Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Does anybody else get stick for being a vegetarian?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Does anybody else get stick for being a vegetarian?),it will help you,my kids.
I've been a vegetarian since I was 7 and didn't eat much meat before that anyway. Decided to become a veggie as didn't agree with animals being killed to be eaten, I get people asking me questions about it trying to catch me out like i've done something wrong - isn't vegetarianism a choice? There were no laws last time I looked!
Answer:
All. The. Time.
I really hate that annoying egg question. You know the one. How can people not KNOW that?
yeah we offend people because we are smart.
don't worry when people get older they will be more respectful
Do not let it bother you, it is YOUR belief.
why should they/you get stick, i'm not one but good on ya, your saving animals ....
im a big meat eating maroon. im stupid because i like the way other animals taste.
It drives me nuts, at least we have the moral high ground.
........and the one about being a hypocrite because you eat vegetables! I've been hearing it for 30 years! But don't worry, I've always found the people who are most antagonistic are the one who are on the verge of becoming veggie themselves, and are having their last little bit of denial.
Be proud!
In almost any walk of life, people seem to ridicule what they don't understand. I don't get 'stick' as you put it. My friends do tease me at times, jokingly of course! I just tell them it's a lifestyle choice I've made to live a more wholesome life. I don't drink or smoke either so I give them a taste of their own medicine which neutralises the situation usually.
no no no vegetarian eat vegatables not sticks, silly person
Although that would explain all the jokes about bark a twigs cereal
i know! people are just pig-headed. they'd call you a tree hugger or a hippy and so on just cos you think its wrong to eat animals! these people are pathetic! vegetarians are the smart ones, dont mind them, there just idiots
I am not a vegetarian but a "chocolatarian" I respect everyone's CHOICE to be what they want to be as long as they leave me alone.
Be happy with what you are and who you are... for no one is in control of your life like YOU are suppose to be! Live Happy ! : )
my wife, who is 46 years old has been a vegitarian since birth, her mother used to try to make her eat meat but she finds it physically impossible. I eat meat myself, but we get by as we are very tolerant towards each other. It used to be hard going out for a meal 20 years ago because no one bothered catering for "veggies" and everyone thought she was a freak. Then one night some friends cooked us "a special vegitarian meal, especially for you". The thought was nice but they had fried the vegetables in fish oil and were then offended when my wife could taste it. However people are a lot more tolerant and aware nowadays that we are NOT all the same
Any time that you go against the norms of your society, someone is going to give you he!! about it. This is a meat-eating society, and they're going to look at you like you've lost your mind. You're probably hitting them in the conscience, and that usually makes them angry and/or embarassed.
Just quietly stick to your beliefs, and if you have some good, non-preachy sounding literature on the benefits of being vegetarian, offer it to them. Invite your friends over for a good vegetarian dinner. . .show them how much fun it can be to eat healthy and creative meals.
If you are low-key and not aggressive, you'd stand a lot better chance of making friends and possibly converting some people to your way of thinking.
flesh eaters get an exitement when they find out because it causes them to question themselves. Rather than doing that, they try and point out your flaws to dismiss you are a flake.
It is a natural response and doesn't make you better, but it is annoying. Probably easier to deal with than an amputated arm or deformity, though.
My son who's 10 wanted to be veggie, I thought it would be a 5 minute wonder, but he's done it now for 11 months. I knew nothing about it and so had to learn a lot. I was amazed that his school offered fish as a vegetarian option and told him he must be vegan if he didnt eat fish! He even had the cheek to ask if the eggs used were free range! I have respected his choice and worked hard to ensure he has enough iron, protein etc., thank God for Quorn! and if you think you dont have much choice when eating out, try looking for a childrens vegetarian choice
Never, vegetarianism as a choice without laws seems a strong enough argument to stop most people in their tracks though- I shall remember it in case I ever do run in to trouble! The only thing that irritates me is the amount of people who describe themselves as vegetarian, but then actually eat proper meat- chicken, fish, stock etc which then forces all who meet a 'real' vegetarian to ask all the boring 'so do you eat...?' questions.
when i was a veggie i got the same from people and always had people telling me i'll get ill and i can't live without meat, i'm a vegan now and i still get stupid people telling me i'm unhealthy and humans need meat, i know i'm healthy and no matter what anyone says to me i know i've made the right choice for me, so i ignore what anyone says now.
no, but I don't offer it for debate.
I've never tried to force my views onto anyone. If they ask, I'll share. But you can normally see a negative conversation a mile off.
