If so, do you still cook meat for your husband or wife? Please help. My boyfriend is not a vegetarian, but I still want to cook for him. He always wants meat, though. Would it be wrong to cook meat for him if I am vegetarian? I don't like it, but I want to make him happy.
2007-08-20 15:34:06 · 17 answers · asked by Mary D 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Ooooh. See, my aunt and uncle are the same pairing (veg, not veg) but my Uncle (who's the carnivore) does ALL the cooking..
I am Veg, and hate having to handle meat, and the idea of cooking meat just seems so...hypocritical...even if it's not for yourself, you're still buying it, and enabling someone else to eat it. It all seems so backwards and wrongs, but I mean...that's my feelings.
Have you talked to your boyfriend? Shown him the facts. Make him watch Earthlings, Peaceable Kingdom, and Meet Your Meat. (if you haven't already. definately go with Earthlings first)
2007-08-21 04:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by Liz Lovely 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert B has a really good take on this. If your boyfriend knows you are a vegetarian and that you feel uncomfortable cooking meat, why doesn't he care about that?
On the other hand, electro_johnny makes a good point too. He says that, unless you are a Buddhist or practicing a religion where meat is against your spiritual beliefs, then it is not a big deal.
So if you are not a Buddhist and you don't feel it is intrinsically wrong to kill an animal and eat it, and at the same time, you want to make your boyfriend happy, and if you don't mind that your boyfriend doesn't understand that as a vegetarian, cooking meat makes you uncomfortable, then go ahead and cook his meals for him, and don't worry about it.
Sometimes relationships are more important than other things.
Or maybe you could go out to eat in restaurants or take out then everybody would be happy.
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2007-08-20 16:25:28 · answer #2 · answered by Lu 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well my boyfriend is vegan now but he used to be an omnivore. When he was, I never cooked meaty things for him. Besides, I'm such a good vegan cook he didn't even really notice nothing had meat. Just make your boyfriend happy with vegetarian food. I'm sure he won't even notice the difference most of the time if you use fake meats.
I don't see much of a difference between buying, cooking, or preparing meat to eating it yourself. It's not like you're forcing him to convert to your life style by not cooking meat. That doesn't mean he can't eat it, it just means you're not the one who's going to cook or buy it.
2007-08-21 04:41:50 · answer #3 · answered by Bats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm vegetarian and my husband is not. If he wants meat with his meal, he has to buy it and prepare it. I don't see much difference in cooking it and eating it. I would never compromise my beliefs because he's got a craving for flesh. If you don't want to cook meat..then don't. If your BF is unhappy because you don't cook meat...I would move on.
2007-08-21 00:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
find alternatives for him. tell him your uncormfatble with cooking meat and you dont really want to cook it for him anymore. in some ways yes it would be wrong. if you became a vegetarian for the benfits of the animals and your the one purchasing and cooking the meat i think you are just adding suffer into the cycle.
2007-08-20 15:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wow, no, I would say if you are cooking for him, he shouldn't be asking you to cook meat if you are a vegetarian.
I am a vegetarian and I would be somewhat offended if a girl asked me to cook meat for her. I would probably say that I only cook vegetarian dishes. If I want to make her happy, I should invite her more into my world and show her how good vegetarian food is!
I cooked meat ONCE since I was a vegetarian. My dad was going to be on vacation and the uncooked meat would have rotted and would have been uneatable. I didn't like doing it but only cooked would it go unwasted. I hope I am not in that situation again.
Good luck!
2007-08-20 15:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Robert B 5 · 5⤊ 4⤋
l am hubby and kids arent, l just cook it, no ifs and buts as the way l see it is it was my personal decision to become a vego and my husband works too long and hard not to have his meals cooked for him, plus i am a cook, so l dont even think about it and just do it
2007-08-20 20:04:32 · answer #7 · answered by t.s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like saying you don't like ketchup, so you don't want your boyfriend to use it. If he wants to eat meat, let him. You don't have to. And there is nothing wrong with you cooking it for him. There are many, many married couples with one member vegetarian, the other non-vegetarian. It's no big deal.
2007-08-20 15:42:33 · answer #8 · answered by old lady 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Yes I am a vegetarian and I cook meat for my husband and son. I wont dictate to them what to eat or not eat, but I haven't touched meat, fish or poultry in 44 years.
2007-08-20 15:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
My aunt is a vegitarian and my uncle is not. She cooks him turkey for thanksgiving, even though she hates to. I don't think it's wrong.
edit: hahah ziggy89015 you're the sissy
2007-08-21 03:09:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