Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree, Either

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Before they died my parents kept sending us Hickory Farm smoked meat

products for what we all laughingly call Christmas despite our repeated

objections to meat and despite them knowing full well we're vegetarian.

We never did figure out if they were being pricks or were just that stupid,

but I think stupid is how we finally voted.

 

 

On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 08:26 PM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> Message: 11

> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:34:04 -0000

> " dave " <dave4sale

> How does one deal with ignorant meathead parents?

>

> I'm really upset today. I got a package with food from my rents and

> besides a few things with dairy or honey in them (which I could at

> least understand had been overlooked) there was some jerky thing made

> of dead ostrich and dead cows. It says it all over the friggin thing.

> I told my parents I'm going to send it back and that they'd better

> return it. I'm not sure yet whether this was someone (probably my

> brother's) sick idea of a joke or just an honest mistake, but I asked

> them never to send me food again. Now, I feel somewhat guilty for

> being a bit harsh, like a spoiled rotten brat. Perhaps I should just

> be thankful that they send me anything. Now that I'm a vegan, I've

> gotten so used to checking and re-checking ingredients of everything

> I buy I know I can't expect the same from them. Hell, my gf's been a

> vegan longer than I have and she still occasionally overlooks dairy

> or egg ingredients.

>

> My mom says they're avoiding beef ever since the mad cow scare. I

> told her she has a much better chance of getting heart disease or

> cancer from any meat product than BSE from infected beef.

>

> I just turned down a really good job (good in that it paid over twice

> what I make at a grocery store) selling knives; mainly because the

> sales demonstration included cutting pieces of leather, but also

> because part of the sales pitch was supposed to be telling the

> customer what meat products the knives were great for. Every kind of

> knife was " ideal " for cutting a different dead animal, fillet, steak,

> etc. Of course the grocery store I got hired at also sells meat and

> animal products, but I feel like at least I won't be contributing to

> it; they'd sell the same amount w/ or w/o me. I just wish I could go

> one day without being reminded how cruel and thoughtless people are.

> There's only one veg*n restaurant in my area and they won't hire me

> as a waiter because I have no waiter exp. persay.

>

> Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant. And if any of you have

> advice on how you would with this sort of thing, that would be great

> too.

>

>

>

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