Struggling accepting that my boyfriend won't give up meat!

Maybe try for another angle.
Is he sporty? Say how much it can benefit your health and you can drop a few fat percentages down and become lighter on your feet.

I know it's not the animal issue but try to think of other reasons to turn vegan and see if they might relate to your boyfriend better.

Thanks, ill give it a go

I agree. Go for other angles and also maybe be a little more casual about it. I know it is very hard when it's something you care deeply about, but if you were to badger him less, you might get a better response.

Also patience and being accepting are good qualities to possess. As individuals, we all have limitations, but we all have potential too. Know where your limitations exist and stop putting energy into that area if you're not going anywhere. You'd be better off attending a rally, starting a conversation with someone who's on the fence about adopting a vego lifestyle or writing a letter to the newspaper or local politician.

If you do these other things, your boyfriend may just see something additionally admirable about your passions and want to follow in your footsteps. You never know!

Good luck!

I'm sorry to hear your struggles. Being vegan is amazing, yet the way it is perceived by others sometimes makes it more than difficult.

I agree with the other angles...If he is in to sport, check out Durianrider on youtube (he recently won the strava cycling challenge) or veganbodybuilding.com <---those people are crazy fit...wow!!

Does he like the food you cook? It is a cliché of course, but the old adage of "The way to a man's heart...." rings true in my household at least


Good luck!

I admire your patience, I wouldn't have it in me. I have the luxury of my husband giving up meat and dairy all by himself within a month of us dating and I didn't say anything. So maybe in time he will too. I don't like the "I'll watch it when I have time" comment. That doesn't show very much respect for you at all, I would address that with him. Is he disrespectful about veganism in general?

He's not disrespectful, but he says he supports my life choice and I don't support his.
My problem is that how can you commit to a life choice that you know absolutely nothing about? As I said I ask him to watch the doco and look at research of what his "life choice" really is but I'm pretty sure he just doesn't want to hear it.

Ill try the other angles, they are all great ideas!  Fingers crossed he will reduce his meat intake!

Thanks guys!!

I wouldn't be pushing vegan on him. That's a MASSIVE change. Start small. Education, then one or two vegetarian meals or snacks here and there. Then before you know it he'll be eating vegetarian.
I decided I was going to be vegetarian and my partner hated it but eventually he learn't that he eats what I cook or be doesn't eat at all that's how I got around it

thats amazing, i wish that happened with me... ive been with my boyfriend for over 5 years and he still eats meat.

good luck.
My bf who i live with is a meat eater.
its hard, trust me.

he respects my views and i his.
i haven’t tried to push anything onto him.
some people just aren’t interested, no matter how hard you try.
maybe he doesn’t want to give up meat. would that matter to you?

if it does, then maybe you’d have to rethink your r/ship?

my partner and i have a few fights about what i think is wrong and what he thinks is acceptable.
it doesn’t t put a strain on our lives together, but its worth it.
i love him to death.

(though i do 99% of the cooking, so he’s pretty much a veggie anyway) - except when im at work. then the bbq comes out