Re[2]: just curious

[Guest guest]

Hello earthkid26,

 

Monday, February 05, 2001, 3:35:14 AM, you wrote:

 

eac> Can anyone tell me how they managed to cope with partners, family, etc,

after

eac> becoming vegan. My partner says that I am being unreasonable because I

won't

eac> buy him or his daughter meat or dairy products and cook them for him and

her.

eac> I explain to him that I don't believe in eating meat or dairy products and

eac> that i think it is wrong and he says that I am trying to force my opinion

on

eac> him which he says is unfair. I don't see how I can abstain from animal

eac> products myself and yet buy and cook them for other people.

 

I myself nether cook, nor buy meat products for anybody, I think

I have right to not do it. And by this, I think I also shield

some animals, because when I buy food, I'm trying to buy it for

everybody (and trying to buy and prepare a good food, so

everybody will like it) so they don't need to buy meat that time.

 

eac> Am i being unreasonable? He also asks what i would do when inviting people

out to a

eac> restaurant for a meal.

 

If I pay, I invite only to vegetarian/vegan restaurants :-)

 

eac> Would I only pay for the meals of people who ate

eac> animal free meals or would i pay for all meals even if they had meat as one

eac> of the courses?

 

I put a condition before, usually people know me and doesn't make

any problems, we eat to live, not live to eat

 

eac> I replied that I would probably take them to a vegan

eac> restaurant so that there was no conflict but he says that i am being

eac> unrealistic. Please, can anyone offer advice? i live in northwest England

by

eac> the way, between Manchester and Blackpool, in a town called Preston.

 

 

I live in Republic of Moldova, here is VERY difficult to find a

vegetarian restaurant (I don't even say about vegan one...) But

we must survive

 

I'm trying to open here a vegetarian society so to protect rights

of vegetarians and to make more conditions to become vegetarian.

 

 

 

 

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Best regards,

Sergio vegan

[Guest guest]

Coping with non-vegans:

I've been vegan for about 4 years now and found that

I've gravitated towards having vegan friends. Not that

there was any kind of decision involved there and I

don't have any problem relating to corpse-chewers and

cow-suckers (unless they're really militant about it -

I can't stand it when they shove their beliefs down

your throat). One of my favourite 'techniques' is to

have a few people round to my flat for a meal and cook

them some lovely vegan food. Being a good cook is very

good propaganda! I live in Brighton and before that I

lived in Lancaster, so I suppose I was quite lucky as

there are lots of vegans and greeny types in both

these places. Also I have had no problems from my

family. I always cook for them when I visit and they

like my food so much that they are almost vegan.

 

As for eating out, I don't really think this is a

significant issue - it's such a luxury activity that

it seems trivial to worry about it, considering that a

large proportion of the world's population is starving

so that other people can eat meat and dairy. Let's get

things in perspective.

 

Michael.

 

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