My girlfriend is vegan and refuses to put meat in the fridge!

Daronne is the queen of not-so-stupid advice dressed in a large dose of more or less subtle humor. Here she is back to save a reader!

The question for Daronne

Dear Daronne,

I just moved in with my girlfriend. She is vegan and I am not, and if I support her, I think she is a little too far away. For example, she refuses that I put meat in the fridge and that we usually have meat at home.

It is unspecific and very ecological (and all the better, it opens my eyes to many things). I admire her commitment and respect for her values, but in return I would like her to accept my way of life and not impose her choices on me.

How do I make her understand that if she has the right to be vegan, I have the right to eat whatever I want at home?

Amanda

Daronne’s answer

My little tofu sandwich Bahn Mi,

My wrinkled little finger tells me that in the future I will receive more and more letters like yours. And between us, I don’t think that’s a bad thing, because casually, alright, you’re yelling at each other, alright. ” Oh lala, we can’t do anything else in 2022, with extremists there “However, these situations lead to questioning and, of course, all walk together, young people. And that’s what the world needs, for you to move forward, fix the mess we left you and adopt a new way of living. living, more sustainable and more in tune with the world around you It’s a dream, isn’t it?

I know it won’t be smooth sailing. Vegetarians already in office can testify: their food practice systematically provokes the pseudocomic reflections of people like Uncle Jean-Jacques who believes he invented the valve of the century by asking, at every meal in the family, if they are not tired of eating grass and if they I knew carrots had feelings too.

What are we having fun! Also, I know it’s off topic, but do you know why people in general and boomers in particular repeat the same lines over and over, decade after decade, never trying to innovate? No ? Neither do I, but I would like to understand. I have nothing against the vegetarian diet, indeed, but for science, I would like to hear for once a joke on the subject that has not been made a thousand times. In short. Let’s go back to our hemp wool sweaters.

Is the vegan diet extreme?

I see that there is a sort of total paradox between the vision that the omnivorous world has of vegans and the reality of it. For many, veganism is still a kind of hippie and a very extreme fashion practiced by no-fun fundamentalists. However, global warming experts are formal: plant-based food is the only long-term sustainable food.

At present, therefore, people who eat in the only way that can preserve the planet and our species are considered big assholes. I understand that vegans have a lot about the potato. Not only does no one seem ready to provide an effort that they know is essential, BUT ALSO, we make fun of them all day. Hello anxiety.

Global warming is real. Also the fact that it is necessary to turn plant food to limit its effects. I know it’s difficult, for many reasons which I don’t judge at all since I’m not vegan myself. But let me remind you that it is not vegans who decide the state of the world. It is not even their fault that we all feel a little guilty about contacting them and resent a little about it.

So, for the meat in the fridge, I’ll ask you the question another way. Would you accept having human flesh in the fridge? Or a harmful food responsible for the death of many individuals and the decline of an entire section of our planet? If the answer is yes, there is nothing else I can do for you and perhaps it is not your current problem that you should have contacted me.

If the answer is no, you understand why, at least from your girlfriend’s point of view, you can’t put meat in the common refrigerator. This is not a whim on her part, the idea is simply intolerable to him, and if you put yourself in her shoes, you would understand why.

How to deal with this problem with the refrigerator?

The best paragraph title, don’t you think? Aside from that, the best way to solve this refrigerator problem is not to put the meat in said refrigerator. You’re welcome bye!

Seriously, I understand your urge to keep eating meat, and from what I read your girlfriend doesn’t stop you. So, I think you’ll have plenty of opportunities to eat it out or when it’s not there.

Take this common rule of life for what it is: a good opportunity to limit your ecological impact on your environment and discover new ways of cooking. I know the taste of barbaque, and it is true that it can be very good, but do you know what is very good and also very easy to cook? Thousands and thousands of other vegetarian or vegan dishes!

Instagram and Pinterest are full of easy-to-make ideas. Many cookbook authors have taken turns veg to deliver dishes to die for. Going meatless every day is an easy trick to take, and the delicious alternatives are countless.

That said, if you can’t get over this problem and the very idea of ​​owning a meatless refrigerator leaves you in abyss of bewilderment, the problem could go beyond a simple taste disagreement. Do you both want to share your respective lives with someone who doesn’t share your values ​​very much? It is up to you.

I leave you, I have to go and help Daron make the vegetarian lasagna, he still put the dandelions and nettles in the sauce.

bisetta,

Your daronne

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