Today, my boyfriend told me that he would leave me if I didn't seek help for my eating disorder. The eating disorder in question? Vegetarianism. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me. Why? Because I became a vegetarian. Apparently, he doesn't believe in "not eating meat." FML
Today, after being a vegetarian for 5 years, I found out that my boyfriend of 2 years has secretly been feeding me meat. His reason is that he thinks it's "funny" that I still call myself a vegetarian afterwards. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me the sauce he made for our dinner that was meat-based, trying to show me how nice meat is and stop me being a weirdo vegan. The reason I’m vegan is because my digestive system can’t handle animal protein. I’m writing this from the bathroom, vomiting myself to death. FML
Today, my vegan boyfriend told me that if he were forced to kill either his cat or me, he'd kill me because he "would never kill an animal." FML
Today, I discovered my boyfriend gets lunch every day at Burger King. I confronted him, and he broke up with me. Apparently, he only pretended to be vegan like me to get in my pants, and now the jig is up he dumped me so he can return to having meat at all three meals of the day. FML
Today, yet again. my boyfriend told me I'm getting fat, even after I told him to stop and that it's affecting my mental health. I had an eating disorder previously, and now I'm thinking about going back to just eating an apple a day. FML
Today, my fiancé and I had a fight because he wouldn't let me get what I wanted to eat, even though it was my money. He said, "It's way too many calories. I'm supposed to help you lose weight." When I pointed out that I had given up a month ago, he looked at me and said, "Yeah, I can tell." FML
Today, my ex-boyfriend called to tell me that he had always made a point to eat some form of meat before making out with me. He'd known I was a vegetarian since the day we met. FML
Today, my boyfriend sent me a long text breaking up with me and calling me "selfish", all because I fed my dog half of the roast he made us for dinner. He knows damn well I feed her a raw diet. FML
Today, I was at my boyfriend's house for dinner with his family. His mom cooked up a steak dinner, except that I'm a vegan, but trying to be a good girlfriend, I forced it down. Upon his mother finding out I was a vegan, she called me "disloyal to my beliefs." FML
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Grauncho 27
Save a plant. Eat a rock.
Welshite 40
You roast vegetarians on a spit over an open fire? At least they'll be low fat.
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Comments (150)
Wayne913 13
I support people's right to eat grass, just so long as they don't act morally superior.
WardenWolf 26
Smart man. He deserves a woman with better taste in food.
Goumbush 4
Not eating meat is a choice while eating meat is an instinct
Mshrodes 13
Eating meat being an instinct is arguable. Humankind has evolved, nowadays it's a habit rather than an instinct imo.
RedPillSucks 33
Humans are omnivores, not carnivores.
Sammyjam1993 12
I'm a vegetarian too and I hate when people can't accept that. As long as you don't try to forbid other people to eat meat, I don't see the problem your boyfriend has. Make him wake up or dump his ass!
jhs578650 9
@65 If he is threatening to leave her it is likely because her eating choice is affecting him in some way. My guess is that he is getting judgmental remarks whenever he cooks meat. I doubt seriously that he would be considering dumping her if her eating choice wasn't affecting him.
Mshrodes 13
That's not what the FML says, actually. Apparently he thinks she suffers from a disorder, unless OP is distorting the truth to her advantage. What I do notice though, even though I'm not a vegetarian, is that omnivores feel that ALL vegetarians are obviously judging them, which is not true.
jhs578650 9
@87 Oh I don't feel like all vegetarians are judgmental. I simply find it unlikely that anyone would think about leaving a relationship unless something is affecting them directly. It just doesn't seem rational. Even if the boyfriend considers the OP's life choice a "disorder", why would he leave if it had no effect on him? That being said, I will grant you that perhaps I am looking for rationality where none exists.
sammyjanette 17
This is FML hardly anything is rational here. That's kind of the point.
jhs578650 9
@103 Yes I get it. It is a humor site by nature. Still, people tend to have motives for breaking up with someone. Most people wouldn't give up the benefits of a committed relationship without some reason, and the OP's diet, if it doesn't affect her boyfriend, doesn't seem like a good enough motive.
Mshrodes 13
I guess we'll never really know. But my entire reasoning was based on the assumption that the OP wasn't omitting important elements like the one you were suggesting. Because if she was being "a pain in the ass" about it and subtly forcing him to stop eating meat (or even simply judging him), I don't think it would be honest to misrepresent the story the way she did in the FML.
6Black6Sheep6 1
HAHAHAHA this made my day!
worldclassrager 41
Your a vegan does that matter? No...it's your choice...vegan is not a disorder just more like a way of life...
lolita88_fml 27
I'm not sure if he was being rude or if he's actually just really ******* stupid...
lysxmt 4
Mmm, bacon!
olpally 33
We didn't climb to the top of the food chain to eat carrots though. Where's the fun in that? I understand eating healthy to live longer, but I like treating my body like a roller coaster. :D stick to your veggies op, he's an ass.
Shrike 24
"We" didn't climb to the top of anything. Most of us were born into the lap of luxury that is the modern developed world. We can afford to life as we see fit. I'm not a vegetarian or vegan or anything other than a regular omnivore, but seriously, you idiots need to get over yourselves and drop the "YDI for not being like me" canard.
olpally 33
Oh look another condescending comment to me. Jesus Christ man. :/ chill out.
olpally 33
*shoots self in foot*
notme444 8
He's right guys. We should appreciate all the hard work our ancestors put into taking us to the top like Americans appreciate the soldiers and shit.
dread514 11
Oh for the love of Bacon, get help if you need it.