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Hi! I recently started dating this amazing girl who’s vegan.

I grew up eating everything besides red meat (beef, mutton, pork, etc) because my parents are immigrants from India so I just naturally feel viscerally disgusted about the thought of eating it.

That being said I love chicken and seafood.

That’s just some background on me for context.

Anyway, I was wondering if you guys have any tips for my relationship with this girl? Are there any sensitivities that I need to be aware of besides the obvious?

She’s cool with me eating meat when we go out but I’m not sure if that’s because she’s trying to be nice or if she’s genuine- I’d happily never eat meat when I’m with her if she were uncomfortable.

Just wanted to know if there’s anything I NEED to know.

Basically, I was exhausted because of my lack of sleep and boguht breakfast without thinking to check. In my head I was totally convinced it would be vegan, but no, it contains fish.

Dont have anyone to give it away to, the packaging is opened so I cant return it, dont wanna waste food by throwing it away, cant even take the fish out.

Dunno what to do, am considering just eating it, making a mental note and moving on with my day.

But what would you do?

Edit: With open packaging I mean completely open, being able to touch the food open. (And I didnt take the receipt with me...) About giving it to a homeless person, there werent any where I was at the moment and even if there were I do hope they dont take opened food from complete strangers.

(For context she does the cooking for the family aside from me-- I cook for myself)

I understand that nobody but me is vegan in my family, I understand that a lot of my family is very picky and basically only eats meat and potatoes. Hell I used to be the same, I used to think I hated vegetables.

Speaking of that, I feel like growing up in a family where people are visibly grossed out by so much food, and basically anything vegan, made me think I hated so much more food than I actually do. Yes, I struggle with sensory issues, but when I'd been told "No you won't like that" whenever I asked to try a recipe of course I stuck with my meat and potatoes for so long. Thank God I learnt to cook for myself.

And now I just have this thought in my head: "Why would she *choose* to do that," whenever mom buys meat/animal products, says that she wants to eat fish or whatever, or talks about cooking a meat dish like it's not the dead flesh of abused animals she's *choosing* to make.

Like, I get that my family will not eat anything else. I understand that she likes her fish. I understand that my culture's food is so not vegan friendly, I understand that it's a very unusual thing to be vegan here. But why would they *choose* that?????

I also have sensory issues and "picky eating", yet I could still change

I also liked meat and animal products (the taste really), yet I still changed

I used to eat JUST like them, yet I still changed

It was so easy, it wasn't nearly as hard as any of these non-vegas make it seem. Why would they still voluntarily CHOOSE to do these things?

Not only do they do this, but they eat SO MUCH pork, and I'm a closeted Muslim. That almost rubs salt in the wound.

honestly, i just can’t stop thinking about how much suffering we could actually prevent with this. like the number of animals that wouldn’t have to go through all that pain? it’s genuinely heartbreaking to think about how many lives we could spare. and the thing that gets me is they wouldn’t even have to die for it. they’d get to just live. be happy. experience their lives the way they’re supposed to. that’s such a beautiful alternative. i wanted to grab other peoples prospective, would you eat it?

Hey guys! I'm vegan, and I love animals. They interest me so much! Growing up, I liked catching lizards, for example. I was very gentle and would release them after inspecting them and seeing what I could determine about them. Do you think this was wrong?

I'm currently at a pond and my younger cousins and siblings are catching these huge neat tadpoles and releasing them, and it kind of got me thinking. I would love to join in, but I wouldn't want to scare them. I know they would forget soon after and be fine, but I still feel bad. What do you guys think about this kind of thing?

I’ve been vegan for about a month now, there are still some products I’ve bought that don’t have any animal products in the ingredients, but won’t be officially certified vegan, or might have a may contain milk sign. I’ve seen this is usually because the factory it’s produced in also produces non vegan products, so on a microscopic scale there may be remnants of milk etc. What do you guys think of buying those kind of products as a vegan?

