spouse conversion & muffins

[Guest guest]

Hi all, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for posting all the

delicious muffin recipes!! I haven't had a chance to try any of them yet but

I plan to do so ASAP. Yummy!

 

Since I joined this group, I have noticed several of you comment about

wishing that your spouse would " convert. " I just wanted to share my

experience. I became vegetarian ten years ago, the only person in my entire

family to do so. It has never been something that I pushed on anyone else,

and long ago I even cooked meat dishes for my husband or extended family on

occasion (this was before we had kids). My husband supported my choice and

would always make sure veg food was available for me wherever we went. He

continued to eat meat and I continued to be veg...until about four years

ago. One day he just said, " I don't think I can eat meat anymore. It

grosses me out. " His argument in support of vegetarianism has always been

hugely different from mine. He simply says that he feels eating meat is

unnecessary, that a person can get all the nutrients they need without

consuming meat. I have noticed, over the past few years, that his logic is

evolving and now it includes elements of " why do we have the right to take

another being's life just because we want to eat it? " He is also very

committed to raising our children as vegetarians. He has a medical

background, so I think his knowledge of what he was eating had a lot to do

with being repulsed by it, but if he made the change, there is hope for

everyone!

 

Chessie