Today, I got a letter back from the family I will be staying with as a part of an exchange program. Apparently they own a slaughterhouse type farm, and I'm expected to kill one of their animals and eat it as a gift from the family. I'm a vegan. FML
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Today, I have to pretend to be vegan for a week while visiting my in-laws to avoid eating there. While they are absolutely wonderful, kind, loving people, their kitchen is absolutely disgusting, and their food handling habits are atrocious. I’m so hungry. FML
Today, my family dragged me to a steakhouse, knowing full well I'm vegan. I sat there, with my sad little salad, watching as they stuffed themselves with burned animal flesh and laughed at me. They wonder why I hate them all. FML
Today, my boss was hosting some client representatives for a meeting and had offered to buy everyone lunch. The "healthy" place he's ordering from made me sick last time, so I'd politely opted out. At lunch, the reps glared at me in the meeting room as I ate my homemade chili con carne. Turns out they're all vegans. FML
Today, it has been my lifelong dream to work with animals. My dream sorta came true. I now work at the slaughterhouse. FML
Today, I was at work training for a new position. The girl who's been training me since I started decided to share about one of her tribe's proud, sacred traditions of eating raw, human flesh. I have another month shadowing her before I can work independently. I'm beyond disturbed. FML
Today, my vegan step-mom found out I ate at McDonald's yesterday. She gave me hell and asked me how it feels to give money to "murderers". All while my dad sat quietly by because he's too whipped to speak his mind. It wasn't even her house a month ago. FML
Today, when I told my family I was a vegetarian, I expected them to make fun of me because that's just my family. But what I wasn't expecting was my dad to use raw meat as a puppet and make it say, "Eat me! Eat me!" then throw it at my face. FML
Today, after working all day to make a big vegan meal for my family, hoping it would get them to become vegans as well, my brother thought it appropriate to pass around a block of cheese for everyone to grate over the pasta dish. FML
Today, I was at my boyfriend's house for dinner with his family. His mom cooked up a steak dinner, except that I'm a vegan, but trying to be a good girlfriend, I forced it down. Upon his mother finding out I was a vegan, she called me "disloyal to my beliefs." FML
Today, the only birthday present I got was a gift card to a steak house. Not a bad gift, but I'm a vegan. FML
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Top comments
Grimmerie 31
what kind of animal? and do you have to eat the whole thing? these are important questions.
KristinaKreme 0
Woah! At least they didn't threaten to kill you in the slaughter house! For a second I thought that's where the FML was going!
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Comments (231)
jakiwi 0
I'm just waiting for the anti-vegan arguments to start,lol.
v1kt4r 13
has anyone considered that they might just be joking???
kingtz 6
Everyone knows that farmers from 3rd or 4th world countries don't joke. They also cannibalize people they consider weak, like captured enemies or foreign vegans.
dreamering 16
In 5th world countries they **** animals and eat vegans.
emilyexplicit 0
Explain your situation to them, they will probably be understanding(:
KB616 11
probably not. actually they'll probably take it as a huge insult.
Zebidee 9
Oh for pity's sake - just go talk to the people who organised the whole thing and get assigned to a different family.
Judie1993 0
That must really suck I know some vegetarians and they hate the metion of eating meat lol but all vegetarians do.
shklee 1
I wouldn't worry too much about offending them by not 'accepting' the gift. Expecting you to disregard your convictions is as much as an insult in my opinion. Maybe you should try explaining it to them.
bigbadtim 7
When in Rome...
itsDeek 0
going on an exchange program is meant for trying new things. embrace the slaughterhouse and pig out .. you'll never have to do it again
DelphiCat 17
unfortunately, if OP has been vegan for any length of time 'embracing the slaughter house and pigging out' will then be swiftly followed by 'embracing the toilet and vomiting everywhere' Just man the hell up and say no OP, otherwise you can pretty much guarantee they'll be seving you meat the whole swap, and because of the hole you dug yourself, you'll have to eat it! better to just say no at the begining and not cause yourself futher problems. also, props for being vegan in the first place, but this is definately one of those, stand up and defend your decisions moments...
DelphiCat 17
if you are so tolerent, why do you have no time for vegans? they're not doing anything to hurt anyone... actually, they're doing the opposite...
fmavie 10
Surely you can ask to be matched with a more suitable family? I'm sure a family who lives on/runs a slaughterhouse won't have many vegan-friendly options for you to eat while you're there anyway. Don't compromise your beliefs OP! It's important to stand by what you're passionate about.