Just let them lead thier lives and walk away...no need to get caught out by anything.
i dont get so much stick, but what annoys me is that people cannot be bothered to find out what vegetarianism entails! my mum reckons that vegatarians means not eating meat (right), but that neither should i eat dairy products (wrong!) but i should be able to eat fish (very wrong!). the simple fact is i will not eat something that requires the animal to be killed in order to source it. how difficult is that to understand?
and i really do wish that my boss would stop offering some of her pork scratchings at lunch time too!
yes i get it too !
the worst part is when people behave weird when you tell them you are a veggie
'Oh I didnt know.....!'
or when they try to provoke you into an argument or say things like 'we were meant to eat meat '
REALLY ANNOYING
usually i give them an earful, but there are times when i cant be bothered and all i say is - "my stomach is not a grave'
Know how you feel. I've only been vegetarian for 6 months now but when I say I am people, who don't agree with it, get on the defence and say that I'm preaching to them. As if. I hate ignorance. It's a valid choice and lifestyle and I can put my opinion and reasons out there.
I used to get bothered for being vegetarian, but every day more and more studies are coming out saying that a vegan diet is far better than any other. Recently, a study came out saying that for type 2 diabetes a vegan diet was the best at controlling blood sugar. vegans also have lower risks for gallstones, breast cancer, bladder and colon cancer. Everybody who eats meat now is usually making apologies for themselves when they find out I'm vegan.
i give vegetarians stick because, as one guy up there said, they like to take the moral highground. i have a right to be surprised when you tell me, you're in the minority - but it's not like i'm gonna put a steak in front of you and tell you to eat it. okay, you don't want to eat animals, fair enough, but i'm sick of vegetarians telling me i'm wrong for eating meat and looking down on me for eating meat in their prescence. get over yourselves
I get made fun of for it all the time. I guess people just like to believe the only way you can get protein is from eating animals.
NO WAY!!
me and my children are veggie, my parents and sister too.
i would feel sick if one of these people were thinking of giving up there morals and trying flesh!
it is wrong, bad for you and as humans are ment to be the higher spieces, why the hell do they do it?
they wouldnt treat there pet cat/dog like it. in this country anyway, what seperates the cow from fido?
you stick with your values.
no, i have been a vegi for 15 years. i never really liked meat anyway. noone really bothers me. they jus get use tit. i only have problems when i go to pubs or resturants. they dont really have much of a menu for vegis. my kids love the vegi meals i make. but not gonna turn them vegi, its there choice.
I either get my family offereing me bacon on toast and saying 'you know you want one' or a chef I know always putting carrots on my food or people saying in very stupid voices don't you get sick of that rabbit food...
I have to say all my friends are great about it and they always have a veggi option available if I go for dinner or a BBQ and they always use different utensils when picking up meat, they always make sure the desserts are veggi too and go out of their way to make sure the meal is fab, and not just cheese or egg. Wish my family was like that, they keep offering me a acrcus fry up on a sunday morning.
I know a bloke I work with, we used to be friends, who when we where in Africa explained my choice to be a veggi as an illness or my little abnormality, you can guess why were not friends now
Well I'm not a veggie or a vegan.
not a veggie because i don't consumer diary products
and I'm not vegan because i eat fish.
I'm aiming at being a Herbivore so they try to give me stick but i just drop facts on them whilst they joke but the soon get bored of having facts flooded back at them. research what is to be a veggie. And give it back to them
Be strong
It all goes back to what is generally accepted by people around you. For some communities vegetarianism is a completely new concept and people cant imagine living without meat. In restaurants, in public functions, and other areas where food is served they just don't serve vegetarian options. So it becomes very difficult for vegetarians. And as they will have to take extra efforts to get something to eat, the majority of other people will vegetarians as strange people and some people will openly oppose to their life style. This is a kind of stick I've been getting for being vegetarian.
The only difference is that they eat meat and vegetarians don't. Can't understand why people look so surprised when you say you are vegetarian. Take them to a slaughterhouse or a chicken farm and they probably wouldnt eat meat again ever
I've been brought up as a vegetarian, and haven't eaten meat once in my life. People feel they've got the right to ask all sorts of stupid questions like;
"Well, what do you eat???"
I normally say something like - "In a supermarket, there's only one meat aisle. I can eat whatever I want from any of the other aisles" and that stops them from asking any more irritating questions.
The worst thing is; do vegetarians ever question meat eaters?? No - we don't!! It's absolutely ridiculous that we get stared at as if we're crazy, just for not eating meat.
