I felt like throwing my food on his plate...............

Vegetarians should be grateful that there are meat eaters around to continue the existence of farm animals.
Grr there so stupid it angers me!!

WOW

*facepalm*

Well obviously they would still be alive for dairy.. etc..
but i mean things like pigs..
if we didnt eat meat then they would have no reason to be bread.

I'm confused. Meat is bread?

I'm confused. Meat is bread?

You know i meant bred.
I just wasnt paying enough attention.

I probably would have told him that lots of animals get eaten without having a choice about it. That's how nature works, animals eat other animals all the time. Sure, our farming system is screwed up but me not eating a steak isn't going to fix that.

I have NEVER told someone that they shouldn't eat meat. It's their choice.

However, many, many times meat eaters have made fun of me for choosing to not eat meat. One place I worked, I was given grief DAILY about my lack of animal products in my lunch.

I'm sorry the OP met a vocal animal rights activist. However, since I've been harassed so much about what my food choices are, I'd say consider yourself really lucky it has only happened to you once.

I am vegetarian, my husband isn't... we make it work... I agree it is about respect, and that man had none... honor yourself and your body with your needs... his Karma will be effected by it in the end... you are in the right...

Exactly. . my brother's wife is a vegetarian and he isn't and they do just fine. . .@OP. . you handled that very tactfully. . Good for you.

:drinker: People are passionate about their food. You see it on here all the time.

See..that would be a hard on for me cause i hate when people wont leave stuff alone.. You handled it wayy better than I would have. People like that aggrivate me..Good job

It really angers me when people can't respect other people's choices. I think it's absolutely awful when people consider the other option the wrong option. There is no right or wrong. There are arguments for and against eating meat, both valid, and ultimately it is personal choice and you should not have to justify it to anyone. Much like any other lifestyle choice people choose to make. I just wish some people could learn to be more accepting of each other's differences.

Sounds like you handled him really well though, walking away was definitely the best thing to do! The last thing you'd want to do would be to stoop to his level.

There are zealots everywhere........I think you should have held him down and spoon-fed him from your plate, but that's just me.

But you seem like a nice guy, so I guess you wouldn't have really wanted to start a fight by saying that you suppose sexy time must be really boring if his wife doesn't like meat.

:laugh:

Did he happen to have a leather belt & shoes on? A leather wallet in his pocket? Or was it natural polyvinyl?