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AIBU?

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Eating beef in the house

231 replies

Frazzled252 · 26/02/2026 19:09

Partner is an atheist but was raised Hindu and is very aggressive about me eating beef. I have told him I will eat beef as it’s his belief not mine. I ate it in the house tonight and he has called me an a**ehole and is demanding I throw away the plate and cutlery I ate it on, yet he goes to many restaurants where they serve beef and eats on those plates. AIBU?

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MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 01/03/2026 19:46

TheDaysAreGettingLongerAtLast · 01/03/2026 19:40

Saying that people don't understand when we simply disagree.

It's perfectly reasonable to disagree if you can actually articulate which bit of my argument they don't agree with, but if you just say that you disagree without being able to explain why, then I will conclude that you just didn't understand the point.

Ohpleeeease · 01/03/2026 19:47

He doesn’t want to eat off plates or with cutlery that have had beef on them. That seems reasonable to me. It’s a deeply ingrained cultural issue for him, whatever his spiritual beliefs.

Just be a grown up about it, if you’re going to eat beef in your own home, which is your right, have separate plates and utensils from each other.

TheDaysAreGettingLongerAtLast · 01/03/2026 20:16

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 01/03/2026 19:46

It's perfectly reasonable to disagree if you can actually articulate which bit of my argument they don't agree with, but if you just say that you disagree without being able to explain why, then I will conclude that you just didn't understand the point.

Do you live in your mum's basement by any chance?
You sound like an algorithm stuck in a loop.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 01/03/2026 20:21

TheDaysAreGettingLongerAtLast · 01/03/2026 20:16

Do you live in your mum's basement by any chance?
You sound like an algorithm stuck in a loop.

Nice attempt at an insult. I'll take it to mean that you still aren't able to articulate what you disagree with.

TheDaysAreGettingLongerAtLast · 01/03/2026 20:34

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 01/03/2026 20:21

Nice attempt at an insult. I'll take it to mean that you still aren't able to articulate what you disagree with.

I'm more than able of articulating what I do and don't agree with from a philosophical, cultural, practical, religious and other perspectives but I just can't be arsed.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 01/03/2026 20:46

TheDaysAreGettingLongerAtLast · 01/03/2026 20:34

I'm more than able of articulating what I do and don't agree with from a philosophical, cultural, practical, religious and other perspectives but I just can't be arsed.

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Right. Wink

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