Hello, Everyone. I am new here, but instead of giving myself a whole thread to my intoduction I thought I'd give you a breif intro before I shared my problem...
I am fourteen, and been vegetarian for 4 years. I just made the switch over to vegan. Its REALLY important to me, being vegan, and here is where the issues come in.
My mother doesn't support my veganism. She let me be vegetarian but when it comes to vegan, she acts like Im purposely trying to annoy her or something. I cook for myself, and I have since I was young so that isnt the problem. Now that I dont eat milk or egg products anymore; I ask her to buy different things then I normally would but she says she wont. She says everything that is vegan is "way too expensive". This isn't just speciality products but normal food that happens to be vegan. She absolutely refuses, and im not about to start a fight with her in the middle of the grocery store.
I cannot buy my own food, being I am fourteen and don't have any scource of income. How do I deal? Lately, I've been living on pretzels and strawberry twizzlers. Niether healthy, but it seems to be the only few things we have that is vegan. Being vegan is one of my strong morals, and I dont want to give it up.
I've tried everything to talk her into it maturely, but she won't crack. I can't tell you how much of a dream it is to go to a vegan speciality store (wild by nature, ext) but when I mention it, she laughs at the thought of going into one. I'm starting to think i'll just have to starve until she realizes she has to buy food I CAN eat. And I think I'd rather starve then eat milk;;egg products.
Before I resort to that, how can I deal with this? I need ideas that won't force me to give up my morals.
thanks!
xx
-Emily
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