Are vegetarians just fussy?

[changemyself]

So, me and DP haven't spoken for three days now. We had an argument which was as a result of him saying I used to be fussy when I was younger. Which I was. I now eat everything, except meat, this is for moral reasons.
He went on to say that being vegetarian is just a faddy, fussy first world idea and said vegans are even worse.
In ten years he has NEVER had any issue with me being vegetarian and doesn't eat much meat himself as I do most of the cooking.
I couldn't believe it and told him it's going to take a bloody long time for me to get over this. AIBU to still be annoyed?

Your DH is an IGNORANT ARSE!!

noeffing I have 3 children including infant twins! It's simply not an option to be cooking separate meals at home right now, and even before we had them time and budget meant it wasn't often an option. And in the case of my cunt of an ex, when I moved in I wasn't even allowed to cook meat because 'no meat has ever been cooked here'. I had to go next door! He eats meat now. Still a cunt though.

Did your friends always cook meat for your partner? I bet often they didn't and you never even noticed.

And it doesn't change the fact that there are places you can't go on holiday so you have to accept you can't eat out or not go. We spent six hours, SIX BLOODY HOURS, one Sunday looking around Paris just to find anywhere that did anything vaguely vegetarian.

It is frustrating sometimes and you do miss out as the partner of a vegetarian. It's nice just to have that acknowledged and to be told it's appreciated from time to time.

YANBU its not 'fussy' to not want a living being to die for your pleasure.

Vegan here. I can honestly say that I know more 'fussy' meat eaters. My meat eating dh agrees with me.

No, YANBU. Your "D"P is a Twat.

Billsykesdog I think yours is another example of a fussy eater perhaps?
I've just been to Spain and managed to eat out twice a day, veggie food.

It might not always be my favourite or whatever but there's something almost anywhere

We went to a Brazilian meat house in Mexico. Dp and kids all ate tonnes meat.
Dp explained to waiter for me while I was getting a drink and they made me gorgeous mushroom and mixed veg spicy fajitas and chips. In a restaurant that doesn't even offer veg option, there's still something!

bill still don't see the problem. I've always cooked meat and vegetarian food at the same meal. It's not difficult to pop a chicken breast or something in the oven.
Did our friends (well, usually family) cook meat for my partner? Of course they did as they were all eating it themselves. He would have had something to say about it if they hadn't.
You could be right about eating out abroad. I wouldn't know, but we never had any problems in this country.

I'm far less fussy now I'm veggie than I was when I ate meat. Yes, I chose to be veggie, but my kids have been raised as veggies from birth. Dh eats meat, that's up to him. France in the only country where I have struggled to find suitable food. Greece is amazing for veggie food and even Spain is getting better each time I visit.

YummyMummyInWaiting In simple terms, it's down to conscience/ethics. I've been veggie for over 20 years. I don't drink milk or eat whole eggs, but will eat them in other foods. I don't wear silk and I buy limited leather products. I can cope with that on my conscience.

In reply, I would ask why meat eaters in the UK don't like to eat horses, dogs or other 'pets' commonly eaten in other countries, if it's OK to eat cows, pigs and sheep?