Any Vegitarian/ Vegan/ Raw food eaters out there?

I've noticed that many people take really drastic and high offense when they find out about my choice of life style. I never told anyone how to live their life but rather how I chose to live my life and if they ask why I will explain purely based on my own experience. They take it to such extremes to make it seem as if I offended them in such a way like insulting their own child. My old employer (where I quit the job for obvious reasons and mind the fact that I worked as a program coordinator not a health specialist) went as far as stating that I am incapable of having a menstrual cycle (which mine is more regular then ever) and that my children will have special needs and won't be fertile themselves IF I am even capable of having children. Has anyone else experienced ridicule from complete strangers or far business/ acquaintance related persona's for having this life style?