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Apologies in advance if a thread like this one has already been made.
Being the probably the only vegan in my school (it's a small school), I get asked a lot of questions, the most common one being, "What do you eat?" I never know how to answer that because I eat such a variety of things, and don't exactly have any set meal plans. I usually end up saying, "I eat a lot of things.." which not only sounds a little cold, but doesn't even answer his or her question. How do you all reply?
Also, what do you do about people who are too defensive? I know for a fact that I don't treat omnis any different than I do veg*ns, I don't mind people eating meat around me, I've even let my friends keep some of his or her meat on my plate when he or she had no room on his or her plate, just nonchalantly making sure that the meat didn't touch any of my food. Still, there are a few people at my lunch table who claim that whenever they eat meat in front of me I give them "looks" about it, one of whom I can't even recall ever seeing eat meat. I know that I don't treat them any differently, I make a point of not treating anyone differently, I even get uncomfortable when people ask me why I went vegan because knowing most peoples' consciences, if I tell them my reasons they will get defensive. What am I supposed to do about the overly-defensive people? Any advice would be much appreciated.
Being the probably the only vegan in my school (it's a small school), I get asked a lot of questions, the most common one being, "What do you eat?" I never know how to answer that because I eat such a variety of things, and don't exactly have any set meal plans. I usually end up saying, "I eat a lot of things.." which not only sounds a little cold, but doesn't even answer his or her question. How do you all reply?
Also, what do you do about people who are too defensive? I know for a fact that I don't treat omnis any different than I do veg*ns, I don't mind people eating meat around me, I've even let my friends keep some of his or her meat on my plate when he or she had no room on his or her plate, just nonchalantly making sure that the meat didn't touch any of my food. Still, there are a few people at my lunch table who claim that whenever they eat meat in front of me I give them "looks" about it, one of whom I can't even recall ever seeing eat meat. I know that I don't treat them any differently, I make a point of not treating anyone differently, I even get uncomfortable when people ask me why I went vegan because knowing most peoples' consciences, if I tell them my reasons they will get defensive. What am I supposed to do about the overly-defensive people? Any advice would be much appreciated.