yet another nu-bee sneaking out of the shadows...

[Guest guest]

Hello. Having read the many, many messages over the last weeks, I

thought I should actually post at least one message at some point.

So here it is...

In a vague attempt to introduce myself I'm 20yrs old, have been vegan

for the last 4/5 months after having been veggie for the 11 years

before that, and at the moment I'm having the fun of living in my

meat-eating dad's house (after living in a student house I thought I

was used to icky stuff in the fridge, then I moved home and re-

discovered the true horror of slabs of red meat). Hmmm... bizarre

intro. I'll argue that my shyness is blocking any sort of sense-

making. hmmm...

Oh dear.

love, or what you will,

Jude.

[Guest guest]

> Hello. Having read the many, many messages over the last weeks, I

> thought I should actually post at least one message at some point.

 

Hey Jude!! Sorry, i couldn't resist it!

 

> In a vague attempt to introduce myself I'm 20yrs old, have been

> vegan for the last 4/5 months after having been veggie for the 11

> years before that.

 

When's ur b-day and wot star-sign r u?? Sorry if u think it's a stupid

question but we had a recent thread on it!! CONGRATULATIONS on

going vegan!!! :0) How r u finding it?? Wot made u make the change??

How were u veggie at such a young age but have parents who eat meat??

 

Where and what did you study? Where r u living now?? Do you have any

veg*n friends, or a boyf/girlf?? Do I ask to many questions?!!!

 

Best wishes,

Sas.

[Guest guest]

vegan-network, " Jude Frankau " <turtlebat> wrote:

> Hello. Having read the many, many messages over the last weeks, I

> thought I should actually post at least one message at some point.

 

> Jude.

 

That does not sound at all bizarre, and welcome. I certainly admire

anyone who goes veggie so young too!

I was not veggie until 17, but went vegan at just under 20 about the

same as you.

I'm 36 now. My parents still eat meat too

They are both diabetic now and a vegan diet really can be good for

diabetics, but they are stubborn and set in their ways.

 

Lesley

[Guest guest]

I really feel for everyone who have loved ones who still enjoy eating

rotton dead animals. Im really lucky that my family have always been

veggies, and we're all moving to vegan in a big way.

 

Its truly amazing that people like you lot have such a strong resolve

to stick with the non-cruelty ideals.

After all, I never wanted a Big Mac, as the smell always made me want

to chuck

 

vegan-network, " Lesley Dove " <100706.3632@c...> wrote:

> vegan-network, " Jude Frankau " <turtlebat> wrote:

> > Hello. Having read the many, many messages over the last weeks,

I

> > thought I should actually post at least one message at some

point.

>

> > Jude.

>

> That does not sound at all bizarre, and welcome. I certainly admire

> anyone who goes veggie so young too!

> I was not veggie until 17, but went vegan at just under 20 about

the

> same as you.

> I'm 36 now. My parents still eat meat too

> They are both diabetic now and a vegan diet really can be good for

> diabetics, but they are stubborn and set in their ways.

>

> Lesley

[Guest guest]

> why do i get the feeling that sas is actually part of some sort of

govenment think tank or something...polling us on whether

vegans/veggies date...are hetero/bi/transgender/homosexual....

> its all a plot!!!!!

 

Oi! Where's ur manners?!!! As if somebody working for the State would

be this beautiful and intelligent!!

 

> *points, screeches in horror, flees in abject terror*

 

LOL!! I think you're really funny, Frags!!

 

Sas

xx

[Guest guest]

vegan-network, " Sue Grayson " <suegrayson@n...> wrote:

 

> Hey Jude!! Sorry, i couldn't resist it!

When's ur b-day and wot star-sign r u??... CONGRATULATIONS on going

vegan!!! :0) How r u finding it?? Wot made u make the change??

How were u veggie at such a young age but have parents who eat meat??

Where and what did you study? Where r u living now?? Do you have any

veg*n friends, or a boyf/girlf?? Do I ask to many questions?!!!

Best wishes,

Sas.

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Hello again. Cheers for the responses, it makes me less nervous - my

previous forays (sp?) into internet chat-ness were generally not the

best. But anyway.

To answer questions above: my birthday is the ninth of December,

which makes me a sagitarreus (I think I fell into the 13th star sign

when they discovered there was one for about a week, and then

promptly decided it didn't exist again...)

