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As some of you may know, DD (11) is a new vegan. She has been vegetarian for about 1 year. I, and the rest of the family, are omnivores.
I am feeling quite isolated about her turning vegan.
Dh is not being particularly supportive. We were searching for vegan margarine for DD yesterday and could not find any. They all contained whey. I got annoyed at the store for not stocking vegan margarine - and DH said it was fine - the world is omnivore - so why should they have to stock anything different. He went on to complain about how we were going to have to run all over the place looking for vegan food. While he has not tried to put his foot down on veganism - he does send out strong vibes that he is not happy about it.
DS teases her about being vegan. He sees it as quite freaky and is not being tolerant of her decision. He is also afraid we will eat vegan meals - he already sees our diet as having too little meat and does not want our diet to further fgo in a direction he does not like (we eat meat about half the time, his friends eat things like hot dogs and steak and potatoes nightly)
There is a family in our life whom we are friends with. I am friends with the mother, DD is friends with her DD. They do not understand this at all and are quizzing us constantly on it. Honestly, I think they think DD is wrong and I am abdicating my responsibility in this area by allowing her to do this. I know some of this comes from a place of concern (well, with the mother anyway) and I know this is none of their business, but it is still affecting the friendship a bit.
So I could use some virtual support. I am not getting any in real life.
I am sure DD could as well (she thoroughly appreciated the many people who said she was awesome in the last thread, btw!)
Kathy
I am feeling quite isolated about her turning vegan.
Dh is not being particularly supportive. We were searching for vegan margarine for DD yesterday and could not find any. They all contained whey. I got annoyed at the store for not stocking vegan margarine - and DH said it was fine - the world is omnivore - so why should they have to stock anything different. He went on to complain about how we were going to have to run all over the place looking for vegan food. While he has not tried to put his foot down on veganism - he does send out strong vibes that he is not happy about it.
DS teases her about being vegan. He sees it as quite freaky and is not being tolerant of her decision. He is also afraid we will eat vegan meals - he already sees our diet as having too little meat and does not want our diet to further fgo in a direction he does not like (we eat meat about half the time, his friends eat things like hot dogs and steak and potatoes nightly)
There is a family in our life whom we are friends with. I am friends with the mother, DD is friends with her DD. They do not understand this at all and are quizzing us constantly on it. Honestly, I think they think DD is wrong and I am abdicating my responsibility in this area by allowing her to do this. I know some of this comes from a place of concern (well, with the mother anyway) and I know this is none of their business, but it is still affecting the friendship a bit.
So I could use some virtual support. I am not getting any in real life.

I am sure DD could as well (she thoroughly appreciated the many people who said she was awesome in the last thread, btw!)
Kathy