I want to start eatint more plant based things, however i have a very big problem. Im poor and love the taste of animal products. Do you guys have any tips as im already basically vegeterian, but im hoping to go vegan someday (i dont want to just jump into it because i will surely go back) In poland if that helps, thanks in advance!

I'm recently diagnosed with alpha gal and adhering to vegan parameters is just easier to deal with than explaining my new fun allergies or reading tedious ingredient lists.

I take vitamin D and some other supplements that are all gel capped. Is there a best place to find things that are certified vegan? I don't shop on Amazon.

Hi guys, I hope that my question and my doubts are not going to come across the wrong way or trigger anyone 🙏🏻

I’ve been on a plant based diet for years, I’m in a wheelchair and have different health conditions. I’m freaking out a bit because I don’t have much muscle mass by default and I developed arthritis and serious back problems in the recent years. Doctors have been pointing at a change in my bone density.

Just to be clear, I am not saying that a vegan diet would impact anyone negatively, I’m just wondering about it under my circumstances.

This if a PSA for anyone who has never heard of the Vegan Chef Challenge!

The VCC is a multi-city event that is run by an organization called Vegan Outreach. They help volunteers in cities and towns all over the US run these one-month "challenges" for restaurants to offer new vegan options. Then diners (vegan and non-vegan) can go to the restaurants and vote for their favorite dishes.

Check out https://veganchefchallenge.org and click "Vegan Chef Challenges" to see the cities that have run a challenge and which are coming up this year.

I've run one in my city for two years in a row, and am starting to plan for this year's VCC.

If you see one that's coming up near where you live and want to help out, there's a volunteer form you can fill out. If you don't see one near you and want to run your own, there's a "Start a Challenge" link where you'll learn all about being an organizer. It's a lot of work, but worth it to have a month of great vegan options, and to show non-vegans that vegan food can be delicious and creative too!

Hi! I have been a vegetarian for a few years, but I really want to make a change in my life. I didn't have an option in my family house, but soon, I'm going to move out and change my eating habits (I already eat mostly vegan, unfortunately except yogurts). And there's my question – I really adore putting it in my oatmeal as a protein boost, and it also helps me to receive a satisfying consistency. Vegan dairy alternative is an expensive choice in my country, so I don't think I could afford it on daily basis. Can anyone recommend any alternative? I'd be grateful!

I'm learning, I'm learning, I'm learning, I'm learning. Okay.

So my first question is:

When you buy vegan food that doesn't come from an inherently vegan company, such as a popsicle from an ice cream company, that profit still goes to them, which (mainly) goes to making more ice cream, and abusing more cows. Sooo??? Like, what happened?? Vegan labeled food that comes from vegan brands only go so far.

And my second question is:

For example, when you boycott, and you bring up that you boycott to your friends or family, they will think that they should boycott too. However. When you bring up that you're vegan to a carnist, they don't just go "right. I should stop eating literal flesh." They're just like "Great. I'm probably not going to be able to enjoy food in front of this person without sitting through a lecture first." So your impact on the murder industry stays limited to 1/8B. Aka 0.0000000125% that's atomically small.

Can't wait for people that have "vegan" in their username or "vegan 7> years" in their flair to scream at me.

I used to buy these all the time a few years ago but they have slowly disappeared from every store around me. I tried contacting field roast to ask and they said they still make them but couldn’t tell me where to find them. If anyone knows if they are available online anywhere I would give you everything I have.

My son has been raised vegan and he's short (~20th percentile). At the age of almost 16 my son is 167 cm (his bone age is 17). I'm 162 cm, his dad is 180 cm.

I have a lost of guilt about this as I think his diet may have contributed to it. For those who were raised vegan/vegetarian or have adolescent (or adult) kids raised vegan (or vego) how does your height compare with your parents?

Growing up, I constantly was witness about how people complained about their life situations and how unjust the world is, when people can get rich by robbing people from their worth by underpaying workers or stealing people in politician positions and increasing their own wealth, at the expense of keeping those below them into poverty….

