I was hanging out with a women I went on a few dates with in the early 2010s. I was taken aback by her bad takes that evening, especially the body shaming and gossiping going on about mutual friends. She asks me why I’m vegan and I’m like “oh I went into a slaughterhouse once before, you can’t believe…”. And she interrupts me “Oh please don’t tell me!” Honestly this woman if fine. She’s not evil, just a bit bougie and lib. I’ve met much worse though.
I can’t get over all the women I’ve dated that have been super anti vegan or vegetarian, they were kinda shitty about other stuff later on. At the time it was shitty to fight with and lose someone who I cared about and spent a lot of time with, but in hindsight I’m so lucky they’re gone. Quite a few dates I’ve been on have been fine or positive about veganism, and our friendship has stood the test of time.
I’m sure this is just true for caring about other oppressed groups. Like if a date didn’t give a feck about Palestine or queer people, they probably suck. I’m honestly sorry for people that date men, as so many of us have terrible convictions.
Not only is she a loud and outspoken vegan, but she’s inspired me to be more vocally annoying online about veganism too.
She’s also an atheist, a leftist, and does not want children.
Love her 💚
Fun fact: a big reason why I broke up with my ex is that she’s an apologist, even though she excluded animal products from her life and has done so for 7 years. It started to seem like she just personally found animal products disgusting, not that she had any actual ethical position against carnism. It was like she believed it’s okay for others to be carnists as long as they aren’t disgusted by animal flesh and secretions. That alone was too much incompatibility for me, so my current partner is most certainly a breath of fresh air.