Chickpea
EV Friend
Dorfus Farkledoodle
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Post by Chickpea on Jun 1, 2007 9:57:24 GMT
Me and the hubby are having some horrendous arguments over me going vegan recently, he thinks I've become obsessed and that I'm going "over the top" "sigh" I'm gonna have to change my screen name as I use SarahCornwall for loads of other things and if if ever reads some of the stuff on here it'll only cause more problems... so think I will go by the name of chickpea!
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Post by Eschar Blacke on Jun 1, 2007 10:10:17 GMT
Hehe, good idea, Chickpea. Tell him you're not over the top, you're merely at the top
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Post by tabitha on Jun 1, 2007 10:43:14 GMT
Oh God. That sounds familiar Chickpea Love the name though. You look like a lil Chickpea.
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Post by tabitha on Jun 1, 2007 10:43:47 GMT
Hehe, good idea, Chickpea. Tell him you're not over the top, you're merely at the top This boy has wisdom beyond his years. I always did think that.
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Post by astrocat on Aug 23, 2007 12:20:39 GMT
Going over the top is better than going under the bottom then deciding to stay there. How are you getting on now ? If someone tried that on with me, then (if possible) i would refuse to argue with them. Usually, the reason that people argue is because one or the other person (typically both) is incapable of (or unwilling to) communicate civilly. Non-vegans often seem to prefer to argue with vegans on the subject of veganism, rather than discuss or debate, seemingly because this is less constructive so it is less likely that a conclusion will be reached where they will feel compelled to either change their behaviour and approaches, or admit to being a selfish, unethical person. Has he asked why you decided to become vegan, and showed genuine interest and respect towards you when you answer ? Or has he simply started off trying to impose his unethical priorities on you , rather than trying to understand why your priorities have changed and how ? obsessed - (1) influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion (2) haunted: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something It is accurate to say that you are influenced by a powerful force, such as a strong emotion. However, there is nothing negative in that. If your husband feels that choosing to cease needlessly abusing animals equates to showing excessive concern for them, then that says a lot more about him than it does about you. And as above, feeling a compulsive concern for those who have done nothing wrong, who are tortured endlessly for their captors' enjoyment purposes (the profit for the company, the gastronomic delight and convenience for their customers) is not anything negative. Honestly, i think your husband sounds as if he was being a bit OTT, perhaps due to his obsession with eating flesh and others' bodily fluids ?
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Post by astrocat on Aug 23, 2007 12:28:46 GMT
Uhhhhh.... okay..........
I've just seen a topic from the day before this one was posted, where chickpea is saying that she was still a flesh-eater.
So, chickpea - am i right in thinking that you went from flesh-eater to vegan overnight, resulting in a huge flurry of upsetness from your husband's direction due to the suddenness of it all ?
To be fair to him then, that is a dramatic change. But , not one which warrants his kind of unreasonable reaction.
I hope that this was all just a flash in the pan, and that all this time on things are looking merry.
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