Why is the corrupt politician so hated? Because they rejoice through the suffering and misery of others for their own personal benefit. They are so full of selfishness that they can’t give up just a tiny bit of their wealth to others not to live in a constant state of poverty. They take advantage of legal loopholes in order to behave immorally…

So you naturally grow up believing everybody is as disgusted against injustices as you… until one day, you have a consciousness shift and turn vegan. “since everybody hate injustice so much, that means that people would hate being the victimizers of an injustice, right???” oh how cute is to be blissfully ignorant instead of recognizing the ugly truth. Not only animals who have done nothing wrong to anyone are going through a perpetual holocaust for meaningless taste pleasure and gluttony from eating their dismembered body parts when none of it is necessary, but that the average person has absolutely no problems with causing it with their customer choices.

Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn't put all nonvegans in the same sack. Nonvegans who have not been exposed to the information are fair game, I hold nothing against them. Most of us were ignorant nonvegans in the past. But those who know how wrong it is, killing an innocent being against their will, just for the meaningless taste pleasure from eating their corpses just for a fleeting sensation they forget the next day, and yet they couldn’t care less for the fate of their victims disgust me, as if taste was more valuable than life.

Aware nonvegans have no right to criticize corrupt politicians, because they behave exactly like them. They take advantage of the law to exploit and send others to hell for their personal benefit, and have no issues with this, just like corrupt politicians.

Mild rant, more just expressing myself

I am seventeen, and recently turned vegan after being vegetarian my entire life. Luckily, it was a very smooth transition, since I come from a largely vegetarian/vegan family, I'm lactose intolerant (so wasn't drinking all that much milk anyway), and I'm happy to sacrifice cheese and eggs for the greater good of the earth. My main issue is how choice to go vegan has kind of soured some of my perceptions, especially towards others.

I have to bite my tongue sometimes when discussing veganism, and stick to advice that people merely eat less meat than none at all. However, it's hard to do this when people are complaining about the heatwave (I'm British, it's been a nightmare lately) whilst consuming animal products. Or accusing vegans of ignoring a necessity to consume meat, due to financial circumstances, ethnicity, religion etc...

Before, I could stomach how absurdly hypocritical it all is, to sustain the industry and be frustrated by its consequences. Now, I have a dilemma where I desperately want to change people's minds (probably in vain) yet my fear of conflict is restricting me.

I see quite a few of my friends and family in a different light now, whom I previously considered insightful and compassionate, yet consciously endorse the suffering of animals - then criticising me for not doing so.

TLDR: i let a stray cat spend the night in my bathroom and i’m unsure how to proceed in a way that maximizes this cat’s autonomy and minimizes others’ suffering

Hi, last night i heard a cat meowing pretty loud at my front door. I was concerned so I went outside. The cat was right at my door and to my judgement seemed distressed. I left it some water and it drank more than i expected, then started latching onto my pants. I looked up what’s best for stray cats and decided to give it the option to spend the night in my bathroom. I opened my front door, let the cat cross the doorway on its own and then directed it to the bathroom, let it sniff around and get comfortable with the area, and then walked back outside and it followed. I went back in. It meowed outside for the next 10 minutes and stayed close to the door, and I interpreted that as a preference to spend the night in my bathroom. I let it back in, gave it a blanket to sleep on, some more water, and some microwaved frozen chicken that i had in my freezer since before i stopped consuming animal products 2 months ago. Now it’s the next day and the cat seems fine. It ate the food, drank some water, only meows for a minute when i leave the bathroom after entering to use it, and it pissed and shat on the floor and it all looked normal. But now I’m realizing idk what to do. I’m slightly afraid to pick up the cat and my car is broke down so I’m not sure how I’d get it to a shelter. Not sure if it’d prefer that in the first place. My current opinion is to just let it outside and potentially care for it more if it continues to sit outside my door, but my friends said that could be dangerous. I also realize that someone else could “own” this cat, and that I’ve effectively kidnapped it. What should i do with the cat at this point?

