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  • #1254384
    Lightbrite
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    I’m doubting myself and don’t want to here, so please remind me that it is acceptable to ask Hashem for a husband who eats vegetables on his own.

    Right now there is someone who reminded me that if his wife cooked vegetables he would eat them. And he would continue eating them so long as she kept making him food.

    By the way, if a guy doesn’t eat many vegetables in a restaurant during his meal (may eat a token few, or more if they are a certain vegetable that he likes like asparagus), but says that he will eat them if his wife cooks them, does that mean that his version of “eating vegetables” may be different than what I picture?*

    *…Because that is how it feels. Maybe his version of eating vegetables is having a few bites or pieces, and mine is a food pyramid portion. So he is being honest. We just have different views on what it means to eat vegetables.

    Thanks 🙂

    #1254396
    👑RebYidd23
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    I think it’s more important for a man to make sure to enjoy vegetables whenever there are children around.

    #1254424
    Lightbrite
    Participant

    That’s a good point too RebYidd23 ~ and thank you for that!

    After reflecting on this question more over Shabbat, I realize that the issue is tied up in one taking accountability for one’s health. Saying that one would eat vegetables if the wife prepares them is pushing the responsibility for his well-being onto his wife.

    NOW this is talking about a specific person and so surely there may be people here that object and say that they won’t eat vegetables unless their wives prepare them for them… but I don’t know the other details and am not speaking about you, and what frustrates me here is how this person is neglecting major health concerns. Like a blind spot.

    That said… for me health is a great value. I almost died and Hashem gave me my life back. I was so lucky. Am so lucky. They [doctors] even prepared my parents to never see me the same again. But Hashem returned my neshama, brain, and body. Since then, I have worked and still work to ensure that I am as healthy as possible because I need my brain and body to fulfill my soul’s purpose in this world.

    And this person also was given a gift of a new life, but I feel like I am looking at someone who thinks that he is invincible and/or the symptoms that he is experiencing have nothing to do with what he consumes during the day, and frequently.

    —So yes. It is more than vegetables. It is about guarding one’s health, proactively.

    Waiting until one is married to do something like take care of one’s body does not even make sense. If someone wants to be a father, then what he consumes also affects the parts that he will b’esrat Hashem give to his wife to create that life (you know what I mean). So part of being a father and the self-care needed to be there for one’s child starts before the child is born, and even before one finds his wife.

    I don’t know. Obviously I care so it is difficult to just turn off my brain and walk away.

    Especially when I think of being an EZER. Maybe Hashem put me here for this very reason because I can be an EZER to this man and etc etc it is my mission.

    Then again, I have been here before and remember that I learned that this is not a healthy position for me to be in, and it is not my job or mission to try to fix someone or open his eyes.

    Thank you

    #1254722
    yytz
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    I don’t see why it wouldn’t be acceptable to pray to Hashem for a husband with healthy eating habits who is not overly dependent on his wife to eat healthy.

    The fact is, a certain number of men 1) have no clue about cooking, and/or 2) are extremely picky and only like a few foods, like ones associated with men like meat and potatoes. However, nowadays there are many men who like to cook, including vegetables, and who eat all kinds of vegetables all the time. In fact, there are even frum vegetarians (or near-vegetarians.)

    You can try to find a husband who loves veggies and knows how to cook, and I’m sure there are many such men out there. But even if you don’t, as you mention, perhaps that is something you will contribute to the relationship — healthy food and other habits.

    Unfortunately, many men today eat a standard American diet and have little exercise, resulting in shortened lives through cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes (and, I would, add, a less sharp mind and earlier mental decline, damaging one’s ability to engage in Torah study and prayer to the best of one’s ability). It is alarming how many men have large pot bellies by the time they’re in the 30s or 40s. But many men are more health oriented and realize they need to exercise and eat differently.

    In Judaism we are commanded to take care of ourselves very much (“meod meod”), so it certainly makes sense to eat a lot of vegetables and exercise, as previous generations always did before the last century or so. May Hashem find you a match that is compatible with you in every way and who lives a long healthy life with complete shalom bayis!

    #1254759
    Lightbrite
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    Amen amen amen 🙂 Thank you YYTZ 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Such a sweet way to go into the Chag!!! So happy!

    Thank you so much and blessings to you always 🙂

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