That's it really?
DS1 is 17. He has decided to give up meat. It's something he has talked about before but over the summer holidays he took the bull (so to speak) by the horns and finally made the decision. I am 100% supportive and am proud of him for standing up for a principle and I know it isn't easy for him as he loves meat. He is having to expand his diet to include more veg and increase the amounts of pulses and lentils he eat. I lived with vegetarians at university so got in the habit of cooking and eating veggie and only started including more meat as time went by and we had more money to spare.
But.... mum is really upset about it. Convinced he will suffer malnutrition - says she's never met a healthy vegetarian MIL is even worse - insists that when she was a school dinner lady she could tell which kids were vegetarian as they were always thin and pale! She also suggested we cook lots of roast dinners as that will test his resolve and see if he's serious! WTF! As DH said, you wouldn't deliberately smoke in front of a smoker trying to give up the evil weed to 'test his resolve'.
Why would anyone object so strongly to this? I am quite cross with them both TBH.
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Why does DS1's choice to give up meat irritate and upset my mum and MIL so much?
IrianofWay · 30/08/2014 19:15
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