My path was so gradual over a period of years. I had stopped eating pork back in the early 1990s so pork was not an issue when I began to change my diet. When I did start changing my diet I dropped dairy then beef then fowl then shellfish then eggs then fish then honey. I think the hardest thing to drop was king crab legs. That was hard to give up. Fish was not hard to give up but since it was the last meat I was eating I just didn't want to give it up for awhile. I think me giving up fish and shellfish was harder for my mother to accept then me. Every time I would go visit my parents she would ask me "I'm going to Publix. Do you want me to get you some crab legs?" Then she went through the same issue except the question was about salmon.
My dad eats fresh water fish and no other meat. So when going out to dinner my mom is always trying to find a place he can eat. She would ask me to research restaurants and "find a place your daddy can eat". One day I mentioned to her "daddy can eat fish and I don't. I need to find a restaurant where I can eat." That was last year. Took her two years to accept I had a vegan diet. When going out to eat daddy is so proud. Before I even order he beams to the waiter/waitress "she has a vegan diet" LOL.
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