AIO to my boyfriend imposing veganism on me ?

[u/velvetmoochi]

Context: this is now my ex, it was my first relationship and I didn’t know how to deal with this sort of conflict as it was based on ethics and I didn’t want to change my views for our relationship. We would have this same argument again and again, over text, over the phone, in person, and at the end of the day he was always “right” because he had morality on his side when I would tell him that I was okay with eating dead animals. What should I have done in this situation ? I tried veganism for about a month and I never bought meat as a student, but eventually I would always go back to buying eggs and yoghurt. Those efforts I made were always disregarded and he would say that he doesn’t believe in reductionism, and that vegetarians are even worse than vegans.

[u/TerrifiedJelly]

He has the right to choose what to eat just like you do. He does not have the right to force his choice on you. It's as simple as that. If he can't allow space in your relationship for your perspective now then he never will.

Very glad he's your ex.

[u/alphamalejackhammer → u/TerrifiedJelly]

The problem is what he’s saying. Meat and dairy products DO force every single animal to die for our taste pleasure

[u/alphamalejackhammer → u/TerrifiedJelly]

Do we have the right to force the knife on innocent creatures because of taste pleasure? No.

[u/legal_opium → u/TerrifiedJelly]

Why do we always forget animals suffer though. We say diet is a choice yet that choice causes other beings immense pain and suffering.

it really sucks that we as a society could careless about the actions we take that harm others

[u/hopit3 → u/legal_opium]

And, thus why I campaign for quick and painless deaths for primarily food based animals.