Have you converted anyone?

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have you managed to convert anyone to become vegetarian/vegan?
Or has someone converted you?
If so how?
(I'd like to convert someone, can't see it happening though)

You want to convert someone to veganism but plan on trying to eat animal produce yourself later on.
Oookay......
You sound awfully confused OP lol

Well, I think there are different meanings to the idea of “converting”. I “converted” a few people to vegetarianism when I was vegan. Not by having a go, but by answering their questions to me about the diet and my reasons. Many people are ignorant of the realities of the meat and dairy industry,, and shocked when they find out.

I NEVER preached, or started a conversation about why I was vegan. Usually I’d be replying to someone who criticised me, or told me I couldn’t be healthy. But I was relatively well informed about vegan nutrition so it did make some people think. I’m now vegetarian, my DD is a dairy free vegetarian and I know she speaks to her friends about her reasons when they ask.

We are all influenced in various ways by those around us. Keeping an open mind and learning from our friends is pretty normal. I was influenced by a group of vegans when I was a teenager. I respected them, did my research, and made a decision to be vegetarian.

Hey he's an amazing cook.....he's always made the best dinners out of the two of us, I'm not a selfish whatever just because he's better than me. This isn't like a major tragedy in life for me, was meant to be a little more light hearted

No, been veggie whole life, dh only recently became veggie, entirely his choice after over 10 years together, never tried to convert and coerce him, don't think he would of been impressed!

Can he not still make dinner occasionally but make it vegetarian for you?

I recently converted one sibling to Below Deck and another to Waitrose Speculaas biscuits.

Why don't you just convert for him?

Glitterstick

Like I said, eating meat doesn't offend me, I get humans are omnivores, it's the industry

Yawn!

I converted my hairdresser's neighbour to Satanism.

Yes I'm vegan, my long term partner had been vegetarian for many years. I suggested they try vegan and see if it is a fit for them and they've been vegan over a year now and wouldn't look back. Many vegetarians are already ethically on the same page as vegans and would like to give up eggs and dairy as they're aware ethically it's not something they support but are just worried about the practicalities. I find cooking delicious vegan food and sharing it is a good way to encourage people to make whatever changes are right for them. Even my family who are all complete omnivores will eat more veggie and vegan options now as a bit of a balance though wouldn't ever give up meat completely but that's a good thing for them and for the animals and the environment just to have more variety and less meat.

I recently converted one sibling to Below Deck

that's basically crack! I binged all series of below deck and below deck med in a ridiculously short amount of time!

I may try to convert you to the joys of MEAT

I converted DH into a cat lover and now we have so many cats we can barely remember their names. Still room for more, tho.

You want to convert someone to veganism but plan on trying to eat animal produce yourself later on.

It's not a confused position to not support modern farming methods but be happy to eat meet that you have have reared yourself to guarantee high welfare standards and humane slaughter.

It's quite a mainstream animal welfare stance really.

poutysprout. How did you do that?

Quite easy to drop gently into conversation. Eg at work when someone has to buy coffee for the team. I’ve said I’m happy to pick some up but would have to be non-Nestle. Most will ask why, and then I explain it gently and they tend to get on board. Ditto baby groups and the school PTA.

DD converted the breakfast club staff aged 6, when she said she would only eat toast because they only had Nestle cereals, and she didn’t want to eat that. They asked why, she told them they weren’t nice to babies in poor countries and they looked into it and changed to other cereals.

Cook him delicious veggie/vegan food and don't preach etc. Let him decide for himself.

Blanche m

I'm a crap cook, just bung stuff together and hope for the best, he's great, he's always accommodated my veganism as I have his eating meat....it hasn't caused a major catastrophe in our relationship.
He has had a bit of quorn you know

Poutysprout, I'd be amazed if you don't use lots of things that Nestle have made. Have you googled what companies do Nestle own?

Don't see why he is incapable of cooking good meals without animal products if he can cook an entire meal, as most meals consist of more than just meat, fish or dairy.

No need to convert anybody, he just has to think outside the notion that animal products are essential in every mouthful.

Poutysprout en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nestlé_brands

I used to be vegan and went on a date with a fellow vegan once but didn’t tell him I was vegan beforehand. He started to attempt to convert me to veganism, I just let him carry on because I found it so amusing. He sounded like a sanctimonious piece of shit tbh, it was hilarious especially at the end when I told him I already was a vegan .

So no, I haven’t tried to ‘convert’ anyone and wouldn’t. Note: it makes you sound like a pretentious bigoted cunt.

This is why no one likes vegans

If you're a crap cook it's going to be a non starter for most people. No offense. I'm (not being braggy) quite a good cook. And I enjoy making nice food as an expression of love for people. I'm teaching a cooking group (on a voluntary basis) this month locally for women who may want to gain confidence with low cost, plant based foods. This kind of thing - coming to where people are at, showing healthy, tasty and budget friendly food, that is vegan almost as an afterthought - is where I spend my energy on "converting". It's not even converting really, just giving more options and empowering people to make a choice if the option is tasty, healthy and fits their life. I don't think any kind of words can change minds, as a vegan myself I won't even watch all those documentaries people suggest to change minds (just like as a socialist I don't watch poverty porn on channel 5 - I don't enjoy needless cruelty). Ask you partner to help you learn to be a better cook maybe?

Is veganism now a religious cult? Am I going to get people knocking on my door trying to convince me to convert? If so I’m going to have a carccus outside my front door to keep them away.

I don't mind advice, ive tried numerous times but end up craving meat so badly it hurts, plus when I've been on vegan sites the lecturing makes me want to go up yours give me a steak x