Different Eating Habits

[adreamerforme.livejournal.com]

I have a really serious question that deals with a issue my system is currently dealing with.

How do you deal with making everyone happy in their different eating habits?

I am personaly Vegetarian.... and one of the others in the system is Vegan. She spends a lot of time out, so it's slowly becoming an issue as she has some serious emotions behind eating/using animal products/biproducts (She said it's difiling our ancestors.... or something like that).

I don't want to infringe on her space, but it's very hard for me to eat Vegan, honestly. I <3 Milk chocolate, ice cream... and all those naughty, diary-containing items. (I don't much care about eggs, except french toast)

As well... our parents aren't even Vegetarian, and neither are many of our friends. I cannot really make that leap past vegetarian, as it's very hard to eat that way in this household - expecialy considering we're often low on fruit except apples... unless we press the subject.



How should I sort out this problem? Try to explain to her that we're going to eat our way, even though I'd be as equaly offended if say... one of us picked up a big fat stake and started chowing down on it (I actualy don't think that's an issue... though I don't know what Lala's preference on food is... honestly......). Do I try to just keep it on a 'who's out' basis?

I really, honestly don't know what to do. Any advise is helpful.

Comments

[janaanab.livejournal.com]

Aspen Patch has a very strong nine year old who is preventing the others from eating meat at the moment (except for hamburgers which she thinks grow on trees). She makes whoever is trying to eat meat very nauseus! She considers the others to be doing the same as killing a person and eating them. She isn't co-con with the rest but has a very strong awareness by taste of what is going in the mouth. Anybody got any ideas? It takes all three of the main adults to keep Lisa from coming out when it is not safe for her to be there.

[firewheelvortex.livejournal.com]

Talk to her. Try leaving messages inside, if that doesn't work, try speaking aloud while eating fave foods.