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[quote=Anonymous]It has always been interesting to me how up in arms people get about vegetarianism/veganism. It is usually the case that the vegan person cannot win in a situation like this. If she had simply suggested an alternate activity that didn't involve food and not addressed the issue directly, most of you would be criticizing that and saying that if she felt that strongly about the issue, she should have been direct and the fact that she wasn't indicates that she's a coward. Suggesting that someone end a friendship with someone they like because that person requested not to do a particular activity and then calling that person crazy for adopting a diet that you don't approve of is fairly absurd.

I was raised vegetarian and I got so much crap about it as a child. I had other people's parents criticize my parents to me saying that my parents were depriving me, trying to force me to eat things I didn't want to eat, making fun of the food I brought to school, etc. It was awful. And it was really not a big deal. Like, why does it matter if a kid is eating a sandwich with cheese and lettuce but no ham or turkey? Why does it matter that someone doesn't want pepperoni on their pizza? Why is that something that people take personally when it has nothing to do with them??

These friends are not telling OP that they cannot be friends. They're not telling OP that she and her husband should adopt a diet free of animal products. They just said that they'd prefer socializing without food because meat makes them uncomfortable. Why is this request any different from a person who doesn't drink requesting to do activities that don't involve alcohol? Why is it different than a Jewish person requesting not to do activities on Saturday? [/quote]

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