Today, I've been a vegan for a year. It's also the day that I met my dad's new best friend, who happens to be a retired butcher. They tried to pull an intervention on me for not "being sensible" by eating meat. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, 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, 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, after being a vegetarian for 5 years, I found out that my boyfriend of 2 years has secretly been feeding me meat. His reason is that he thinks it's "funny" that I still call myself a vegetarian afterwards. FML
Today, after weeks of me "forgetting" to buy meat and animal products, my husband asked to talk. I was hoping he was getting the hints that I wanted us to go vegan. He wanted me to get checked for early-onset dementia. FML
Today, after having been a vegetarian for 8 years because I'm opposed to cruelty to animals, I lost a bet and had to eat a whole cheeseburger. I loved it. FML
Today, my vegan sister told my kids where meat and dairy products come from, in a very detailed way. They now refuse to eat meat, and want to, "rescue all the poor animals." FML
Today, I saw my mom sneaking meat into her spaghetti sauce. She told me she sneaks meat into most of the food she cooks. I've been a vegetarian for 8 years. FML
Today, I got dragged along to a family dinner. Some idiot invited my douchebag vegan uncle, who spent half the night making condescending remarks and lecturing us on how disgusting it was to have steak on offer at the table. A fistfight eventually erupted, and the cops were called. FML
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Bekll 31
Fruits and vegetables were once living too before consumed.
PleaseStayChill 9
I don't care if it's a meat, vegetable, fruit, or an freaking article of clothing. If it's delicious, I'll eat it. if it's not delicious, put hot sauce on it. Then it's delicious and I'll eat it.
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Comments (40)
doodlecloud 27
Ugh, why can't people just let other people make their own life choices? It's not like you chose to be be a religious extremist or something - you being a vegan doesn't negatively impact them or others in any way. What do they care what you eat as long as you're healthy? Just walk away and ignore them and try and talk to your dad later.
unknown_user5566 27
Oops, I didn't see your comment. Mine is super similar... great minds think alike, I guess. :)
Puruttya 6
life choices like taking drugs? malnourishment is no joke eat your meat!
Spectre529 12
I'm sorry but life without meats?? Come on, steak is amazing!!
unknown_user5566 27
Why can't people just respect other people's lifestyle choices? Don't worry about them OP. If it's the right choice for you, stick with it.
orebes 3
One word. Bacon.
perdix 31
I don't see why you people can wear wool, the sheep just grow it baaaaack! If you hold kooky, fringe beliefs, you need to expect that the mainstream is going to pick on you. You have to stand up strong, like I do for the Phlogiston Theory.
unknown_user5566 27
Admittedly, I had to Google it. Interesting theory, though. May I ask why you support it, assuming you weren't being sarcastic?
RedPillSucks 33
perdix is always sarcastic, even when he's serious
zombiekitten87 12
Vegans make me more sad than vegetarians do. But hey, if you want to fill your life with soy, go for it.
Axipiter 24
There's no joy in soy.
TheMathMajor 26
You don't have to eat soy if you are a vegan or vegetarian.
Needafarm 22
Interventions should be for REAL problems, not stupid shit like meat vs. no meat.
Puruttya 6
manourishment IS a PROBLEM. dummy.
loserman67 36
I respect and defend your foolish decision to live your life without yummy, tasty, juicy, delicious meat. In fact I hope more people become vegan, with the impending worldwide bacon shortage, that means more crispy, delicious bacon for me...
debbster7 18
How can you live without BACON! It's seriously the best stuff there is :)
kate3101 15
People can be annoying like that. One of the favourite anti-vegetarian/vegan arguments is that we are designed to eat meat. This is true - we are biologically designed to be omnivores and our prehistoric ancestors would have eaten meat, probably raw. However, we are also biologically designed to be naked, hairy, start having children at roughly age 12, and to die by middle-age. Biology is no longer a driver for the way we live. OP's dad should respect their child's decision. However, as most of the FMLs here are fundamentally about people disrespecting each other's life choices, I'm not surprised by his attitude.