also almost never get bored of salads with all the different topping and dressings you can put on salads. The reason I ask this question is that it's been my experience that almost all salad lovers are women, not men. Also, I've had people tell me directly that it's unusual to see a guy who loves salads as much as I do. Moreover, I live in a part of the country where the beef industry is king. So there are times I've gotten strange looks from people when I've eaten big salads at restaurants in the region I live. So do any of you think it's strange or even "unmanly" for a guy to love salads as much as I do, or do you think I'm being overly self-conscious?

      It's more unmanly for a man to worry if what he's eating is unmanly....now EAT DAT SPINACH!!!! :)
    • Posts: 1,473 Member
      I like a man who is not afraid of a lettuce!

      :laugh:
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      TOPIC: Is it "Unmanly" For a Guy to be a Huge Salad Lover?

      I think it's unmanly to love any food. Just eat it like a normal person. Leave the apple pies alone too. That's not what they're for either.

      STAHP the food love shaming! I live in California and I'm pretty sure I can legally marry an apple pie here. What me and my pie have is beautiful, dammit!
    • Posts: 212 Member
      No, I don't think there's anything wrong with a guy liking salads...In fact, I would think that he just cares about his body as much as I care about what I put in mine...Interesting question, though...



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    • Posts: 8,927 Member
      My husband eats huge salads. I love huge salads. I never thought of vegetables as being gender specific.
    • Posts: 130
      Yes, its very unmanly to like salads, and a little known fact is that lettuce absorbs testosterone, so the more you eat, the less you have and the closer you are to becoming a woman.
    • Posts: 24,208 Member
      I am more concerned with the fact that someone is even concerned with the possibility, or that it even crosses their mind.

      Manhood and condiments, it's a serious challenge. Salad tossers unite!
    • Posts: 1,998 Member
      It is manly to stand on your own two feet.


      If society claims it is manly to eat meat, cheese, oils, eggs, and all the foods that are killing you, and you are man enough to say "Nah, i think i'll have a salad" than you are more manly than most.
    • Posts: 22,281 Member
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      Manhood and condiments, it's a serious challenge. Salad tossers unite!

      many levels of *snort*
    • Posts: 150 Member
      I wish my man loved salads :indifferent:
    • Posts: 212 Member
      "Unmanly" to love and eat salads? Oh, hell to the no! My husband is a huge salad lover as well, but I have to laugh at him when it comes to eating bread. He's become totally anti-bread because it's 'fattening.' He pops a couple of beers instead and then wonders why he isn't losing weight. Hello? Why do you think it's called a 'beer belly,' I ask him.

      There is nothing unmanly about loving salads so eat on!
    • Posts: 27,732 Member
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      Ha, this made me giggle. Have you ever seen the tumblr that is dedicated to stock photos of women eating salad? It's pretty entertaining.

      Yes I have. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

      There are some pretty good ones about stock photos in general too. I think I read an article on Cracked.com about it that was quite entertaining.
    • Posts: 419 Member
      Define "unmanly." I don't know what that means. Who gets to decide what is manly and unmanly?
    • Posts: 4,021 Member
      Loving salad is not unmanly. If he loves salad more than steak, I won't lie, I'm going to be pretty turned off.
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      In for tossing salad.

      in soley for these comments.
    • Posts: 2,889 Member
      Not necessarily. Eating healthy shouldn't be something you should be ashamed of.

      If you have a plethora of unmasculine habits, there you are not manly. If you dance around your apartment while listening to Cher and also put on makeup and use glitter, then that would be considered unmanly. If you know more about the nuances of a Kate Spade bag than the nuances of the triangle offense in basketball, that would be considered unmanly.

      Salad is good. But eating things other than salad is good too. A balanced diet works.
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      Define "unmanly." I don't know what that means. Who gets to decide what is manly and unmanly?

      Other men who still have their nuts.

      Nuts?

      DEEEEZ NUTS
    • Posts: 3
      This post made me laugh. My fiancee always is ordering salads when we go out and eat and I pick on him for it. Meanwhile, since I save some of my calories for a "manly meal" , I end up ordering the most manliest meal on the menu. It's just funny to see this husky guy eating a garden salad and a petite girl eating steak and potatoes. Total role reversal. However, no, I do not think it is unmanly to eat salads. You like what you like!
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