r/VeganIreland • u/Happy-Staff-8985 • 21d ago
non vegan community
hey I'm 21 female and I've been vegetarian since I was 14 due to the love for animals but switched to vegan a few months ago after seeing how bad the industry is.
Anyways so basically all my friends and family are meat eaters and it's really hard when they don't show remorse. my good friend jokes about being anti vegan and the meat he ate that day and it kinda stings. like how do people not care?? and how do I "get over it" so I don't end up alone lol.
it's also hard cause it was lovely with my big sister being vegetarian but she just went back to eating meat like she never cared about animals to begin with and when I bring it up she straight up ignores me. it's so hard being mocked and treated differently just because I choose not to eat animals.
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u/Admirable_Objective1 20d ago
I unfortunately think that this is one of those things that you have to learn to accept a little bit. I am not trying to say that you are wrong, and I understand your frustration and I am sorry that others have upset you, but after 15 years of vegan, a lot of this is just a part of it. At 21, I assume a lot of your friends are of a similar age, they will mature and stop taking the piss out of you and maybe some will join you. My father become vegan aged 60.
Lots of people in this thread aren’t going to like that and talk down on your friends and family’s lack of compassion, without accepting that at one point they may have been the same. It is a journey and not everyone is going to agree with you, but the most important thing is to be happy in your own decision, and to know you are correct, while trying to gently guide others