Why do some people have a promlbem with me being vegetarian?!
Why do some people have a promlbem with me being vegetarian?
it really buggs the heck out of me
Additional Details2 months ago
i do not shove this i my friends faces a friend congratulated me after a week and all the others wanted to know why so i showed them meet your meat and than almost all of my friends where like you cant live like that and nether can anyone else i t really dose bug me
2 months ago
vegetarians are alowed to drink milk
and eat eggs
2 months ago
ha and cheese so we can eat pizza
Answers:
2 months ago
i do not shove this i my friends faces a friend congratulated me after a week and all the others wanted to know why so i showed them meet your meat and than almost all of my friends where like you cant live like that and nether can anyone else i t really dose bug me
2 months ago
vegetarians are alowed to drink milk
and eat eggs
2 months ago
ha and cheese so we can eat pizza
Because people are stupid. I myself am a vegetarian for three months now and my family members and friends think it some sort a joke. I'm really starting to settle in and it was probably the best thing I did for myself.
Well, it can seem a little high maintenance at times, especially since so many social situations revolve around food. Just make sure you're not making carnivores cater to you. Instead, be a self suffcient vegetarian and no one should mind.
Honestly, it's probably because you shove it in people's faces all the time. You're right, they have no reason to have a problem with what you choose to eat. But you also shouldn't have a problem with what other people choose to eat. This really shouldn't even be a conversation that you're having with anyone (unless you're eating with them). And no normal person should have a problem with what you choose to do.
Probably because they're not vegetarian and don't understand why you are. They like meat and think it's odd that you don't? Maybe they're just closed minded and uninformed on the subject.
My other thought was--are you one of the "preaching" types (who lectures to anyone who will listen about how bad meat is for them, they'll die of colon cancer from eating ground beef, etc.)?
I don't know. I've been a vegetarian for 10 years, and I haven't gotten any grief about it since I first went vegetarian (because everyone was curious about my choice). I don't make a big deal about it, pretty much live & let live, but if they ask I'll answer their questions w/o lecturing.
Just be polite to people. If you just became a vegetarian, people are going to be curious why. The excitement will wear down once everyone around you realizes this is what you've chosen to do and it's not just a phase. Whatever you do, don't go preaching to people about why it's wrong to eat meat, you're not going to change their minds. I mean, would you like it if someone of a different religion kept telling you why they're right & you're wrong?
It also sounds like your friends might be concerned about how healthy a vegetarian diet is. Reassure them that you can get enough protein, iron (& calcium if you're a vegan)... as I said above, the excitement will wear down soon...
I have no problem with what vegans & vegetarians eat but the all seem to have a problem with meat eaters like they are better than us. & besides the essential milk which is what you are suppose to live on from birth, where does that come from? not a plant
Well, you're probably hard to share a pizza with. :-D
I am not a vegetarian now but was many years ago. It actually offended some people. I concluded (in my mind) that it was their problem. However, I never wanted nor expected them to cater towards my "unusual" life-style. Maybe a larger salad for dinner was as far as I would go. They would still almost beg me to take a pork chop (or whatever).
The offer of food was (and still is to a degree) expressing friendship or love. But, someone who has never eaten an asparagus sandwich will still think you are a bit weird.
Yes they are aloud to drink milk and eat eggs im not a vegetarian but if you are more power to ya maybe your friends get all annoying becasue they think youd like meat maybe you would possibly make them a tofu or portobello mushroom burger and show em what theyre missing!