For Elyse: Question involving good manners?

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Hi Elyse,

 

I can relate to you, I used to please my aunts and family members

and eat their cake, event though I knew

that there was a high probability of it having eggs and butter.

 

However, I have been vegan for three years, and the more I become

aware of the different issues, the more I stand strong

for the things that I believe in.

 

I will now bend for no one, not even my mother.

 

and you know what??

 

instead of not accepting me (or loving me) anymore. as I had feared.

I have gained respect.

 

At first my mom(and other family members) thought that I was ridiculous.

but I took a deep breath, did not get exicted and explained in

a non-threatening way Why I was vegan, very matter of factly and

not overwhemingly.

 

I now have respect from them, even though they are not vegan. when I

used to go back and forth

between, vegetarianism and veganism, they thought that I was

a joke, a phase, wishy washy, weak as they are.

 

It takes courage, but the longer, stronger, I stand up, without falling.

 

the more people will see that this is important.

 

that this is meaninful enough to do.

 

that I have the willpower, that this is not that hard.

that I am smart. That my kids are healthiest.

That I am happy. That I am loving. That i want peace, that is all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " jo " <jo.heartwork@g...> wrote:

>

> I don't think anyone will hold it against you - they may think it

strange

> though. The choice is yours to make though..

>

> Jo

>

> -

> " Elyse " <bobdylans_hippiegirl>

>

> Monday, January 30, 2006 2:46 PM

> Question involving good manners?

>

>

> > A couple of weeks ago, my grandma made me some bean soup. When I went

> > over to her house to do some stuff for her, she wanted me to try some

> > before she added the beans. I asked her what the broth was made out of

> > and she told me cabbage and noodles. But then she added that she had a

> > soup bone in it originally. She saw the sad look on my face and I told

> > her I was vegan, but she had worked so hard on making this soup for me

> > that I told her it was OK and that I'd eat it! So.. I ate it. I felt

> > bad, but I knew I would've felt even worse if I rejected her soup!

Will

> > anyone hold this against me?

> >