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Kitty said: Yes.Does anybody else get stick for being a vegetarian?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Does anybody else get stick for being a vegetarian?),it will help you,my kids.
I've been a vegetarian since I was 7 and didn't eat much meat before that anyway. Decided to become a veggie as didn't agree with animals being killed to be eaten, I get people asking me questions about it trying to catch me out like i've done something wrong - isn't vegetarianism a choice? There were no laws last time I looked!
Answer:
All. The. Time.
I really hate that annoying egg question. You know the one. How can people not KNOW that?
yeah we offend people because we are smart.
don't worry when people get older they will be more respectful
Do not let it bother you, it is YOUR belief.
why should they/you get stick, i'm not one but good on ya, your saving animals ....
im a big meat eating maroon. im stupid because i like the way other animals taste.
It drives me nuts, at least we have the moral high ground.
........and the one about being a hypocrite because you eat vegetables! I've been hearing it for 30 years! But don't worry, I've always found the people who are most antagonistic are the one who are on the verge of becoming veggie themselves, and are having their last little bit of denial.
Be proud!
In almost any walk of life, people seem to ridicule what they don't understand. I don't get 'stick' as you put it. My friends do tease me at times, jokingly of course! I just tell them it's a lifestyle choice I've made to live a more wholesome life. I don't drink or smoke either so I give them a taste of their own medicine which neutralises the situation usually.
no no no vegetarian eat vegatables not sticks, silly person
Although that would explain all the jokes about bark a twigs cereal
i know! people are just pig-headed. they'd call you a tree hugger or a hippy and so on just cos you think its wrong to eat animals! these people are pathetic! vegetarians are the smart ones, dont mind them, there just idiots
I am not a vegetarian but a "chocolatarian" I respect everyone's CHOICE to be what they want to be as long as they leave me alone.
Be happy with what you are and who you are... for no one is in control of your life like YOU are suppose to be! Live Happy ! : )
my wife, who is 46 years old has been a vegitarian since birth, her mother used to try to make her eat meat but she finds it physically impossible. I eat meat myself, but we get by as we are very tolerant towards each other. It used to be hard going out for a meal 20 years ago because no one bothered catering for "veggies" and everyone thought she was a freak. Then one night some friends cooked us "a special vegitarian meal, especially for you". The thought was nice but they had fried the vegetables in fish oil and were then offended when my wife could taste it. However people are a lot more tolerant and aware nowadays that we are NOT all the same
Any time that you go against the norms of your society, someone is going to give you he!! about it. This is a meat-eating society, and they're going to look at you like you've lost your mind. You're probably hitting them in the conscience, and that usually makes them angry and/or embarassed.
Just quietly stick to your beliefs, and if you have some good, non-preachy sounding literature on the benefits of being vegetarian, offer it to them. Invite your friends over for a good vegetarian dinner. . .show them how much fun it can be to eat healthy and creative meals.
If you are low-key and not aggressive, you'd stand a lot better chance of making friends and possibly converting some people to your way of thinking.
flesh eaters get an exitement when they find out because it causes them to question themselves. Rather than doing that, they try and point out your flaws to dismiss you are a flake.
It is a natural response and doesn't make you better, but it is annoying. Probably easier to deal with than an amputated arm or deformity, though.
My son who's 10 wanted to be veggie, I thought it would be a 5 minute wonder, but he's done it now for 11 months. I knew nothing about it and so had to learn a lot. I was amazed that his school offered fish as a vegetarian option and told him he must be vegan if he didnt eat fish! He even had the cheek to ask if the eggs used were free range! I have respected his choice and worked hard to ensure he has enough iron, protein etc., thank God for Quorn! and if you think you dont have much choice when eating out, try looking for a childrens vegetarian choice
Never, vegetarianism as a choice without laws seems a strong enough argument to stop most people in their tracks though- I shall remember it in case I ever do run in to trouble! The only thing that irritates me is the amount of people who describe themselves as vegetarian, but then actually eat proper meat- chicken, fish, stock etc which then forces all who meet a 'real' vegetarian to ask all the boring 'so do you eat...?' questions.
when i was a veggie i got the same from people and always had people telling me i'll get ill and i can't live without meat, i'm a vegan now and i still get stupid people telling me i'm unhealthy and humans need meat, i know i'm healthy and no matter what anyone says to me i know i've made the right choice for me, so i ignore what anyone says now.
no, but I don't offer it for debate.
I've never tried to force my views onto anyone. If they ask, I'll share. But you can normally see a negative conversation a mile off.
