A frustrated dad is being defended after he refused to cow-tow to his 14-year-old daughter’s request to stop eating or preparing meat at home because she’s now vegan. While the girl’s parents supported their daughter’s decision to refrain from consuming animal products, things got a bit dicey when she decided to impose her beliefs on them and tried to dictate how they ate.
The man loves his daughter, but he also loves his meat.
In a Reddit AITA thread, the man said that he “loves his daughter to pieces” but that he’s struggling to get on the same page as her (and his wife!) when it comes to changing his eating habits.
“We’ve always been a meat-eating family, we live in the rural Midwest and bacon for breakfast is pretty much a given,” he shared.
“This year my 14 y/o daughter decided to go vegan, and I jumped onto her support team with enthusiasm. We learned how to substitute ingredients, cook new things, try new things, I adjusted our budget to include more expensive vegan substitutes for her, etc.”
So far, so good.
It only became a problem recently.
The man said that things were going really well until his daughter decided that her parents hadn’t gone far enough to support her choices. When she saw her father cooking bacon one morning before rinsing the pan and popping it into the dishwasher, she was furious.
“She exploded in anger (teen years, I’m not too fussed about the anger explosion, I know she doesn’t mean it) and said that that was HER pan for vegan food,” he recalled. “I was completely floored and said, kiddo this here is a family pan, older than you, it’s not YOUR pan.”
To navigate this issue, he decided to buy her some separate cookware so that she would feel more comfortable.
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The teen refused to use the dishwasher because it’s “contaminated with animal product.”
Despite her parents going out of their way to accommodate her preferences, it still wasn’t enough. Eventually, the teenager took issue with washing her dishes because of the “contamination” of being in the dishwasher with dishes that previously contained meat.
“I’m not going to stop eating bacon in my own house,” he said, putting his foot down.
Redditors supported the dad’s stance.
The comments were flooded with supporters insisting he did nothing wrong at all, and in fact had gone out of his way to make sure his daughter’s preferences were respected.
“Time for a real-world lesson for her – she’s not always gonna live with people who share her food lifestyle,” one person wrote.
Another added, “You’re already being as supporting as you can, but at the end of the day it’s your house. You don’t need to bend the knee to your daughter over this.”
A third wrote: “You’ve been supportive of her new diet choice and have been very accommodating by getting her pans to use for vegan food. She can’t expect you to change your whole lifestyle to cater to her.”
“Meat needs to be kept in the fridge, and if the dishwasher is tainted then maybe she should try washing a dish by hand GASP.”
