This 32-year-old guy and his wife, who is 30, have been married for about five years. They also have a 5-year-old son together.
And just six months ago, his wife decided that she wanted to become a vegetarian– citing environmental and ethical reasons.
His wife also asked for his support and wanted him to follow the same new diet too.
“I agreed,” he recalled, “But I must confess, I wasn’t very enthusiastic about it.”
Still, he tried to make vegetarianism work for him at first. Not long after, though, he realized that the diet just wasn’t going to work for him.
He seriously missed meat– its texture and its taste. And the vegetarian alternatives on the market just didn’t satisfy his craving.
Not to mention, he didn’t notice any benefits in terms of his weight or overall health after giving up meat. Finally, the lack of meat also caused him to start becoming moody and irritable.
That’s why he decided to go back on his word and secretly return to eating meat behind his wife’s back.
“I started going to a fast food restaurant near my workplace before heading home and had a sandwich with meat,” he revealed.
This new habit helped him feel a lot better, too. He also didn’t think that he was harming anyone by eating a meat sandwich. Regardless, he still opted not to tell his wife about the fact that he gave up on being a vegetarian. He simply thought it was a “harmless lie” and didn’t want the truth to start a big fight between them.
However, just a few weeks ago, his wife uncovered his secret. It all began while she was doing their laundry and stumbled upon a receipt from the fast food restaurant that he’d left in his pocket.
At that point, his wife confronted him and point-blank asked if he had been eating meat again.
“And I couldn’t deny it, so I admitted that I had been breaking the diet for months,” he said.
Well, his wife became absolutely enraged and accused him of being both a traitor and a liar. She just couldn’t believe that he’d been so dishonest with her.
He attempted to defend himself, claiming that he just wanted to eat food that he enjoyed. He also swore that he never intended to make her upset or hurt her. Nonetheless, his wife refused to listen to him and has been giving him silent treatment ever since she found out about his lie. In fact, she’s only been interacting with their son, and he’s not sure what to do.
“I feel a bit guilty, but I think she’s dragging this on for too long,” he vented.
Still, with his wife continuing to be so angry at him, he can’t help but wonder if secretly breaking his vegetarian diet and lying to his wife about it was really a jerky move.
Can you blame him for wanting to break the diet? Even so, should he have kept up a lie about it for months? Would you also be angry if you were his wife? How can he reconcile this situation?
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By Katharina Buczek
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