How can I get my dad to respect me for being vegetarian?!
My dad and I don't agree on a lot, but we can still get along with each other!. He used to invite my fiancé and I for dinner about once a week, but since I went vegetarian a few months ago the invites have stopped!. I've tried cooking for him and bringing it over, but he turns his nose up at my cooking, and he used to enjoy it!. He even asks, "Is there meat in it!?" and won't eat something if I made it vegetarian!. Sometimes I cook a separate dish with meat just so he'll eat it, but he never ever goes out of his way for me, and it seems like the opposite!. The one time he had us for dinner since I stopped eating meat, he only had steak, fresh tomatoes, and rolls!. So I had a dinner of two tomato slices and a roll!.
He and my mom are divorced, and she's vegetarian, so I think that has something to do with it!. The first thing he asked me when I went veg is, "Is this because of your mother!?!" Um, NO!. It's because of ME! I've always cared for animals, and I thought about being vegetarian for a long time, even before my mom!. I'm not trying to convert him, I don't even talk about it! How can I get him to treat me like a person again!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
He and my mom are divorced, and she's vegetarian, so I think that has something to do with it!. The first thing he asked me when I went veg is, "Is this because of your mother!?!" Um, NO!. It's because of ME! I've always cared for animals, and I thought about being vegetarian for a long time, even before my mom!. I'm not trying to convert him, I don't even talk about it! How can I get him to treat me like a person again!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Is your fiancee vegetarian too!? If so, he may be feeling very isolated at the moment!. Maybe he thinks you were his "winnings" from the failed marriage and your being a vegetarian means your Mom "won" you back from him!. Let him be for now and just try to do things with him that do not involve food!. Call on the phone and ask him how he is, drop by but not during mealtimes that sort of thing!. Avoid the subject for the moment and let him think or work things out on his own!.
I seriously doubt your being a vegetarian is the real issue here!. It's not that he can't accept your being a vegetarian, he can't accept that he is "losing" his daughter!. Give him assurances that it is not the case!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I seriously doubt your being a vegetarian is the real issue here!. It's not that he can't accept your being a vegetarian, he can't accept that he is "losing" his daughter!. Give him assurances that it is not the case!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
That's rediculous, vegetarian dishes are delish even if you're a meat-eater!. Your dad is a little to dependant on meat isn't he if he feels he needs meat jus to eat something!? My mom, dad, and I are vegetarians but my brother isn't and he though he loves eating meat occassionally he loves eating our vegetarian food too, he's very greedy T_T!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think maybe to some extent he may feel awkward having you over for dinner because, maybe he doesn't know what to make!? I'm not sure!. Just stick to it (obviously) to show him that you're not planning on changing, or that his rudeness isn't effecting you like he wants it to!. Good luck :]Www@FoodAQ@Com
Stick with it, show how much it means to you!. He'll respect you so long as he knows it's important to you (even if he doesnt agree with you)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you like veggies, eat em, but don't cook vegetables for your father if he doesn't like them!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Start being sensible and eat meat!. You were created as am omnivor, act like one!. !.!.or do you think God made a mistake!?!?!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
run a marathon and get a raise at work while being vegetarian
or some other hard to get accomplishment
he will settle down after awhileWww@FoodAQ@Com
or some other hard to get accomplishment
he will settle down after awhileWww@FoodAQ@Com
Hmm, it could be that he is slightly bitter about your mum, and because you've inherited one of her traits, even if you made up your mind to do so yourself, he's not happy!.
He really should not be serving meat if you don't eat it!. I didn't realise one of my friends was vegetarian, and made lasagne, I have never been so horrified in all my life! She wasn't even family, and though I wouldn't understand, it is not my choice, so I would support my sons if they decide to become veggies!.
I think once his bitterness about the divorce dies, maybe he will be alright again!. However, I would ask him not to serve you meat again!. It's fair to say, I know you like your steaks dad, but do you think you could give me something else!. (Even if he ends up serving you those cardboard veggie burgers it would be trying)Www@FoodAQ@Com
He really should not be serving meat if you don't eat it!. I didn't realise one of my friends was vegetarian, and made lasagne, I have never been so horrified in all my life! She wasn't even family, and though I wouldn't understand, it is not my choice, so I would support my sons if they decide to become veggies!.
I think once his bitterness about the divorce dies, maybe he will be alright again!. However, I would ask him not to serve you meat again!. It's fair to say, I know you like your steaks dad, but do you think you could give me something else!. (Even if he ends up serving you those cardboard veggie burgers it would be trying)Www@FoodAQ@Com
your father is acting like a bit of a child!. you need to sit down with him and explain to him just how much this means to you!. maybe he thinks you're not being serious about it, and that it's just a phase!. you need to make it clear to him that it's how you want to live your life!. maybe explain all the advantages of being a vegetarian to him, and tell him that you are making sure you're getting everything you need in your diet!. it could be that he's concerned that you're not eating well, and this is how he's showing it!.
I'm not a vegetarian myself, so i can't help you in that respect, but i hope i helped a little :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm not a vegetarian myself, so i can't help you in that respect, but i hope i helped a little :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
My father did stuff like that to me when I first turned veggie, I just ignored it and eventually he discovered that the stuff I was making was actually quite tasty!. took him a while, and even now he tries to annoy me by making veggie burgers (the quorn ones that are meant to taste like meat) which I don't really like anyway, although I eat them to make him happy, and he'll try and pretend they're really meat!. "oh, you ate all that meat!?" stuff like that!. It gets tiring, but I can cope with it!.
sounds like your father's being a right child!. i don't know how you can work it out other than just giving it time, but I'm sure in the end he'll come round!. =)Www@FoodAQ@Com
sounds like your father's being a right child!. i don't know how you can work it out other than just giving it time, but I'm sure in the end he'll come round!. =)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Tell him that if he keeps disrespecting you, you will no longer see/talk to him!. If he does keep disrespecting you, follow throughWww@FoodAQ@Com