Non-veggie spouse...

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I am a 38 y.o. vegan with a 6 y.o. daughter who has been vegetarian since

birth. My husband eats meat but only outside of the home i.e., at

restaurants or other people's homes. I will not have it in the house. He is

supportive and loves my cooking. He finds vegetarian recipes for the

holidays and seems fine with that. We are also interfaith - he's Jewish and

I'm Christian - so the way I explain it to my daughter is that two people can

love each other and have very different views as long as you respect each

other.

 

I never tell my daughter she can't have meat. I think making something

forbidden only ends up creating a power struggle. She has had it by accident

a few times at school but once she found out what it was she was repulsed by

it. She secretly hopes her daddy will convert one day...we'll see. At any

rate, my husband's meat consumption has drastically decreased since meeting

me...which I think is a step in the right direction.

 

Lisa Furman Cott

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It's great to hear how supportive your husband is. I am a 42-year-old

vegetarian with a 10-year-old son. My partner and I have just bought a house

and will be moving in together for the first time next month. He too is not

a vegetarian but is very supportive and insisted that we will have a

" vegetarian kitchen " . He respects how committed I am to being a vegetarian

and is very sensitive to the fact that I am repulsed by the smell of cooking

meat or the idea of having meat cooked in my pots and pans. It is so

liberating and feels so wonderful to be so accepted. Of course, I give him

the same unconditional love and respect. If more people respected their

partners, imagine what a wonderful, healthy world we'd have in which to

raise our children!

 

Question: do you do all the cooking or does he help out?

 

Wendy

 

 

<< Love to hear others experiences >>

 

I am a 38 y.o. vegan with a 6 y.o. daughter who has been vegetarian since

birth. My husband eats meat but only outside of the home i.e., at

restaurants or other people's homes. I will not have it in the house. He

is

supportive and loves my cooking. He finds vegetarian recipes for the

holidays and seems fine with that. We are also interfaith - he's Jewish and

I'm Christian - so the way I explain it to my daughter is that two people

can

love each other and have very different views as long as you respect each

other.

 

I never tell my daughter she can't have meat. I think making something

forbidden only ends up creating a power struggle. She has had it by

accident

a few times at school but once she found out what it was she was repulsed by

it. She secretly hopes her daddy will convert one day...we'll see. At any

rate, my husband's meat consumption has drastically decreased since meeting

me...which I think is a step in the right direction.

 

Lisa Furman Cott

 

 

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