Being A Vegetarian Is not Easy!

Will The Change Be Good For You?

How Will Your Family, Friends Or Work Colleagues React?

Consider The Social Implications and Your Career!

Being A Vegetarian Is A Lifestyle Decision That Will Influence Your Life!

Importantly, you must consider those people close to you such as friends, family, and work colleagues and how it affects them.

Being a Vegetarian Can Place You under Enormous Social Pressures

Often you will be the odd one out. You will have a transitional period of adjustment to go through that may well take years. Along the way, you will meet with many negative situations just because you are a vegetarian. You must be prepared for conflict and be able to cope with a multitude of difficult, uncomfortable situations along your journey.

Reverting To a Non-Vegetarian

Many people do revert to “normal” eating due to temptation after good intentions.

Others revert due to pressure and to certainly make their life easier or they want compatibility in marriage. New mothers may strongly believe it is the right thing to do for their newborn to ensure they receive all the correct nutrition.

Will You Be Rejected for Being A Vegetarian?

Some people just cannot willingly accept that you are a vegetarian and will try to certainly make your life miserable, especially if they can play to an enthusiastic audience and make you feel bad!

Eating Out Maybe a Problem

Eating out has its own unique set of problems that you have to suitably resolve to a point where you are satisfied the food you are going to eat is “safe”. However, how do you set about proving or finding out details about the food? You cannot always plan ahead of a visit to a restaurant. Do you trust the crucial information obtained once you have completed your fact-finding? There will always be doubt and you just have to live with it and get on with your life.

Will Close Friends Make A Special Effort Just for You?

When eating at a friends home, you know they will have to make a special effort just for you as they do their best to cater for your dietary preference and you may see yourself as a nuisance and feel uncomfortable.

Social Situations and Meeting Strangers

Social situations can present unclear hurdles when meeting people for the first crucial time, as inevitably you will break the news that you are a vegetarian. An unpleasant situation may develop when you are with a group of individuals who you know are mostly meat eaters. Someone suggests going to the local steak restaurant; what do you do then? You do not want to spoil their meal and expect them to change their minds and hope to find a restaurant that suitable for you. Maybe you go to the restaurant and hope they can prepare you a suitable meal. Maybe you break away from the group and eat elsewhere or make an excuse to leave. Either way you feel bad and so do they!

Will Your Business Clients And Valued Customers Approve?

Your work involves meeting new clients and customers or you are a business client or customer. Entertainment and dining are expected. Will the simple fact that you are a vegetarian have a negative impact upon the business you are trying to get?

Will You Still Get Promotion?

The big boss, for the first crucial time, may invite you to dinner at his home with his family. It maybe your first social engagement with him and he does not know you are a vegetarian. You also know there is a vacant slot you can fill in the promotion ladder and this maybe the unexpected opportunity you have been waiting for. You do not want to do anything that will purposely cause a negative situation. How do you suitably conclude this particular matter?

Travelling and Foreign Countries

Travelling and staying in hotels in your country or abroad can be a worry and can be an ordeal. Before you do anything, you will specially want to find out about the food on offer where you are staying. You need to know what the local cuisine has in store for you. What if travelling abroad is a spur of the moment business decision and you have to rely upon someone else to make your booking arrangements. Maybe the business you presently work for considers hotel meals too expensive and you have to make your own arrangements to eat. You could be in a foreign country and unable to read or clearly speak their language; what do you do then?