Guest guest Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 It only sounds hostile on their parts, Karen. And I suspect most of us have had similar experience from those who just won't get it. Acknowledge it for what it is, and move on. On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 07:18 PM, (AT) (DOT) com wrote: > Wow > It feels like I have been away from the group for way too long! For > all the newcomers I'm a vegetarian residing in Alabama. I'm so glad > the holidays are finally over and can be away from the family for a > while now. Some of them are just not very veggie-friendly if you get > my drift. Example: Christmas day..me and my man had just piled up our > plates with food. I've been a vegetarian for over 5 years so it's > nothing new to any family members. I had not yet taken a bite of the > green beans when Thomas said at the table " I don't think we can have > these green beans. Isn't that a piece of meat? " . The table fell > silent and and my aunt who prepared them did not say a word. She > didn't say anything so he had to ask her do these have any meat in > them. She very huffily replied, " I put a ham bone it when they were > cooking but I took it out! " He & I are not very confrontational so we > just did not say anything and did not eat them. She kept looking at > our plates and everyone could tell my aunt was getting increasingly > angry b/c we did not eat her beans and they were the only things left > on our plate. She didn't even tell us good-bye when she left b/c we > didn't eat her pork-infused beans. > Gosh this sounds hostile, > karen " The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious; It is the source of all true art and science. " --Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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