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I also notice, and there was a post on here....that so many "vegans" or "vegetarians" will "take a break from it" and have some of someone's delicious steak or chicken or such, so what's up with that? If it's wrong or bad for them to eat meat, why is it okay for them to take a break from it, but they will shove their antagonistic stuff in your face anytime they feel they want to, like this so-called date!
I personally have never gone back to eating meat (20 years and counting). Once I made the decision, that was it.
There are people who will decide to go vegetarian and after a few years (often 2 years...it's a common mark) decide to go back to eating meat. Some will never return to vegetarianism again, some will. A person who considers themselves vegetarian but eats meat "once in a while" is not, by definition, a vegetarian.
I don't prostelyze to anyone, frankly, I could care less what you eat or don't eat. I don't judge you for it and I don't expect you to judge me (too late, you already have ).
My husband should not eat much, if any, meat for his health - his doctors have instructed him as such. So I will get on his case about it, but I don't claim to have any say in what anyone else eats.
The girl the OP described is probably a nice enough person. By her actions, she cares deeply about environmentalism and probably many other issues. We should applaude her for trying to inform herself and giving a damn. But she needs to tone it down. She is a bit overzealous and maybe misguided and her eagerness is clearly a turn-off to many. She'll find her way eventually (we can hope!) and in the meantime she is treading as lightly on the earth as she can, no fault in that .
I can't be with somebody who isn't somewhat flexible with their culinary habits. That includes carnivores who won't touch vegetables/fruits. Or people who won't eat seafood. And vegans.
I didn't fully understand what a vegan was until I took a class where a vegan student gave a speech on veganism.
I knew they were a more extreme vegetarian, but I didn't realize just how extreme they were until the vegan student gave the speech.
How can anyone live that way?
There's nothing wrong with being a vegetarian. Their only limitation is they don't eat meat. But veganism goes beyond food...it dictates your lifestyle. They can't even use anything with leather. I'm sitting on a leather chair as I type this. And there are very few foods that a vegan can eat. There's a long list of foods they can't eat.
At least with vegetarians, the rules are simple: No meat, but anything else is fair game. There are plenty of non-meat foods.
I didn't fully understand what a vegan was until I took a class where a vegan student gave a speech on veganism.
I knew they were a more extreme vegetarian, but I didn't realize just how extreme they were until the vegan student gave the speech.
How can anyone live that way?
Because they want to.
I'm not vegan, but I am a vegetarian.
If y'all meat-eaters don't want to date a vegan or vegetarian, that's fine with us. We won't miss either your gaseous emissions or the dopey things your atherosclerotic brains occasionally belch out through your keyboards and/or mouths about us.
I'm more concerned about them being adventurous with different types of cuisine than them being vegan, vegetarian, or carnivorous. I like ethnic foods - pretty much all ethnic foods. It would be really tough with me to be with someone that didn't like sushi or Indian food or Mexican food. I also love Ethiopian food and Thai food and Korean food. Being a vegan would make it tougher - but as long as they weren't constantly critisizing my food choices, I think I might be alright. That being said, I've been a vegetarian before and my husband is a huge carnivore. I think between the two of us - I would be more of a problem than he would!
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