 

As for how am I finding being a vegan? Fine, mostly, apart from

eating out. It wasn't a sudden transition just a final decision I

suppose. I've always vaguely known there was something slightly

freaky about humans eating animal products. I worked in India for

three months last year and that's when I stopped eating eggs, and

then worked with a vegan bloke in London (how 'gap year's can change

your eating habits)and started thinking beyond " well it's not as if

they kill them for their milk... " . After a few abborrtive attempts

at staying vegan I finally decided at the beginning of this year to

see how long I could stay vegan for, and a combination of having

worked for aforesaid vegan bloke again and talking with the rest of

the crew who were also vegan/AR, as well as a blockheaded realisation

that foot-and-mouth culling was also of dairy cows and so some of

those miserable lives were my fault, sealed the matter. Arrgggh this

is so long-winded. Apologies. Basically I don't want anything to do

with the farming or exploitaion of animals.

 

As for the other questions (short answers!): tolerant mother and

boarding schools which already had their fair share of veggies. My

mum told me that when I was about 5yrs old I stood in the middle of

our local butchers (just the right height to have the bloody slices

of liver and kidney in the counter at nose level as far I remember)

and proclaimed loudly " when I grow up I'm going to be a vegetarian " ,

and voila a few years later I refused to eat meat. Um, even shorter

answers... Studying Theology, Philosophy and Social Anthropolgy at St

Andrews Uni in Scotland (end of first year) and for the holidays,

until I can find somewhere better, I'm at my dad's in Gloucestershire

(SW England, nearish Bristol). As for veg*n friends, many of my

friends are veggie, as for vegans I'm friends with a vegan family in

London, and one or two at uni, but none in Glos. And no, I don't

have a boyf/girlf, vegan or otherwise. Finally you probably don't ask

too many ques, just my answers are too long. They'll be shorter in

future, honestly.

Mumble, etc. Jude.

[Guest guest]

vegan-network, " Sue Grayson " <suegrayson@n...> wrote:

 

> Hey Jude!! Sorry, i couldn't resist it!

When's ur b-day and wot star-sign r u??... CONGRATULATIONS on going

vegan!!! :0) How r u finding it?? Wot made u make the change??

How were u veggie at such a young age but have parents who eat meat??

Where and what did you study? Where r u living now?? Do you have any

veg*n friends, or a boyf/girlf?? Do I ask to many questions?!!!

Best wishes,

Sas.

-------

Hello again. Cheers for the responses, it makes me less nervous - my

previous forays (sp?) into internet chat-ness were generally not the

best. But anyway.

To answer questions above: my birthday is the ninth of December,

which makes me a sagitarreus (I think I fell into the 13th star sign

when they discovered there was one for about a week, and then

promptly decided it didn't exist again...)

 

As for how am I finding being a vegan? Fine, mostly, apart from

eating out. It wasn't a sudden transition just a final decision I

suppose. I've always vaguely known there was something slightly

freaky about humans eating animal products. I worked in India for

three months last year and that's when I stopped eating eggs, and

then worked with a vegan bloke in London (how 'gap year's can change

your eating habits)and started thinking beyond " well it's not as if

they kill them for their milk... " . After a few abborrtive attempts

at staying vegan I finally decided at the beginning of this year to

see how long I could stay vegan for, and a combination of having

worked for aforesaid vegan bloke again and talking with the rest of

the crew who were also vegan/AR, as well as a blockheaded realisation

that foot-and-mouth culling was also of dairy cows and so some of

those miserable lives were my fault, sealed the matter. Arrgggh this

is so long-winded. Apologies. Basically I don't want anything to do

with the farming or exploitaion of animals.

 

As for the other questions (short answers!): tolerant mother and

boarding schools which already had their fair share of veggies. My

mum told me that when I was about 5yrs old I stood in the middle of

our local butchers (just the right height to have the bloody slices

of liver and kidney in the counter at nose level as far I remember)

and proclaimed loudly " when I grow up I'm going to be a vegetarian " ,

and voila a few years later I refused to eat meat. Um, even shorter

answers... Studying Theology, Philosophy and Social Anthropolgy at St

Andrews Uni in Scotland (end of first year) and for the holidays,

until I can find somewhere better, I'm at my dad's in Gloucestershire

(SW England, nearish Bristol). As for veg*n friends, many of my

friends are veggie, as for vegans I'm friends with a vegan family in

London, and one or two at uni, but none in Glos. And no, I don't

have a boyf/girlf, vegan or otherwise. Finally you probably don't ask

too many ques, just my answers are too long. They'll be shorter in

future, honestly.

Mumble, etc. Jude.

[Guest guest]

>Studying Theology, Philosophy and Social Anthropolgy at St

> Andrews Uni in Scotland (end of first year)

 

Hi Jude!

 

I was at St Andrews for a year and a half before moving back to

Glasgow for uni... I missed the big city! St A's is cool though, I

still go back sometimes to see people.

Where do you stay when you're at uni? I was in Sallies Hall all the

time I was there - being vegan was a bloody nightmare! Highlights

included when the chef served me up a " vegan " meal which was actually

veggie pasta with (some of) the cheese scraped off the top!

 

Mog