Discussion
So, I broke the vegetarianism after 19 years and the world didn't end.
The vegetarian police isn't real.
I guess depending on the definition, I broke it years ago when I started wearing leather shoes.
But this is specifically about food.
(I had some seafood noodles. They were good.)
For quite a while now the main motivation for sticking to vegetarianism was a sense of shame, that it would be a failure of character, if I didn't keep it up.
And feeling shameful around food is just a bad place to be in.
Speaking just for myself here, I think you're coming from the right set of priorities.
Shame is damaging, and it can also be damaging to have a rigid definition of yourself when the old definition no longer fits.
I spent many years defining myself with "I'm vegetarian unless I really crave meat or fish, and then I'll eat it." In my case, I went from there to being stricter about it, because it eventually felt more natural for me. It's fine to go the other way too.
@aesthr It happened that way me too.
@aesthr Ich meine Plastik-Leder-Schuhe sind ja auch echt nicht gut und halten nicht.