To have pointed out to super enthusiast vegan where pearls come from?

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I went out with some friends today and one of them bought a friend of hers we'd not met before. She would not let up with the vegan stuff - kept lecturing us about where our meat came from, how cows were tortured to make our cheese, how hens were mistreated to lay our eggs etc. etc. it was embarrassing - our poor friend who'd bought her along was obviously mortified. She said later that she knew they were vegan but had never heard them talking like that before.

Finally I'd had enough and asked her about her necklace saying it was beautiful and were the pearls real... she confirmed they were and I said "Oh that really surprises me that a vegan would wear something from a living creature round her neck"

Astonishingly she didn't know where pearls came from and believe me we took some pleasure telling her how oysters were cut open and the pearls were taken from their bodies....

We all ate our ice cream in peace

Bravo.

Nothing worse than someone forcing their worldview on others in what’s supposed to be a relaxed social gathering.

She learnt a valuable lesson today! 😂😂

Brilliant OP. Love it

Nothing worse than a sanctimonious vegan. I mean there's nothing wrong with being vegan of course but their worthiness is so painful!

(Appreciate that not all vegans are worthy and sanctimonious but I've yet to meet one who wasn't, sadly).

Aha ha fucking ha! I have no issue with vegans btw but I hate when people are so self-righteous as though they are perfect in every way.

I'd have done very similar op. Vegans who announce their veganism in every sentence annoys me, more than they should. I counter with my food (mostly i admit) comes from within 20 miles of my house

Oh those sort of vegans that wear jewellery like gold and diamond from mines that scar the planet. Or wear jeans made from cotton that destroys ecosystems. Or has a smart phone and the battery is made from lithium that's mined by children. Gotcha!!

And well done on picking her up on her sanctimonus blathering.

Was she drinking vegan wine/alcohol?

Love it, but like when religious people have a pick and mix view to the bible 😂

As a vegan, I can promise you, we are not all pushy arseholes like this. In fact I have friends who I knew for months/years who didn't know I was vegan until it came up when we were ordering food or something. I would have loved to have been there when you put her right in her place about the pearls!

@VestibuleVirgin she was drinking water! Oddly enough she didn't get round to commenting on our drinks

I honestly don't have a problem with people choosing to limit their diet for whatever reason but I do have a problem when they try it impose it on me and prevent me enjoying my lunch.

Nobody likes being lectured and nagged. Do whatever you want with your own life but don't bore the tits off everyone with a condescending monologue on menu choices and drinks and outfits etc.
I don't necessarily disagree with her, but everyone can their own choices. People these days are pretty clued up about where their food comes from. They don't need speeches on days out.
Hope the rest of the day was fun!

Hi, it's me. The vegan who makes tuna sandwiches and scrambled eggs for her DH almost daily because his diet is his business.

thick as well as a total absence of social skills

Am a jeweller and pearls honestly make me heave.
Had to do an in-depth project on them for uni and went down a rabbit hole on the subject. Horrible.

@Illpickthatup Don't worry I've got plenty of friends who are vegan and plenty of vegeterians in my own family but not one of them has ever lectured me about my food choices. I was actually quite shocked that she was so rude.

And your aibu is?

I only know 5 vegans and I've never witnessed them lecturing anyone.

If anything, they get pissed off with all the questions people tend to ask them, if they find out.

I genuinely can't see how a 'super enthusiastic' vegan wouldn't have known where pearls come from.

You probably have met them but you just didn’t realise they were vegan precisely because they didn’t go on about it.