My vegeterian friend?!
My vegeterian friend?
a while ago in 2nd grade (i am in 7th now) i said i was going to become a vegeterian and my friend kept saying i could ent that i was crazy. i decided not to do it and then he did it. and he now keeps saying that i should stop eating meat and that i am wrong for not being a vegeterian. but he was the one who said i was crazy in the first place and now he is being annoying any suggestion on how to ge him to leave me alone
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You're upset because of something he said in Second Grade? I called someone a poopyhead in second grade and they certainly didn't hold that against me 5 years later. lol.
You are in the vegetarian section, so you aren't going to get much help from people telling you to continue eating meat. If you want help on how to deal with your friends, try the relationship section.
Otherwise, tell him that you are happy that he's happy with his diet but that you aren't ready to convert. Tell him you'll let him know when, and if, you are ready and that you'd rather not discuss it again until then. Then, immediately bring up how stupid Johnny's new hair cut looks and how much homework Mrs. Dawson gave last week.
There is more meat eaters than vegetarians. There are good points and bad points of each. Protien (meats are a primary source) help to produce muscle, does he have any? Ask him.
to get him to leave u alone u can become a vegetarian like u wanted too...but if u jus LOVE meat the n u could jus tell him to leave u the heck alone and that u cant befriends anymore..unless u really want to be friends.then u can tell him that if he wanted to stay friends with u he should lay off the "you are crazy" thing.
don't eat meat when he's around and eat meat when he's not there
What people eat is up to personal choice. He's like a person knocking on your door trying to convert you to another religion when you don't want to. Is he so arrogant he thinks you should be just like him?
Vegetarians are critical over meat eating people because they are jealous that they can't enjoy the great animal products most of us couldn't live without. Like ex smokers and ex drinkers. They all complain to people that haven't given it up just because they wish they could still have a drink or smoke themselves. Meat is great and recommended in 99 percent of dietitians diets.
Well, I can understand his and your situation. First of all, before I became a vegetarian, I made fun of vegetarians and pressured my friends into eating meat. I called vegetarians hippies and tree huggers and told them to take their hippie butts back to the 60's.
I never wanted to become a vegetarian until one day, my friend dared me that I could not go without meat for 3 solid weeks. I accepted the challenge.
So, the 3 weeks went by verrryyy slowly and I didn't know what to eat or what to do because I was so used to eating meat several times a day.
During these 3 weeks, I began observing myself. I wasn't sick after I ate anymore, I didn't feel lazy and bloated anymore... then I began thinking about the animals. Since I wasn't spending so much time stuffing my face with rotting animal flesh, I began watching other people who were. I was disgusted.
So, after the 3 weeks, you would probably think that I jumped right back into eating meat, but now, two years later, I still have not touched it and I cannot understand how people ever eat it. I am now crossing over into veganism, which is something that I never would have expected.
I kind of did the same thing that your friend did.
Maybe you should take some of his advice. Always be your own person, but I can definitely relate to what he did.
If you think you're too young to become a vegetarian, do some research on how you can do it in a healthy way. There are people who have never touched meat in their lives and look and feel great.
Good luck!
Tell him to mind his own business. and tell him what you just asked us... that when you wanted to be a vegetarian he called you crazy, and now that he is one he is busting nuts and being annoying trying to push his beliefs on you. If you want to become a vegatarian then you'll have to become one for your own reasons, not for someone elses.
**Zaye, I completly agree with you, I'm glad it is just not me that thinks this way. I used to be so angry and depressed before I became a vegan, and before I cut out unnatural junk from my diet. Since I've been Eating natural, vegan foods I've noticed a real difference in my mental and emotional well-being.
Veggie Tale you sound just like me. I used to get so annoyed with vegetarians guilt trippin me but after I had my first kid and it was time to feed her I suddenly had the urge to go organic and also stopped eating meat. It has been nine years now(with one relapse when i had major energy and complexion issues and I though eating organic meat would help but it didn't so I stopped-- cleansing and raw foods did help) and I cannot fathom why people want to eat dead animal flesh. Eeeeeewwwwww! It is so unnecessary. I also believe that meat eating is a major cause of the anger and fear issues that are ravaging our society right now. Could it be that people are injesting the fear that the animals felt when they were slaughtered?
Try doing it ever so secretly and if he gives you problems then laugh it off ever sooo secretly. If you were in second grade and the both of you had the insite on being a vegitarian you must have a good support group at home.
I'm surprised that something someone said to you in 2nd grade had such an effect on you. Not only were you (and still are) developing your brain, but things that kids say are often not true and are not backed up by logic.
Why are you holding against him something that he said years ago when he was a little kid? Would you want people to do the same thing for you?
Well, why not give it a try yourself. You were willing in 2nd grade, and finally your friend has come around to your way of thinking, so... yeah, it took 5 years for him to think about it, don't hold that against him. You were the one that planted the seed in the back of his mind in 2nd grade, and finally his inner brain, slow though it may be, has finally come to a conclusion.