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Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina  If they are your close friends and co workers, you gotta tell them you're vegan if they keep giving you foods that aren't. If you accept them and throw them away, eventually the friend will find out you're vegan and say, "Hey, but what did you do with the fudge I gave you?" If you tell them you threw it out that's even worse than a polite thank you with an explanation. |
I guess the problem was that I told my coworkers no thank you, then they kept trying to give it to me, then I told them I wasn't eating it because I was vegan, and they still kept forcing it on me. (People like to feed me for some reason.) There was no arguing with these people. To them, Elaine = Somebody Who Likes Cookies (and fudge? oh god, yum!!!), so they tried to force me back into that personae, even though I was trying to change my personae to Elaine = Somebody Who Doesn't Eat Animal Products. It was like, heaven forbid that Elaine no longer = Somebody Who Likes Cookies. Why it never occurred to them that I LOVE vegan cookies, I have no idea.
Thanks for the clarification, though -- friends do deserve an explanation. My problem is that they never listened to or respected my explanation. Which is where the trusty old trash bin came in handy!