I don’t particularly love animals, and I wouldn’t have chosen to adopt a cat in the first place. But if there was a way to verify that the cat wished to live in my house, and I could feed it plant-based food, I would enjoy sharing my house with it, and I believe that would minimize animal suffering as it decreases demand for animal-based cat food without euthanizing the cat. So yeah keeping the cat could be enjoyable but in the end i just want what’s best for everyone, please advise me, thank you

i’ve been looking for a black platform vegan sandal for ages—literally every summer for three years—and haven’t found anything that suits my needs. lately i’ve been looking at the uggs golden glow sandals. they’re made with recycled polyester and sugarcane. but like. they’re uggs. i’ll go to a non vegan place to support a new vegan option. i buy the plant based reese’s. but idk if i could bring myself to wear uggs.

edit: the sandals are vegan. i thought that was clear. i’m still not into the idea of buying them from uggs as a brand.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

My boyfriend's sister is visiting with her (non-vegan) family next month. I buy and prepare all the food for my household. I have been vegan for 11 years. My boyfriend mainly eats vegan but does not feel as "intensely" as I do about this way of living and sometimes "cheats" with chocolate or pizza. Today he told me that he got in an argument over the food situation with his sister (he is usually good about advocating for me regarding this kind of thing so that may have been why they argued). But today he told me his sister's family would be eating whatever meat/eggs/cheese etc that they wanted to while they are staying here and he said he doesn't want to even talk about it with me.

I have had multiple conversations with him (even in tears at times) about how increasingly hard it is for me to even be around people eating animals and how I've struggled to deal with it, and how completely alone I feel. It absolutely breaks my heart being around it. So now the smells/residues/etc of dead bodies will be in my face, in my house, my pans, etc. For a week.

My plan had been to replace all their favorite foods/meals and really go all out to show them that vegan food can be nutritious and delicious, and to be as accommodating and gracious as possible. But now my bf told me I can "maybe cook for them once or twice"(?)

I don't want to be frustrated and angry but I am. Would it kill them to eat vegan for a week? My family would never visit my home and push my boundaries like this. It is unkind, it is impolite (in my opinion). Maybe it doesn't seem like a big deal but I don't know how I'm going to cope. Like, do I go on a walk every time they take over my kitchen? (I could see that looking dramatic and also potentially upsetting my bf). I obviously don't want to create any weirdness with his side of the family and would never argue etc. But I also don't want to have any part in it, this is something I am morally against. I don't really know what to do, I guess I will just need to suck it up? I don't have a strong vegan community in real life and I guess I was just hoping to vent, and for advice. Is there anyone else out there who understands? I feel so alone.

As of recent I have been trying to move away from non natural fibers in bedding and blankets. I was wondering what everyone’s thoughts on secondhand wool blankets were?

TLDR: I am trying to figure out a good way to get involved in improving animal welfare legislation, particularly starting with pet breeding laws as this is what I’m most knowledgeable/passionate about and I think this is the best place to start that can be expanded to other animals.

I am on my journey towards full veganism (slowly but surely as I want this to stick and have a history of eating disorders) because of my history in animal rescue. I realized how insane the “shop responsibly” movement it and how it is destroying dogs. I realized I don’t think there is a way to force an animal to breed, risk their life, and carry babies to take them away and sell for personal profit. I then realized this is a very vegan mindset and that animals aren’t ours to use.

Anyway - animal rescue and breeding laws are really my niche passion. They are what I know a lot about. I have been so depressed knowing that unless someone actually gets out there and tries to lobby for the right laws, nothing will change. Because of the AKC and puppy mill lobbying, 501c3 animal rescues and organizations are not allowed to lobby and I think it’s a huge reason it’s so difficult to get into. I am wondering where I should even start. I’m an introvert, I don’t speak well, but I think the only way I can really become happy is if I am doing something that improves the lives of animals. I want that to be my legacy.

