The peta2 Advice Blog: Kissing Meat-Eaters July 24, 2008
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Feel uncomfortable kissing someone who has just eaten meat? This is for you!
I feel weird kissing my boyfriend knowing he just ate a cheeseburger. How should I handle that?
-Doesn't Like Burger Breath
So your boyfriend just ate a cheeseburger. First of all, ew. Believe it or not, I have dealt with this a few times in my years, and after shedding some light on factory farming for the boy, you'll be a master at turning boys vegetarian (seriously, I rule at this!). Sitting down together and watching something like "Earthlings" or "Meet Your Meat" is a good way to educate. Sometimes seeing a visual rather than simply hearing it has a lot more impact. If your boyfriend is anything like mine, he'll give up the meat in a second—even if it's simply out of respect for you! xoxo, Shan (the queen of turning boys veg)
I couldn't agree with you more and to be honest I think your boyfriend should have a little more respect for you than to try to kiss you after he has just eaten a cheeseburger. I would just let him know that you think it's gross and I think he will be more interested in kissing you than eating a burger in the future. - Martin
I have a whole list of rules on the conditions under which my boyfriend will get a kiss—if he's eaten vinegar, baked beans, brown sauce, ketchup (the list goes on and on) he's going to get the hand block right in the face! However, with a meat eating boyfriend, these boundaries are all the more important. There's nothing more repulsive that finding a rogue piece of hamburger caught up in that bit of fluff on his top lip (which he refers to as his "moustache")! If you lecture your lad about his meat eating, you'll just push him away so I would try the "softly softly" approach by taking your fella out to a veggie restaurant and treating him to a vegan chicken sandwich, or soy cheese Pizza, and then smothering him with kisses! He'll soon make the connection that when he eats cruelty free, he can have his (vegan) cake and eat it, without facing the hand block! - Violet
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If I did that to my ex he probably would have looked at me weird but thanks for the advice.
Posted by: Paige at July 24, 2008 12:27 PMJust tell him you feel uncomfortable kissing him after eating animals and you just can't do it until he brushes his teeth. :)
Posted by: Kelly at July 24, 2008 3:43 PMI've dated meat-eaters in the past, and I"m currently in the debate over if I will again, but I'm leaning towards not...anyway when I was with my ex I made him wash his hands, face and brush his teeth after having anything nonvegan before he was allowed to touch me at all...I'm not kidding, sounds a bit bitchy, but I don't care I'm not having someone kiss me with meat mouth when I wont even share a drink with someone who's had meat
Posted by: Angela at July 24, 2008 4:03 PMthats kinda stupid to make him stop eating meat just cuz you wanna kiss him. dumb advice sorry. just tell him to brush his teeth. gosh.i wouldnt kiss someone after eating anything!lol.
Posted by: Paula at July 24, 2008 11:25 PMAhahaha....
Such a funny subject.
Since I'm single, I don't have to worry about such, but my last boyfriend was kind enough to volunteer not to eat meat around me or before seeing me.
My boyfriend went veg after watching "meet your meat" and never looked back... besides the fact that burger breath is kinda gross, why would you want to date someone that is totally ok with animals being killed and suffering just for them to eat? To me that is such a big ideological difference, I wouldn't want to be with someone that was an animal killer.
Posted by: Kohl at July 30, 2008 3:56 PMugh i've shown my omnivore boyfriend so much stuff. including meet your meat, and earthlings even! He STILL won't go veg! What's wrong with this stupid boy? lol you guys are lucky getting your boy to stop eating meat with "meet your meat"*jealous*
Posted by: kaylie at July 30, 2008 7:30 PMIf you have a meat-eating partner who doesn't want to share veggy meals with you then carry some mints with you!
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You don't have to convert him. Just tell him "Ew, you taste like meat."
Posted by: Sylvia at July 24, 2008 11:24 AM