Parrent help???

Question

i am a vegan, but my parrent's stil eat meat. i haven't tried to change them, but they keep on trying to change me by trying to put meat and other dairy products into my food. everytime i refuse, they just brag on how it is ssooooooooo delicious, and how i'm just missing out on something great. i try to tell them to just let me eat what i want and don't force me to eat things that i think are wrong, but they keep on pushing me to eat meat! what should i do here?

Answer 1

It's rather simple.  Eat meat.  You need it to live.

Answer 2

In the words of clive owen from the movie shoot em up, " **** em".

Answer 3

First things to do is honestly stop caring if they care whether you eat meat or not. If they are trying to slip it into your food yes this is disrespectful. But if you are confident in the lifestyle you have chosen their opinions should not matter as much.

It seems like a little mini war is going on. If I were you I'd fix all my own food so you'd know it was vegan. Go shopping with mom and pick out your own foods.

Try helping out around the kitchen by cleaning, setting the table, etc. If you show them you have become a better person via your lifestyle choices then they may cut you so more slack and may even end up being encouraging.

Also be more mature than they have by refraining from arguing. If they respectfully want to know something then let them know. However if they are making fun of you simply do not engage and they will lose interest. They may be addicted to the rise they get out of you. Teasing can be a destructive habit.

Finally make sure you have the support you need. We all need community for education, encouragement, as well as joyous companionship and a sense of place.

I have faith it will all work out. I hope you find this faith too as it will help you immensely to overcome these spiritual challenges.

Many Blessings : )

Answer 4

If you are determine to be a vegan, their 'so delicious' won't mean anything to you.

Don't get angry over them.  They put, you take that out with a smiling face. It can be exhausting, but getting angry won't help. If both sides not going to give up, it is a dead lock situation.  

You might not be able to control them. But you can control on your side. It is hard but until you can find a good solution or they can stop.

Take care.

Answer 5

Your parents need to accept your decision to be vegan. It's not cool for them to be sneaking meat into your food. Let them know in a respectful manner, that it's not appropriate for them to do that. Explain to them on no uncertain terms why you are vegan and let them know that you would greatly appreciate their support.

Answer 6

tell your parents to grow up.

Answer 7

Tell your parents how you feel.  Explain that veganism is important to you and that you hope that they can respect your decision not to eat animal products.

Also, find some vegan recipes and cook them for your parents.  This will show them that you are willing to take responsibility for eating properly as well as helping out around the house.  Teach them about the tastes of non-meat/non-dairy foods and let them know that a vegan diet is delicious, too.

There are some excellent Vegan cookbooks and websites out there.  Including:

http://www.101cookbooks.com/vegan_recipe...

http://vegweb.com/

http://www.veganmeat.com/recipie.html

Check out this article from vegetarianteen.com: http://www.vegetarianteen.com/interviews...

Hope this helps!