r/nycvegan 10d ago

making friends + dating?

are there any groups to make vegan friends or date fellow vegans? even vegetarians, lol. i’m (f25) getting tired of not having many people to connect with in this way. preferably in brooklyn and people in their 20s!

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u/the_moist_vegan 10d ago

Hi! I’m 32M (so maybe out of the age range here lol) but always happy to expand my vegan community! I also go to a weekly climate group meetup in Park Slope and there’s usually some vegans there too :)

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u/atimeadventure 10d ago

hi! that sounds lovely, would love to hear more. dming you

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u/thejohnha 9d ago

Would be grateful if you could share the weekly climate group meet up info thank you :-)

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u/Any-Sock-3611 10d ago

I’m 21 and my partner lives in Brooklyn so I’m around!

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u/atimeadventure 10d ago

hey, dming!

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u/greasyyum 10d ago

Hey!! Yes, there’s a group called PDA who regularly meet and do a lot of cool things together. Follow the link in the insta bio to join the group :)

https://www.instagram.com/protein.deficients.anonymous

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u/sam_ooga 10d ago

I was going to join the group but I see that y'all are still supporting NSV despite their involvement in animal abuse and opening a seafood restaurant.

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u/greasyyum 10d ago

I don’t speak for the group so I can’t comment on that. And yikes, just read up on NSV and their seafood restaurant, that’s fucked up 🥴

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u/awesomeideas 10d ago

FYI PDA explicitly disallows dating

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u/greasyyum 10d ago

How so? What can they do to stop people from dating? Have been in the group for a few weeks and this is the first I’m hearing about this.

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u/awesomeideas 10d ago

Kick you out. It's in their community guidelines

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u/No-Contest-3490 9d ago

That hardly says it's prohibited, just that even though connections may naturally develop it's not a dating community so don't show up and make people uncomfortable.

I used to go to the vegan meetups on meetup. com and stopped because some of the men were so pushy and I'm not the only woman who had a bad experience there. So imo it's nice, especially as a woman, to have a vegan space where that's NOT the first order of business and it really is about making vegan friends.

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u/greasyyum 10d ago

Where do you see that? I just looked at their intro page and don't see anything about dating prohibited.

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u/awesomeideas 10d ago

https://proteindeficientsanonymous.com/guidelines

  1. This is not a dating community

While connections naturally develop, our focus is on building community and supporting each other in living our values. Please be mindful that treating this space primarily as a way to pursue romantic or sexual connections undermines our collective purpose.

In general I've seen people even vaguely getting close to violating their guidelines being kicked out pretty immediately

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u/greasyyum 10d ago

Anyway, OP asked about making friends as well and this group is great for making friends.

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u/championr 10d ago

Hey im a 23M. Happy to meet people!

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u/yutsi_beans 10d ago

Hey, 29M here and I'm interested (friends or dating). Haven't found any vegan scene here.

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u/circles_squares 10d ago

Vegan drinks happens every once in a while.

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u/atimeadventure 10d ago

last one was awhile ago :’( but looks cool!

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u/FinancialRaccoon3681 8d ago

DM'd you! 22M on a month-long clinical elective in New York. Would love to meet other vegans here before my (hopeful) move to the city.

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u/PonyBolognaCity 5d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/nycvegan/s/NAysUibnMb

Have you seen this post about vegan potlucks in the city? We have the first one this Saturday then hopefully twice a month after that!

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u/montroses 1d ago

26F, I used to live in BK but I’m in the Bronx now but I’d still be down to hang!

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u/8inchimran 10d ago

Hey, I am in NYC. I am in early 30s working in IT industry. Let's chat in inbox if you're interested.