Getting emotional around meat.

SAME! It's weird, since I thought I would be, but my mum ONLY AND ALWAYS WILL buy free range.

It's very hard when our loved ones don't share the same level of compassion for animals, but may I ask why you felt you had to turn away so your mum did not see your emotion?? Would it not help to get the message across if she sees just how deeply affected you are?

To be honest, I've never witnesses anyone preparing any meat (since I am usually not around) but I do feel like crying whenever anyone mentions eating lamb or veal.

Yeah, I’m not sure why I did… I believe its because she would tell me to get over it and that it’s not going to stop her and my father eating meat, however I don’t believe she’d say it in a hurtful way or anything. Also she’d probably bring up that just because I’ve chosen not to eat meat doesn’t mean they have to stop eating it, and that its her house… so yeah

Also I have a feeling I’d appear to be more of a wuss in her eyes, and especially if my dad had seen. Like “If you can’t handle a piece of meat at your age, how are you going to cope in the real world???” kind of crap from my father.
See my mom was a vegetarian for nearly 8 years when she was young, but that was because eating meat would make her sick, not out of compassion. My dad however is a right carnivore and doesn’t understand why I’ve made these life choices, he also yells at me when I suggest to him he should have a bit of salad or steamed veggies instead of going back for another steak. *sigh*
I know in my heart I won’t ever be able to change the way my parents see things, however my little brother has started taking after me. He doesn’t eat much meat anyways due to him being a very picky eater and I have a feeling that when he can make the choice to be vege he will because he’s a lot like me and any type of animal cruelty upsets him.

I’m glad I’m not the only one that gets that upset! What you all are saying makes a lot of sense, that we see the animal for what it was when it was and omni’s see it as dinner.

I’ve been steering clear of the kitchen when my mom is preparing dinner these days, just makes it easier. I try to get my dinner made before she starts so the kitchen doesn’t stink of death when I’m cooking haha

I’m definitely looking forward to living with a bunch of veges! haha

I have to say I have so much admiration for you guys who live in families that do not share your beliefs and lifestyle. It takes a lot of courage to stick to it in the face of such opposition. I feel so lucky that the day I came home from school and announced I was going vegetarian, my mum and brother joined me. I actually find it hard to imagine living in a situation where the family is not supportive.

I get upset sometimes, but most of the time I feel ill from the smell of meat.. that gets to me the most. Sometimes I'll say something like 'eww!' or 'that's disgusting!' (as a reflex) then I get a lecture from my brother, or he'll act really immature and say 'eww!' EVERY time I prepare tofu! He's 30 and he acts like a 5 year old!
When my b/f and I go out for dinner (he's a meat-eater) I suggest meals to him. I know he won't change and I want to support him in his decision as much as he supports me with my vegetarianism... so I suggest meals to him, even if they have meat, because he's a bit silly when it comes to ordering a meal, he usually gets the extremely spicy meal by accident, so that's where I come in to help =)

okay this is a really old post, but it really got to me reading this, I thought i was the only one that got very emotional seeing meat. some meats don't get to me as much as others like hot dogs because they don't look like the animal but I do feel sick thinking of how they make them in a grinder.

a though a couple months ago my sister bought home an entire chicken carcass (minus the legs and head). and she often picks on me for my vegan ways and as she ate continued to go on about what happens at factory farming and even threw bits of it at me and chased me with a drumstick. and I know how terrible this sounds.. and it is she's a real... I won't say the word.
I'm usually able to hold back the tears or just go to a restroom to get some air but this time I ended up bursting into tears in front of her, my mother and her boyfriend that I'd only just met.
it was a really embarrassing situation and I didn't know other vegans went thought that too.

thank you so much for sharing!

i get upset when i see meat in my house [especially in my section of the freezer... grr] but my family is very supportive and willing to try stuff i cook. when i go shopping with my mother she lets me pick new things to try which is good. it does suck, having to be around meat though.

I wish my family were that supportive! My brothers are constantly slagging me off for not eating meat, whereas if I say so much as one animal related thing, they act like I'm trying to convert them. Guily concience much?

Even after my parents decided to go on a 12 week diet programme that would make them go vegetarian, they decided to adapt the menu so that they can eat fish and chicked most lunches... even after I'd said how happy it made me that they were willing to eat the way I do for a while.
-_-' Also, my dad regularly complains about having to buy vegetarian alternatives, since my family have meat as the central component for EVERY. SINGLE. MEAL.

My little brother pretty much eats nothing but meat, bread and lollies.