I have become a vegetarian, but i don't know how to tell one of my friends, who is also a veggie, any advice?!
Answers: I am not sure how to tell her, not sure why, i wasn't afraid to tell my other friends.
Oh lady I can relate! I was pretty afraid to tell my friends as well, including one that USE to be a Vegetarian. My family was the hardest because they just don't seem to understand "alternative" things. But be proud of who you are and what you've chosen. Bite the bullet and you know what? don't be afraid of what they will say, it doesn't matter because it can't change you or who you are. If they question you you don't have to answer, if they tell you it's not healthy tell them they should do some research. You've made a HUGE change and I'm pretty darn proud of you...if your friends aren't then that's their choice. Be who you are and be proud of it! :)
Kudos to you!
Why are you scared? She shares your passion for being a veg. so I would figure she would be on the easiet to tell.
wait...why are you afraid? she would probably be proud of you. if one of my freinds became veg i would be like YAYYY
Just go up to her and say "you know how your veggie, i have become one to!"
you guys could come up with ideas for meals with out foods! just have fun with it! You could come up with yummy pasta sauces or a homeade veggie burger!! ps freddy's frozen custard and burger king has veggie burgers! and some mcdonalds to, but they it's called Mc Veggie
Why were you scared? You should be proud that you're saving animals, not ashamed of it.
Relish the common ground. The next time you go out to a setting, be conspicuously vegetarian. Bring it up as a question, how long has she been vegetarian, and oh, I've found X and Y were good or bad about my experience so far...
But for myself, other than in this forum, I don't think about it nearly as much as I used to any more, and for my money, it's not an issue.
For me it was - truly a personal choice, I won't hold it against anyone I know for eating meat. I came to that decision for ethical reasons, but I did that largely through my own decision making process and was not compelled to do otherwise.
I dated a very elitist vegan woman a couple of years ago, whom looked down upon meat-eaters as if they were lesser people or something. At the very least, I felt that was something that I always felt was slightly smug and is slightly off-putting to others.
So while, yes I believe vegetarian / vegan food choices are the more enlightened decision. I'm unwilling - (if not unprepared), to pass judgment on anyone else's food choices.
If my meat eating friends ask I tell them, but it's not an issue unless there's really nothing else available for me to eat.
In which case I can still choose to eat nothing at all, if the selections so bother me.
wow, I think she would like you more if you say you're vegetarian :-)
Just tell her, I had to do something very similar. I'm pretty sure your friend won't be mad or anything.
just tell her that your trying it out. she'll be fine and probably supportive. you probably feel intimitated because if you decide you dont want to beveggie anymore, she'll be mad/dissappointed
Umm, I once had a friend who was a vegetarian - everyone though we should be friends, just because we were both "the same", but I didn't particularly like that idea... Is it because you don't want to be grouped with her, maybe?
Sorry, a wide shot - just applying personal experience... Ignore if pointless.