Man Accuses Husband Of Turning Him Vegan After Realizing That Delicious Sandwich He Enjoyed Didn't Have Meat

He got upset that what he thought was pulled pork was actually jackfruit.

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• January 25, 2024

An otherwise happily married couple fought over a vegan pulled "pork" sandwich they had for dinner. The 24-year-old's husband felt tricked when he ate the vegan dish his husband made for their meal.

OP and his husband have been married for over a year. His husband knew he was vegan even when they were just friends.

His husband didn't find any issues with OP's vegan diet. When they started dating, his husband made it clear he wouldn't follow OP's diet to be with him.

OP respected his husband's decision and didn't try to push it. At their wedding, they served vegan and non-vegan dishes to their guests.

It looked to be the beginning of a harmonious marriage. Discord happened when OP decided to try out a vegan pulled "pork" recipe he saw online.

The recipe called for the use of jackfruit as a meat substitute. OP and his husband do not get a lot of opportunities to cook elaborate dinners for each other because they work full-time.

OP thought the new recipe was a great way to surprise his husband. He was stressed from work that day but immediately lit up when OP showed him the surprise meal.

He happily ate the sandwich and complimented OP's cooking skills. He asked OP what he used in the sandwich and immediately got upset when he found out he used jackfruit instead of pork.

He yelled at OP. He said that OP knew he would stay a meat eater.

His husband walked away before OP could finish his explanation that he had no agenda with the vegan sandwich.

He has given OP the silent treatment since the argument.

OP felt terrible over what happened. It wasn't his intention to convert his husband into a vegan.

He also clarified that he didn't misrepresent what he used in the sandwich. Still, was OP an a**hole for serving a vegan sandwich to his husband?

Did OP's husband assume that OP ate a non-vegan sandwich out of the blue?

OP said that his husband might have thought he made two different sandwiches.

Redditors were curious about how the couple handles their day-to-day meals.

They don't make meals for each other. They have different work schedules, and OP avoids handling meat products, which his husband understands.

His husband's overreaction confounded the commenters.

They couldn't see why OP's husband got upset over a meal he enjoyed and found delicious.

Does he get upset when OP brings home Oreos?

A single serving of a vegan sandwich doesn't make you vegan.

Swimming doesn't make you a fish either.

His husband's reaction is disproportionate to what OP did.

If years of vegan dishes cooked in their kitchen didn't change his mind about becoming vegan, why would a single sandwich suddenly turn him into one? OP didn't trick him.

He thoughtfully made a sandwich he thought they could enjoy. He did enjoy it, he just got unjustifiably upset that the tasty sandwich didn't have animal protein in it.

Chelsi