I have been vegetarian for 16 years and now I am getting lectured!
By daniellegldn
@daniellegldn (255)
Australia
July 11, 2007 4:28pm CST
I have been vegetarian for 16 years and NEVER put my beliefs on anyone or commented on vegetarianism or done anything to make people feel uncomfortable for eating meat,I have 3 kids who all eat meat and I dont make life difficult for meat eaters but lately I am getting rude comments and people argueing with me about me being vegetarian!Its driving me nuts!Does anyone else cop this,I have been told that god made us to eat meat and I dont look well and to make things worse I am pregnant so thats led to a whole lot more critism!I figure if it were an issue my other kids would have had problems and my doctor would say something!!
3 responses
@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
11 Jul 07
I'm not a vegetarian but I don't think bad of people who are. I wouldn't dare try to change someone's ways either. If you want to be a vegetarian then people should not judge you. Just tell them to mind their own business because you decide on what is right for you and what is not. That makes me mad when people do that to others. I'm sorry you are going through this.
@daniellegldn (255)
• Australia
11 Jul 07
Most people wouldnt try to change anothers ways,it just seems that people say things without looking into it and well without thinking first.Not only in my case but lots of other cases as well,I hear it all the time and like you it gets me mad too,I just happened to cop it a couple of times yesterday and it really ticked me off thats why I posted it.Thanks for your post.
@Married2aMarine (1273)
• United States
11 Jul 07
That's absolutely ridiculous! I'm not a vegetarian but I don't see anything wrong with being pregnant and a vegetarian. I know quite a few moms who did that and their kids all turn out fine and they are perfectly healthy. I say stick to what you're doing and ignore these comments. I think people should do more research into things like this before they make any comments or opinions about what other people do. Since you've been doing this for 16 years and already have 3 children, obviously you know what you're doing.
@daniellegldn (255)
• Australia
11 Jul 07
I'd like to think so!Thanks for your comments and support.I definately agree with people doing more research before stating ridiculous comments,it just seems to happen so much more these days.....people saying things completely out of context and well just rude!
@prehistoricyall (112)
• United States
27 Jul 07
As long as you're eating healthy, who cares? I had a lot of criticism when I first became one but most of it was 'Why?' in the curious nature. Vegetarians are becoming more & more 'popular' these days so its not rare to come across a fair number of them.