TLDR: going away for a couple of days for the first time since going vegan. Bringing lots of snacks, but don’t think there will be many vegan options in the area I am going to. Any advice is appreciated

I’m going on a relatively short work related trip. It’s the first time I’ve been away from home for longer than a 12 hour work shift since going to vegan. I know that the hotel I’ll be staying at will have a continental breakfast. I’m really hoping they have hashbrowns so that I have something to eat in the morning. It looks like even basic cereals like plain Cheerios are not vegan. I had thought of having cereal and bringing my own almond milk, but that seems likely a no go. There is probably going to be oatmeal so that’s a maybe as long as there’s no milk product in the packets. My colleague and I will probably DoorDash something for dinner. So hopefully I’ll be able to find some vegan options there but I’m not counting on it. I’ve kind of prepared myself for not being able to find much of anything at all to eat while away. I’ve packed iced coffee with plant milk for the morning, lots of nuts, carob chips, dried fruit, and rice cakes. I think there’s food provided at the training, but I am pretty certain there won’t be vegan options except probably pre-cut fruit which I don’t like to eat for sanitary reasons, and maybe vegan granola bars if I’m lucky. I think I might just need to resign myself to living on these things for the next couple of days. I know I’ll be hungry and I have to do a lot of driving and I am a nervous driver anyway so being under nourished well navigating unfamiliar traffic does make me extra uneasy. I don’t usually eat much before lunch, but I’m going to have hearty smoothie before I leave. I’m posting late. I have to leave in a couple of hours and will be gone for only a couple of days. Any tips and tricks for the sort of situation are more than welcome

Edit: someone thinks my very sincere post is bs bc I didn’t list my location. It’s normal not to freely give out your exact location online but happy to share that I’m in eastern Canada near a small city.

just saw a video of animal cruelty -which is usually not on my feed as much anymore because i mean ive already watched dominion i rlly dont want to see it anymore - i just cant believe this sick world that we live in. its genuinely just so upsetting i mean and nobody would dare visit a factory farm or a slaughterhouse , most people refuse to watch dominion saying its gross but they’re happy to take so much from these animals, but not willing to give them an hour of their time to see what their actions are directly causing. just wish i never lived non vegan. wish this moral atrocity didnt exist . truly an absolute nightmare . humans are devils

I’ve been almost completely vegan for about 10 years. Normally, I only spend time with friends and communities where people are either vegan or vegan supportive, at least. It’s very rare that I actually have a conversation with someone about my eating habits.

Next month, I’m going to a formal catered gathering (a wedding) where I’m likely to be one of the few vegans or vegetarians there. I’m dreading the moment where the server comes up to the table and announces “ and the vegan meal is for…?”

Often in situations like this, a non-vegan will ask me, “Oh, why are you vegan?” or some similar question or comment inquiring about this. The problem is that my honest answer is usually triggering and interpreted as being quite offensive: “I don’t want to hurt animals if I don’t need to for survival and health, and I want to minimize my environmental impacts”

One alternative I’m thinking is to say something like the following: “Are you actually interested? It’s quite complicated. Is this something you’ve thought about before?” and then I could keep the focus on them rather than me. Even this, though, could be interpreted by other people as interrogating, even if the single person who asked me the question I’m having a genuine dialogue with. I’m pretty good at having an open conversation with someone once I’m into it, but I’m not sure how to manage all ~8 people at the table or the start of the interaction.

But what if it turns out they were only commenting or questioning to be polite and they actually have no interest in hearing about my veganism? Could I directly confront and say “are you just asking me to me to be polite or do you actually wanna know?”

I don’t yet know who I’m gonna be sitting with and I’m not quite sure the vibe yet. Any advice or suggestions for how I could approach the fact that I can’t avoid my vegan behaviors being drawn attention to? It’s a wedding so I really don’t want to be having an intense debate.