29-year-old partner of 8 years suddenly goes vegan, trashes non-vegans online, his boyfriend finds out and is shocked because he's not a vegan and they have 2 cats that eat meat: “Is this really how you see me?”

Being vegan is great for some people. We acknowledge that. We respect that. Going vegan for cats… is not an option. Cats eat meat. That is what they eat in the wild and what they are supposed to eat at home. And sure, some house cats have an affinity for some strange foods. Like cats who like eating bread or cats who like eating cucumbers. There is always the exception. But even for those cats, bread and cucumbers do not replace meat, just add to them.

So, on the one hand, we don't care that this man went vegan. We even don't care that he trashed non-vegans online. People do all kinds of things for attention. What we do care about is the secrecy, the changes in behavior with his partner of eight years, the implication that suddenly their values are not compatible, when, in reality, it was him who changed. And, of course, the thought that this man might consider feeding vegan things to the cats.

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"My partner (M29) suddenly went vegan and I (M29) just found two recent militant posts of him about non-vegans that really shook me."

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The thought of the two of you staying together only for your cats breaks our hearts. It should not be like that. Adopting a cat together, being together long enough and being sure of each other enough to do something like that together, and then still thinking about breaking up. We feel bad for you and for the cats.
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We don't think this is cause for breaking up. Not yet at least. We think this is something that should be talked about openly. Face him, ask him, figure out if he really thinks less of you now, and if he's thinking less of the cats as well… then act.
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