dont eat meat ever again!

ughggghh this is gonna explode.

(but that was probably the intention...)

I've never done that. I'm quite happy if someone wants to not eat the cute animals. Wish I could do the same but I can't.

I personally feel each to their own. If you like how you eat that is great, I like how I eat that is great. I don't get offended when someone tells me that they are vegetarian until they start to preach to me how my choices are the wrong ones and should watch such and such documentary on the benefits of their choices and if I would just watch such and such I would totally change my views and eating styles. I follow a primal lifestyle and it works for me and helps me with my crohn's disease. My sister follows more of a plant based diet and she feels that it works for her and her life better. We don't preach to other on how one way is better then the other and we still get along fine.

I'm not a vegetarian by any stretch of the imagaination. And I don't care if others are vegetarians, as long as its not pushed on me. If someone is telling me their way is better, thats when I'm annoyed. I don't tell vegetarians that they should be eating meat, don't tell me that I should stop, or try to gross me out by telling me whats in my meat. (Not directed at you OP, just a general "You")

I'm always interested in why people choose to be vegetarian (there are many good reasons), so if someone volunteers that they're vegetarian I may ask why. My colleagues in India at my last job included many vegetarians for religious reasons. What I liked was the peaceful coexistence. We'd order family-style at a restaurant and while people would pass a dish and tell you whether it was "veg" or "non-veg", no one criticized the others' choices. There was no, "Euw, are you giong to eat that poor dead animal that was mercilessly slaughtered?" or "Mmmm, goat curry."

This whole post just made me want a steak.

What other people eat is none of my business.

What other people eat is none of my business.

This. I don't eat meat, but I don't care if others do. I'm not on a crusade. I just made that choice for myself.

People joke around and tell me to eat a steak, once in a while, but it doesn't offend me. I get why people eat meat. It's ****ing delicious.

The responses I've gotten – both online and in person – have run the gamut. What other people do or think is their issue, what I do or think is mine. How other people respond to my life choices is really none of my bee's wax. I just keep my eyes on my own paper.

My mom used to get so offended that my family is vegetarian.

As if it criticised her way of life. I never said anything about meat to her.

I realized that was her issue, not mine and in her own time, she saw that she was being silly about it.

Some people choose to drink, I don't. I choose to smoke, others don't. I don't eat meat, others do. Who cares. I don't judge those who eat meat. It's their body and choice. But here in CA, many people are veg-heads so it's not so shocking.

I personally don't understand it. We are suppose to eat meat we are omnivores. I love all different types of meat and all of my meals are based around it. I think most people just don't understand it because it has been apart of our lives for ever. I couldn't even imagine life without it.

Most vegetarians I am friends with aren't arrogant/self-absorbed enough to declare to every person they meet that they are vegetarian and therefore it is not a big issue.

When someone asks them they say, 'Yes, I'm vegetarian' and everyone carries on as normal. Why is this an issue?

I've been vegetarian for almost 3 years and have never felt better. Does this mean the entire world should be vegetarian? NO!!! It just means that it works for me. There's no need to get all worked up if someone says something about you not eating meat...there's nothing worse than a vege-nazi. I've also learned that the entire world does not want to constantly discuss calories & macros and what not...so I don't usually bring up my eating habits unless someone asks.

Also, if I go to someones house for dinner, I will usually bring something I know I can eat, but I sure don't expect someone to make me something special because of a dietary choice that I make. If someone that comes to my house that eats meat (which is pretty much everyone I know), I make really good food that just happens to not have meat in it, like make your own burritos/nachos, Corn chowder, potato soup...things like that.

Hello redraidergirl!

I stopped eating meat in Aug 2011, which was my choice. When my friends became aware of it, they gave me the label "vegetarian". Okay, I can live with that!
I do remember going to a Boy Scout Little Philmont meeting and being told the menu, I responded, "I do not eat meat". The reply, "You don't eat chicken?".
The last time I checked chicken was part of the meat category. I am not offended by the comments of others, although, I have had to rein them in. The longer I have kept to my food routine, my friends have become more accepting and some friends now look for restaurants that offer vegetarian items so that I am included.
Your life is your story, live it the way you want!

ughggghh this is gonna explode.

(but that was probably the intention...)

So far that has not been the case.