Have a Heart!

What do you look for in a life partner where veg*n ethics are concerned? Is it important to you that your sweet baboo is vegetarian or vegan as well, or is the choice an individual one? Can you live with yourself if the person you’re living with cooks & eats animals? Can they live with you if you’re moved to preaching at them all the time? Even if the question might seem settled, occasions arise to challenge us all the time.

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, choices surrounding restaurants, food gifts, or intimate home dinners have the potential to cause grief if you & your mate/date haven’t settled some important details first. Communication, the cornerstone of relationships, needs to be employed —tactfully & respectfully— before committing to a set of plans or expectations.

This goes beyond one Hallmark holiday—maybe it’s time to review the kind of team you are to determine whether there are any adjustments that can be made with a view to love between yourselves as well as that which can extend to all creatures.

Complaints against having a non-veg*n partner can extend to unwillingness to buy or cook meats for others, not being able to eat together, even to the way your favourite omnivore tastes or smells. Revisiting your ideals and sharing them with your partner can help to negotiate a pleasant evening as well as set up mutual understanding to last you well beyond the 14th.

Maybe it’s really important for your partner to go to the steak house, just for one night…or perhaps it’s that raw food place that would make their night special. Be open to those compromises that can show care for your partner whilst holding true to your values. But if the idea of giving your custom to a place that you would rather be out front boycotting is abhorrent to you, listen to your heart. After all, that’s what Valentine’s Day is all about.

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