angela_jane
Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2005
- Posts
- 17
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2005
- Messages
- 17
It's only been a two weeks of complete non-meat/dairy/egg eating, but I have never felt so happy or just plain good in my life. I've been off beef and pork since I was 14 (I'm 23 now so it's been almost 10 years), but could never let go of the chicken.
Well, 3 weekends ago I went to a Dave Matthews Band show (at the Gorge, in Washington). One my friends was volunteering for Mercy for Animals and had pamplets and dvds she was handing out. I didn't read mine till that Tuesday. We had just gotten home from a long weekend of camping and living off chicken dogs, I had even had 2 regular hotdogs that weekend because the venue only took cash and for some reason both nights we only had 10 bucks, and the cheapest thing to eat was a 5 dollar hotdog. Anyway, we got back to our place, my husband jumped in the shower and I sat down.
And there in front of me was the pamplet I had been avoiding all weekend. So... I picked it up. Page one was mostly info, page two started in on the chickens. I had no idea what I was in for, I had tears in my eyes (I get them now thinking abou it), by page 3 I was completely converted. My husband came out at about that point and I looked at him, barely said "Baby... the chickens... it's so.. mean" and started bawling. I cried, I cried like a 7 year old girl!!!
Needless to say my husband threw away the DVD before I could get to it, it took me a week to read the rest of the pamplet, and my husband (without actuallly reading any of it, just trusting my reaction) has decided to join me on my vegetarian journey.
The first thing I thought of was this board. I don't post a lot, mostly because I'm not online alot, but I like to think my two guineas (Legolas and Gandolf) had a HUGE part in my convertion. I think about how much I love them, and how I've love them no matter what animal they were, I love them for them. So how in the world can I justify eating any living being? Let alone torturing and killing any being?
Ok, I'll get off my soap box!!!I am just really excited to have a place where I can find out all the info I need on my lovely piggies, and find whatever I might need to know about my new veggie lifestyle!
All smiles!!
Angela
Well, 3 weekends ago I went to a Dave Matthews Band show (at the Gorge, in Washington). One my friends was volunteering for Mercy for Animals and had pamplets and dvds she was handing out. I didn't read mine till that Tuesday. We had just gotten home from a long weekend of camping and living off chicken dogs, I had even had 2 regular hotdogs that weekend because the venue only took cash and for some reason both nights we only had 10 bucks, and the cheapest thing to eat was a 5 dollar hotdog. Anyway, we got back to our place, my husband jumped in the shower and I sat down.
And there in front of me was the pamplet I had been avoiding all weekend. So... I picked it up. Page one was mostly info, page two started in on the chickens. I had no idea what I was in for, I had tears in my eyes (I get them now thinking abou it), by page 3 I was completely converted. My husband came out at about that point and I looked at him, barely said "Baby... the chickens... it's so.. mean" and started bawling. I cried, I cried like a 7 year old girl!!!
Needless to say my husband threw away the DVD before I could get to it, it took me a week to read the rest of the pamplet, and my husband (without actuallly reading any of it, just trusting my reaction) has decided to join me on my vegetarian journey.
The first thing I thought of was this board. I don't post a lot, mostly because I'm not online alot, but I like to think my two guineas (Legolas and Gandolf) had a HUGE part in my convertion. I think about how much I love them, and how I've love them no matter what animal they were, I love them for them. So how in the world can I justify eating any living being? Let alone torturing and killing any being?
Ok, I'll get off my soap box!!!I am just really excited to have a place where I can find out all the info I need on my lovely piggies, and find whatever I might need to know about my new veggie lifestyle!
All smiles!!
Angela
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