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Anna
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Hi.
This is the very first time I'm doing something like this so bear with me I'm not really sure how to do this.
I'm 16 years old and last year I became vegan for various reasons (health, weight, animals, environment etc.) and quickly fell in love with it, felt overall better - in and out.
But here's the problem: I still live with my family (Catholic btw) and they're not vegan. Frankly, my parents are almost against it since they're quite conservative. I tried to explain myself multiple times but they don't want to really listen and just don't get it - which would be fine really (although it saddens me) if it weren't for my mother's - dare I say - pretty stupid opinions. Don't get me wrong everybody can have their own opinion it's just that she says she finds this stupid, unnecessary, and even wrong. She claims its unhealthy and psychological that I don't want to eat meat, dairy etc. She even wants to take me to a therapist!
I mean idk. Maybe I am crazy and just don't see it xd.
Does anyone struggle being a vegan in an almost anti-vegan family? How do you deal with it and how do you talk to your parents about it?
I really want to stay vegan but it's getting harder each day. :<
This is the very first time I'm doing something like this so bear with me I'm not really sure how to do this.
I'm 16 years old and last year I became vegan for various reasons (health, weight, animals, environment etc.) and quickly fell in love with it, felt overall better - in and out.
But here's the problem: I still live with my family (Catholic btw) and they're not vegan. Frankly, my parents are almost against it since they're quite conservative. I tried to explain myself multiple times but they don't want to really listen and just don't get it - which would be fine really (although it saddens me) if it weren't for my mother's - dare I say - pretty stupid opinions. Don't get me wrong everybody can have their own opinion it's just that she says she finds this stupid, unnecessary, and even wrong. She claims its unhealthy and psychological that I don't want to eat meat, dairy etc. She even wants to take me to a therapist!
I mean idk. Maybe I am crazy and just don't see it xd.
Does anyone struggle being a vegan in an almost anti-vegan family? How do you deal with it and how do you talk to your parents about it?
I really want to stay vegan but it's getting harder each day. :<