Anne's intro

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Hi Anne,

 

Just wondered - 7 is quite young to become veggie; were/are your

parents veggie? Hope you stick with veganism!

 

--Rob

 

vegan-network, " Anne Grainger " <annejrgrainger@h...>

wrote:

> Hi everyone,

> Brief personal history tro join the current trend

> Age 17

> Studying chemistry, biology, maths and english lit.

> Vegetarian for ten years

> Vegan for three months (when I met with vegans for the first time,

and saw

> it was possible.)

> Ambition to study animals in the wild.

> Best novel The dark materials trilagy, believable fantasy!

>

> Just thought I'd say what a brilliant website animal aid has,

> www.animalaid.org.uk the active page in the kids section has a

petition we

> all should be signing. It is great for letter information etc.

>

> LOL Anne

[Guest guest]

Hey Rob,

 

 

>Just wondered - 7 is quite young to become veggie; were/are your

>parents veggie? Hope you stick with veganism!

 

 

Yeah my dad was a vegetarian and still is, (except he eats fish and

non-veggie wine.) So my family has never eaten that much meat. My best

friend at the time turned veggie because of BSE in the news, I copied! (I

was only little) I ended up being the strictest veggie of the three. I would

have never been able to become vegan if not for my dad, my mum was brought

up in a meat and two veg family. ( who do not know as of yet that I am

vegan, I'm in for an interesting time when they find out, as I get asked, '

so why are you vegetarian Anne?' at every meal as it was!)

 

LOL Anne

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[Guest guest]

Hey Anne,

 

interesting , thanks.

 

With regard to family questions, I think we've all been there.

 

My grandmother used to work on a farm, and whenever I ate at her

place she would always (every single time) offer me meat and say " it

won't hurt you " . Hmm - its not me I'm worried about Gran!

 

If we were eating out as a family my brother always used to take

delight in ordering the rarest steak he could and making a point of

showing me the blood. I'm not squeamish at all, and my points about

the wider issues were completely missed.

 

....talking of families...

My sister went veggie at about 13 (my mum wouldn't let me until I

left home for uni at 18) and still is at 41. She's tried being vegan

a few times but gets ill (I tell her she must be doing something

wrong!).

 

Oh, and I got my mum to turn veggie once, but she went to her GP who

was horrified and told her not to be so stupid. Its a shame that my

mum's the sort of person who thinks doctors are gods and believes

everthing they say

 

My other sister has two children (my niece and nephew), and I know my

niece wants to be veggie (and is as far as her mum lets her!) but I'm

not sure her father approves. But she's going to Uni soon, and it

might be in London near to me, her vegan uncle, and my sister, her

veggie aunt, so there's a chance of " conversion " ! :-)

 

bye for now.

Rob

 

 

vegan-network, " Anne Grainger " <annejrgrainger@h...>

wrote:

> Hey Rob,

>

>

> >Just wondered - 7 is quite young to become veggie; were/are your

> >parents veggie? Hope you stick with veganism!

>

>

> Yeah my dad was a vegetarian and still is, (except he eats fish and

> non-veggie wine.) So my family has never eaten that much meat. My

best

> friend at the time turned veggie because of BSE in the news, I

copied! (I

> was only little) I ended up being the strictest veggie of the

three. I would

> have never been able to become vegan if not for my dad, my mum was

brought

> up in a meat and two veg family. ( who do not know as of yet that I

am

> vegan, I'm in for an interesting time when they find out, as I get

asked, '

> so why are you vegetarian Anne?' at every meal as it was!)

>

> LOL Anne

>

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