Going out to eat with people who don't know me well, is always an adventure. Usually goes something like this?
"Wine, Beer?"
<No Thank You>
"What you don't drink?"
<Nope, Never have>
"Why? Just a sip, won't hurt ya?"
Hello....Peer Pressure didn't work when I was a teen, its certainly not going to work in my 30's
--------------------------Time for food-----------------------------------
"What, you don't eat meat?"
<NO, I don't>
"But you eat fish, right?"
<Nope, don't eat fish>
"That soup is chicken broth, theirs no meat in it"
<No Thank You>
"Its just bacon bits"
<I'll pass, but thank you for offering>
------------------------Then its dessert time ----------------------------
"What would you like?"
<Nothing, thank you>
"Really?, you don't want dessert? It doesn't have meat in it"
<No but it has eggs and dairy>
"So?"
<I don't eat those either>
"Why?"
<Long story, maybe sometime I'll share>
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"Did you see that show with......"
<No, I've never heard of it>
"How could you not, its on every Thursday"
<I don't watch TV>
"What do you mean you don't watch TV? How is that possible"
<Because I don't have TV, so I don't watch it>
---------------------------Then I get the Big Look--------------------------
"Don't drink, don't eat meat, no dessert, no TV, Well what do you do??"
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Usually at this point in the conversation, I smile kindly and turn to talk to someone else that already knows me and doesn't ask so many questions.... Just once, Once I'd like to say...
"Well Actually I eat food from sources that don't require animals being killed. I avoid chemicals, Cow Puss, hormones and antibiotics. I eat the best most delicious foods from the plants, grains, nuts and fruits that God provides. And can make my own desserts that fill me up with goodness, energy and nutrition.
I Drink Green Smoothies, and water, instead of mind altering beverages, and choose to be myself no matter what my day dishes. If tea or choco coffee is a treat, then I shall partake, because it tastes good and not because I want to become someone I am not.
Instead of TV I spend time crafting, playing with my child, talking to Hubby, playing games, reading books, updating my family via blogs, going on caterpillar hunts, building forts, going to parks, farmers markets, hiking in the mountains, walking a beach, Running, Jogging, shopping, Biking, and visiting enjoyable destinations. I take pictures and love... I love a lot.. I feel good and live pain free, I feed my body with the fuel it needs to operate efficiently.
And I'm happy this way... So unless you want me to ask you 1000 questions while your trying to eat your artery clogging, coma inducing foods, I'd suggest you take your questions of me and stick them where the turkey baster goes"
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But see, I'll never really say that... It would be fun, just once though, wouldn't it?
