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I read this book and it also led me down the same path. EVERYONE gave

me a really hard time about it at first but I just stuck to my ideas

and continued on my path and now I get a lot of questions about

vegetarian/veganism but the teasing has stopped. Just let people know

that you are serious about your lifestyle change and others will

follow. GOOD LUCK!

, " heartwerk " <jo.heartwork wrote:

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> Hi, and welcome to Vegan Chat.

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> Unfortunately, the reaction from others seems to be pretty standard

> and ongoing.

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> Try to not let it upset you. Personally, I think it best not to

> preach to people about what they eat. When offered non-vegan things

> just decline gracefully. When people are rude, ask them not to be.

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> Good luck

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> Jo

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> > Hey and thanks for enviting me to this group.  So, I have only

> recently decided to go vegan.  It's kind of a By-Chance situation.  I

> was waiting for my dog to get out of the vet office and decided to go

> to the Books A Million next door to kill some time.  I got a smoothie

> and just sat down, as I was looking around I spotted the Skinny Bitch

> book and I just had to pick it up.  I finished the 1st 3 chapters in

> the store.  Of course I bought it and finished the rest the next

> day.  Since then I have been doing lots of researce on-line and have

> read some books from the local library.  Changing what I am eating

> has been the easy part.  I have never been a big meat eater and I

> love veggies already, so not a big deal for me.  The hard part is

> dealing with the critizism I am getting from my husband and his

> parents.  Who by-the-way have a freezer that contains a 400 lb hog

> they killed and had butchered and who still think the Adkins diet may

> work. 

> > It's gross.  So, I would love to know just how ya'll deal with

> this kind of situation.  What should I tell everyone?  How should I

> react? 

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