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[quote=Anonymous]Recognize that both of you probably have a point, and try to meet each other in the middle.  Talk with him about how much it bothers you that he isn't respecting your choices, and you make sure to respect his.

I was a vegetarian for about 12 years, including the first 7 I was with my DH.  He was not.  We occasionally talked about it, but it wasn't really an issue.  He bought and ate meat, and I didn't.  I didn't cook meat for him 90% of the time -- it was his thing to do if he wanted it.  Most of our family meals were all vegetarian, unless we made something like tacos and he made meat to put in his while I ate a meat replacement or beans or something.

My point is that you can make it work as long as you both are willing to give a little and respect the other's decision.  (And FWIW, my DH saw a documentary about 5 years ago that finally actually made him think vegetarianism was a good thing, even though I had been telling him the same things for years.  He's not a vegetarian, but he tries to eat less meat now.  And I'm no longer a vegetarian, but I don't eat a lot of meat.  I feel like we have both compromised a little, and this works for us because it wasn't a bigger issue for us than our relationship, which we valued a lot.)[/quote]

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