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Our Food Fight
(our different versions of something green…mine is salad…his is green sauce in a burrito…J/k LOL)
Ok ladies…so as I told you before I am now raw veganish (vegan + fish). Well I have been doing really well with it and have not touched meat or animal products for a week. I have had fish a few times, but in all honesty it was unnecessary. I am really considering going completely vegan (except for my Maryland Crab legs and cakes which you know I will NEVER do without…vegan or not). So anyways, I have been a very good girl.
On the other hand my husband may have miscalculated his need for meat. Since our vegan pledge he has eaten:
- a Hamburger
- Pot Roast
- Sausage
- Bacon
- and a Chicken Burrito
He didn’t just fall off the wagon he is laying by the side of the road being run over by it. Seriously he has gotten his MEAT on. However, I must say that I am proud of him because he has eaten several all veggie meals in between all that and has gone to Trader Joe’s several times to buy my veggie stuff (as he likes to call it).
That being said we had a bit of an argument this weekend. You see…he bought me several bags of salad and greens; to which I was very surprised and happy about. The problem is that he ate nearly 85% of the salad mix before I had any. This is how the conversation went.
I think I’m going to have a salad.
I’ve been eating my greens (salad) all day.
Really?
Yup.
That’s so good. (I go a cradle his head and kiss him.)
(…digging in the refrigerator I can’t find the salad) Babe where is the salad mix?
At the bottom
Ok…………..what in the world!?!
What?
All the salad is gone!
No its not some is in there.
Wait a second…are you talking about these scraggly things?
That’s enough for a salad.
For who? A baby?
Listen I bought you alot of vegetable stuff…. you don’t have to get all crazy about some salad!
I’m crazy because you ate it all!
OK Drama Queen if that is how you want to take it. All I was tryiing to do is eat better.
Is that why you ate sausage and eggs this morning?
Look…before you keep whining there is the arugula thing in there too.
What? Where?
(he digs through the fridge) Here!
Oh…
See…you fussed at me and I bought you Arugula. I don’t even know what Arugula is!!!
I burst out laughing. He was dead serious with that last comment. But I honesty think Ihad a right to be upset especially since he is still eating “normal”. It’s not fair that he eats all his and then in a fleeting moment of health consciousness he eats all my stuff.
These are the moment that make marriage a real compromise and pain. Do I fuss and get protective over my food in order to keep my diet straight in turn alienate my husband? Or do I let him eat what he wants (even if I am left without any) and make him feel good about trying to be healthy?
Let me know what you think about my food stinginess.
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- lifelessons
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I love that you are so honest about your experiences! I’ve tried to do that on my blog as well. So just want to say I apprecimucate it!
PS – just buy more salad next time. trust me. lol.
@Kemi…thanks for the support. Sometimes I wonder if anyone really gets what I’m talking about or really reading the blog so it is encouraging to hear that form you!
And yes…more salad is the answer…lol
We have a first come first serve rule in my house which was NOT implemented by me. I get annoyed when we go grocery shopping and my husbad eats ALL of something we bought after 2 days. Like you couldnt even save me a tiny bit???? really?? But he’s always like if you wanted it you should have eaten it. SELFISH! but i deal with it. Or I hide the good stuff where he can’t find it. that way i ensure i get a least a taste!
I sooo relate to this. Although I ma not good at hiding things, but my husband is an expert. There are time I see him eating a brownie or some random snack and I’ll ask him about it. He acts like it was sitting around the whole time, but I know he pulled it out his buried stash.