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Congratulations on your decision! I know it is a difficult one to make, but you will feel SO much better once you fully commit. I am a lucky one; I went vegan with a very supportive husband. He still eats meat once in awhile at restaurants (though no red meat), and once in awhile during the summer he will buy a (free range organic!) chicken breast to grill. But for the most part, we don't keep meat in the house. When we first met 9 years ago, he drank only 2% milk; now he drinks exclusively rice milk like me! He actually does the majority of the cooking, too. We cook one meal every night for dinner - and it's always vegan. He has been pleasantly surprised every time we try a new fake meat product. They really do taste good!

I can understand why your husband reacted the way he did; he feels like you made this decision without him having a choice. But I think there needs to be compromise. He needs to understand why you feel the way you do, and allow you to be vegan if you want. If you truly do ALL the cooking, then I guess he'll just have to eat what you cook whether he likes it or not.

But you could do some things side by side like stir fry (he can cook up some chicken while you cook tofu), or grilling outside. But if he truly wants to continue eating meat in the house, then he needs to understand that it's something you are morally opposed to, and he'll have to start doing some of his own cooking. I also think having one or two vegan nights a week where he HAS to try something new is a great idea! Sarah Kramer has written three excellent vegan cookbooks; if it weren't for her, it would have been WAY harder for me to go vegan.

It's been proven (in a 2006 United Nations report) that animal agriculture is the LEADING cause of global warming, even more than the transportation industry. So I wish more and more people would wake up to that, and the horrible lives that these poor animals endure. I wish you the best of luck, and hope everything works out for you! Please keep us posted!!

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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)

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