How many of you have vegan/vegetarian friends?!
How many of you have vegan/vegetarian friends?
At my school, I'm literally the only person in the whole school who's vegetarian. My friends usually critisize my diet too, but I don't really mind anymore. It would just be nice to know others who have the same beliefs as me. So how many of you have vegan/vegetarian friends and how did you meet them?
Oh, and before I receive comments about how I shouldn't make it a point to tell others I'm vegan. Well, I don't. It's just it's kind of hard for people not to notice when you suddenly want to stop eating pizza or having popcorn at the movies.
Answers: I know what you mean, that must be really tough. Sticking it out in such an un-veggie environment makes you all the more dedicated in my opinion!
I don't have many close vegetarian friends in real life unfortunately, I live in a town where there's just not all that many - veggie friendly as it is. However, my partner is vegan like me so that makes a big difference - I sometimes forget how isolated I can feel with non-veggies and it hits hard!
That said, I chat to many veg*ans online and consider them mates! You really should check out some of the vegan communities around online - they're very supportive and just great. REALLY!
Support is so important.
http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/... is a great choice, I'm not an active member myself but it's full of veggies of all ages and reasons. Fun! Otherwise, try to google (or should I say Yahoo!) "vegetarian forum" etc, things along those lines.
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Been there thats like my school
there's only one i know of TWO! :D Haha, almost all of them. I still talk to my roomate from OSSM who isn't veggie, but all of my college friends are and all of my extended family (that I talk to) is. My college friends are really odd though, I'm actually the conservative one. I have one friend who has been trying and trying to get the electricity shut off to her dorm room so she can lower her carbon footprint, and she also uses cloth, reusable maxi pads for sake of the environment and took me to the store where she buys them. I was not convinced. I think my friend is the only, I'm not sure, my school has 400 kids, so, I really don't know. i dont have any but i commend them for attempting to do it :) i am vegetarian, i have lots of veggie friends I'm the "freakshow" in my circle of friends...haha. I'm the only one.
I do have a few friends who do not live in same city as I do and they are vegetarians, though. I have never met anyone who was a vegetarian or a vegan, let alone a raw vegan! I can't wait until I do! I'm a vegetarian, I hav 2 vegan friends, ! veggiepal, & i 4 got wat its called :P, but she refuses 2 eat any fish or underwater animals.