u/Engineering_Sam

Hi everyone, was hoping to get some insights from ex-vegans (you guys seem to have more neutral views on the matter having experienced both). My bf recently became vegan and I’m still on an omnivore diet. I don’t have any intentions of becoming vegan, but discussions on raising children have come up as a result of this. Now that he’s vegan he wants to raise any kids we may have vegan. I’m open to this, but am concerned about malnutrition. I’ve seen mixed opinions on the matter. What are your thoughts? Have any of you raised kids vegan? If you did, were they healthy or did you experience nutrition issues?
In a similar vein, have any of you been vegan and dated a non-vegan? How did you make it work?
Any insights would be great, thanks!

hello friends, i’m a 3rd gen bahá’í. throughout my life i’ve struggled with my faith and belief in God but always came back. i have been having conversations about the faith with my bf of two years (he’s atheist) and yesterday it started with how we would gauge we are ready for marriage. this then delved to the bahai aspect of the wedding specifically the bahai wedding vow. we hadn’t talked about this part since we started dating and so im struggling with it now. i know he wouldn’t say something he doesn’t mean and id feel uncomfortable hearing him say the words if im being honest.

1. will our souls still be bound in the after life if we do not perform the bahá’í wedding?

2. did anyone have a bahá’í wedding and marry an atheist? how did your partner rationalize and come to terms with the wedding vow?

3. we also delved into aspects of the faith i don’t particularly agree with specifically women not being able to be on the UHJ (inherently sexist despite all the writings discussing otherwise stating how the souls of men and women are equal etc) and how the gay community is excluded from bahá’í marriage (inherently homophobic).

4. how do we explain women not being able to be on the UHJ? everything i’ve seen is it will become known with time, but this doesn’t do it for me and it’s contradictory how we talk about equality of men and women but then exclude/exempt women from UHJ.

5. why can only heterosexual couples be married in the bahá’í faith? we claim to be a progressive religion, and i firmly believe we are, but excluding homosexual couples is homophobic and not progressive. on one hand when our religion was founded gay marriage was not socially acceptable so from a historical perspective i could see it not being allowed in the faith, but our founder teaching equality of men and women was radical for the time as well.

6. any consultation is welcome ☺️ i appreciate you taking the time!

edit: i just learned like 6 months ago gay people aren’t allowed to be married within the bahá’í faith and i learned yesterday women weren’t allowed to be on the UHJ.

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Hi everyone! After getting my dog (livestock guardian mix, ~100lbs) in August, I finally decided it’s time to get a new tent for camping since he’s now twice the size he used to be. I am looking for recommendations for a 3-4 person tent that is 3 season, waterproof/rain resistant, and a way to get some decent airflow. Some nice to haves would be a screened porch and a tent footprint (i know i can just use a tarp if it doesn’t come with one).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)