I have been blogging a little in my craft blog about going vegan, I thought it was time I had a blog largely devoted to the process! I will copy those posts into here and start blogging about crafts once more in that blog!
It is a strange process telling people I am vegan. I have been vegan - more or less- for around six weeks. I started suddenly, didn't even tell anyone at first. I felt a bit of a fraud, vulnerable to being easily persuaded back to being vegetarian. I feel stronger now, comfortable with my choice, but it still feels strange to tell people what I am doing. In this quiet Cornish village, even being vegetarian is considered unusual, so being vegan raises eyebrows! I have been reticent in telling people locally, but am beginning to do so now, and we have had several meals out, and I have had a some good food, as long as we tell the pub/restaurant in advance.
Being vegan has nothing to do with self discipline at present for me. I have terrible self discipline! I cannot diet for long, although I need to. Being vegan is not about my health, although any weight loss (sadly not much yet) and health benefits will be an added bonus! It is purely about animal welfare and the realisation of the intimate link between the meat and dairy industries. If I were ever to feel a bit of a wobbly about being vegan, I can just look at some of the images I have previously managed to avoid for so many years but finally forced myself to look at. Being vegetarian, I have always been vegetarian, is not enough.
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Well, it seems like we are in the same boat. I don't tell everyone unless it comes up that I am a vegan. As you say, 'coming out' is harder than it seems. People think it is a weird way to live, but I think it is an ethical one. I, too, have come to realize what our eating lifestyles do to the poor helpless animals. We shall keep in touch :)
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