Im the only one who is vegitarian in my entire family. can someone give me advice and security about it?!
Im the only one who is vegitarian in my entire family. can someone give me advice and security about it?
im the only one in my entire family (including cousins, sibs, aunts, uncles, etc.) who is vegitarian. some of them hunt and it hurts that they do that out of pleasure. but theyre their own people so they can do what they want. so i feel like they thnk tht im crazy and are against it. i am a veg. because im sort of a tree huggr and animal lovr and i feel like people make fun of that. can someone help me be more secure w/ this? i dont really know 100% what to do. my mom and my brother are pretty much the only people that seem to like the idea. so im confused:) pls. help!
thx alot! 10 pts. for the best answer!
Answers:
i'm the only vegetarian in my family [save for one cousin, but she lives in a different state], but i honestly don't care.
you need to learn to not care about what other people care about you.
i live with my mom & dad - i'm 15.
since i've become vegetarian, they both [my mom more though] have become more and more disgusted with meat commercials, and things like soda, which i also don't consume.
it's good your mom & brother understand, but honestly your family shouldn't think your crazy for your diet; afterall, you're family! sure, they might tease you and whatnot, but they could just be doing it in a playing way.
all my friends tease me about everything, and some even tease me about being vegetarian.
i guess i'm just used to it, and i know they're just kidding.
when i went down [or rather up, to wisconsin] to visit my brothers, they teased me about being vegetarian, but i could still eat my veggie product, and i proved to them that it was healthy for you, even if most of the foods like boca, morningstar, etc., have a lot of sodium.
one of my brothers is a big hunter, his father was [they're my half-brothers]. my other brother is a big fisher.
i have no problem with it, because, they're my family, and they have pretty much been brought up like that.
if anyone insults your diet, and they're serious, don't be offended. if they're so quick to judge, do you honestly think they're worth being friends?