But I digress; I asked her if my eating steak was in any way different than her wearing leather shoes.
Obviously. Because leather is a
by-product of killing cows for meat. No-one kills cows for the leather, and eats beef as a by-product. She was right, and you should have considered becoming a vegan if only for her emerald-green eyes, rather than breaking up with her 'cos of her imaginary hypocrisy. I'm sorry to say this, but you should have shut the fuck up.