If your Sweet-Heart is a Meat Lover

One type of custom that somehow promotes a particular kind of snob attitude due to their being adamant in picking food that are all natural or pure is the vegetarian custom. Vegetarians easily acquire an attitude of superiority because living a life of eating vegetables and fruits is the best way to lead a healthy lifestyle. Furthermore, their purpose and reason in choosing to live a life of a vegetarian are based on ethical, religious, and moral principles. All of it is very good and commendable, of course, provided you are performing inside the circle of the vegetarian society only.

Here is a dilemma, though. What if a vegetarian happens to have a sweetheart or a husband or wife who eats meat? This type of relationship usually results to some really sensitive instances. Vegetarians usually have a very low regard for aggression. Hence, here are some guiding principles on how to have a harmonious and peaceful interaction with your significant other when s/he has not gotten involved with the lifestyle of a vegetarian.

Obviously, the one way to resolve that particular problem is to have your partner be converted as a vegetarian too. You might pull off the lamest excuse but sometimes the tactic of saying “you will stop eating meat if you really love me” is effective. Compelling your loved one or anybody else for that matter to enter into the community of vegetarians against their will is not a very satisfying thing to do. Having somebody do something by force or out of guilt will never result into something good. They will most likely eat the food they are forced to avoid whenever you are not around. This type of strain on the relationship inflicted by a sense of betrayal and coercion is never a strong foundation to achieve a long-lasting relationship.

A much better solution would be to come up with a compromise. Try to talk out your differences and agree to meet halfway. Do not ridicule your partner for the decisions that she or he chooses to stick to, for the meantime. The key to a healthy and loving relationship is acceptance and allowing your loved one to flourish in a way that is in tune with his or her nature. This way, this particular problem may be eventually resolved in a more peaceful and loving manner. Who knows, along the way, you might be able to recruit your loved one to join in the wonderful community of vegetarianism.