Hi everyone!

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone!

 

I'm new here and thought I should tell you a little about

myself. My name is Carol. I've been a vegan since the beginning of

this year. The reason I became vegan is that I found out what

horrible conditions that the animals have. I have been vegetarian or

at least tried to be vegetarian , for a big part of my life, because

I felt it was wrong for people to kill animals. Of course growing

up, I did not have much choice. So I didn't eat much and everyone

thought I was picky. After I grew up and got married, I felt

obligated to cook what my husband wanted. I could not persuade him

or make him understand how I felt. No matter what I said, it seemed

to do little good. At the beginning of this year I was praying to

God to help me know what to do and what to say. And on the same day,

I was browsing the Internet and came upon a Web site that was related

to animal rights. I had never seen anything so horrible. I had no

idea that so many awful things was happening to animals. That night,

when my husband got home from work, I told him about all the things

that I had read. For the first time in 13 years my husband started

to understand. I was so upset about the things I had read that I was

crying pretty much uncontrollable. I asked him why I had to cook

that food for him all those years. I asked him why he wouldn't let

me be completely vegetarian when I was trying so hard. He said he

was sorry and that if he had known he would have been vegetarian

too. Believe me, I could hardly believe my ears. This was not like

him. He never shows any feeling. This is when I said " I am never

going to cook, eat or buy any thing that has to do with animals again

in my life! " I also said " No one will ever force me into going

against my morals and beliefs " . To my surprise my husband said " I

feel the same way " . I am very happy that we are both now vegan. On

the other hand I am very sad, about the fate of the animals. I have

been reading everything I can about Veganism, animals, good and bad

companies, good and bad charities. Also I have had the opportunity

to learn to cook all kinds of new recipes. I am hoping that I will

be able to make a big impact on the behalf of the animals. Not that

I know exactly what I am going to do or say. But I have to do

something and soon, because I feel very overwhelmed by all of this

bad news. I apologize if I wrote to much for my introduction into

the group. I did say I would just write a little about myself. I

better stop before I get any more carried away. I hope to learn

about why other people in this group became vegan or vegetarian too.

 

Until next time,

sincerely, Carol