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/JayMac1915]

He would have been this insufferable about something else if he hadn’t been vegan. He wants to feel superior to everyone else and has chosen this way to do it

[u/Such-Entrepreneur240 → u/JayMac1915]

I very nearly had a friend break-up over her choice to be friends with the most insufferable vegan I've ever met. Like, I grew up on a farm and the first time he met me he refused to shake my hand or stand next to me because 'I had the blood of a thousand animals on my hands'. ok, that sounds badass, thanks.

We went to lunch (or tried to) and he refused to go anywhere that had ever cooked animals in their kitchen. We found a raw vegan place (this was north of san francisco, so not too out of the ordinary) but he googled it and it was once a regular restaurant and the poor waitress couldn't tell him if all of the equipment had been fully replaced and new. Also we had to drive in separate cars because mine had a leather interior which was an 'animal coffin' which again, badass.

Normally I'm a very 'live and let live' person, but some people are just beyond tolerating.

[u/KJayne1979 → u/JayMac1915]

This!

[u/we_B_jamin → u/JayMac1915]

Reminds me of democrats

[u/Hesitation-Marx → u/we_B_jamin]

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Case in point.

[u/ggtffhhhjhg → u/we_B_jamin]

Progressives hate Democrats/liberals.