I have been vegan for almost two years now (anniversary on the 7th of November

), however I know I had a lot of trouble at the start finding things to eat, or having people understand what I could and couldn't eat and it would sometimes result in me breaking vegan.
For example one time when starting out my mum made a meal for me (I was living away from home, so she was so glad to be making me something) and she put a bit of honey in it for sweetener. I felt so bad because she was so proud of herself making a vegan meal for me and so happy to see me home that I ate it anyway.
My Mum now knows all the tricks to vegan cooking, and I never break vegan anymore but I was wondering if there are people out there with similar stories?
I know it certainly was tough back in the day, when first starting out as a vegetarian if I went to someones house who didn't know I was vegetarian all food had meat in it. Options: pick meat out or starve. Thank God that never happens anymore!