Just let them lead thier lives and walk away...no need to get caught out by anything.
i dont get so much stick, but what annoys me is that people cannot be bothered to find out what vegetarianism entails! my mum reckons that vegatarians means not eating meat (right), but that neither should i eat dairy products (wrong!) but i should be able to eat fish (very wrong!). the simple fact is i will not eat something that requires the animal to be killed in order to source it. how difficult is that to understand?
and i really do wish that my boss would stop offering some of her pork scratchings at lunch time too!
yes i get it too !
the worst part is when people behave weird when you tell them you are a veggie
'Oh I didnt know.....!'
or when they try to provoke you into an argument or say things like 'we were meant to eat meat '
REALLY ANNOYING
usually i give them an earful, but there are times when i cant be bothered and all i say is - "my stomach is not a grave'
Know how you feel. I've only been vegetarian for 6 months now but when I say I am people, who don't agree with it, get on the defence and say that I'm preaching to them. As if. I hate ignorance. It's a valid choice and lifestyle and I can put my opinion and reasons out there.
I used to get bothered for being vegetarian, but every day more and more studies are coming out saying that a vegan diet is far better than any other. Recently, a study came out saying that for type 2 diabetes a vegan diet was the best at controlling blood sugar. vegans also have lower risks for gallstones, breast cancer, bladder and colon cancer. Everybody who eats meat now is usually making apologies for themselves when they find out I'm vegan.
i give vegetarians stick because, as one guy up there said, they like to take the moral highground. i have a right to be surprised when you tell me, you're in the minority - but it's not like i'm gonna put a steak in front of you and tell you to eat it. okay, you don't want to eat animals, fair enough, but i'm sick of vegetarians telling me i'm wrong for eating meat and looking down on me for eating meat in their prescence. get over yourselves
I get made fun of for it all the time. I guess people just like to believe the only way you can get protein is from eating animals.
NO WAY!!
me and my children are veggie, my parents and sister too.
i would feel sick if one of these people were thinking of giving up there morals and trying flesh!
it is wrong, bad for you and as humans are ment to be the higher spieces, why the hell do they do it?
they wouldnt treat there pet cat/dog like it. in this country anyway, what seperates the cow from fido?
you stick with your values.
no, i have been a vegi for 15 years. i never really liked meat anyway. noone really bothers me. they jus get use tit. i only have problems when i go to pubs or resturants. they dont really have much of a menu for vegis. my kids love the vegi meals i make. but not gonna turn them vegi, its there choice.
I either get my family offereing me bacon on toast and saying 'you know you want one' or a chef I know always putting carrots on my food or people saying in very stupid voices don't you get sick of that rabbit food...
I have to say all my friends are great about it and they always have a veggi option available if I go for dinner or a BBQ and they always use different utensils when picking up meat, they always make sure the desserts are veggi too and go out of their way to make sure the meal is fab, and not just cheese or egg. Wish my family was like that, they keep offering me a acrcus fry up on a sunday morning.
I know a bloke I work with, we used to be friends, who when we where in Africa explained my choice to be a veggi as an illness or my little abnormality, you can guess why were not friends now
Well I'm not a veggie or a vegan.
not a veggie because i don't consumer diary products
and I'm not vegan because i eat fish.
I'm aiming at being a Herbivore so they try to give me stick but i just drop facts on them whilst they joke but the soon get bored of having facts flooded back at them. research what is to be a veggie. And give it back to them
Be strong
It all goes back to what is generally accepted by people around you. For some communities vegetarianism is a completely new concept and people cant imagine living without meat. In restaurants, in public functions, and other areas where food is served they just don't serve vegetarian options. So it becomes very difficult for vegetarians. And as they will have to take extra efforts to get something to eat, the majority of other people will vegetarians as strange people and some people will openly oppose to their life style. This is a kind of stick I've been getting for being vegetarian.
The only difference is that they eat meat and vegetarians don't. Can't understand why people look so surprised when you say you are vegetarian. Take them to a slaughterhouse or a chicken farm and they probably wouldnt eat meat again ever
I've been brought up as a vegetarian, and haven't eaten meat once in my life. People feel they've got the right to ask all sorts of stupid questions like;
"Well, what do you eat???"
I normally say something like - "In a supermarket, there's only one meat aisle. I can eat whatever I want from any of the other aisles" and that stops them from asking any more irritating questions.
The worst thing is; do vegetarians ever question meat eaters?? No - we don't!! It's absolutely ridiculous that we get stared at as if we're crazy, just for not eating meat.
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