If you're a vegetarian/vegan, do you think your parents should make you cook meat for them?

by Raven Oktober Posted 2012/01/30 12:30:34

Related Topics: vegan, Cooking, Meat, Vegetarian, Parent, Cook, parents, meals

Read all 23 opinions

my parents, who are perfectly capable of cooking their own meals, say they respect my decision to become a vegetarian, and yet they still make me cook for them.

Sailor Jerry 2012/10/04 21:10:50

what it boils down to is your parents are lazy. tell them to do it themselves not because you're vegan, but because you're not their servant.

reply
Lydecho Rain (Лидия) 2012/06/25 17:22:39

My parents are vegetarian too, so I don't need to worry about it.

reply
Heather 2012/02/12 23:00:08

What? No, that doesn't even make sinse

reply
Muskoka 2012/01/30 18:46:18

+1
Absolutely not. If they are coming to your house to eat, they should be prepared to eat what you cook.

My daughter is a vegetarian and I am not. I eat what is being prepared at her home and it is always delicious.

reply
Monkey D. Luffy 2012/01/30 17:19:19

+2
Well, depends for what purpose you became a vegan/vegetarian..If I don't like meat because I respect animals and ending their life would be against my principles, then making me cook the meat should be like insulting my decision to be a vegetarian..

reply
Bingo's Faddah 2012/01/30 15:05:43
bones 2012/01/30 14:23:03

+1
If one of the agreements within the family is that you participate in cooking - then yes. You can turn the question around - if you are a vegan and your parents are not - should they cook only vegan for you?

reply
Bingo's... to bones 2012/01/30 15:01:54

Yep. If her parents are reasonable and fair your idea will bear fruit. Pun intended.

reply
Muskoka to bones 2012/01/30 18:47:39 (edited)

They should not cook only vegetables for her, but they should cook food that she will eat. It is a sign of respect.

That is how we do it in our family.

reply
JanHopkins 2012/01/30 14:06:20

+2
Yes. Family chores don't change just because you do. If you became a nudist you'd still have to chip in and do the laundry.

reply
Bingo's... to JanHopkins 2012/01/30 15:02:45

Very well thought out. Impressive.

reply
Lady Whitewolf 2012/01/30 13:32:07

YES.

reply
Wahvlvke 2012/01/30 13:19:01

+1
No ... you should do it withut being asked.

reply
Muskoka to Wahvlvke 2012/01/30 18:50:23 (edited)

I think that is totally wrong. You should not cook meat at all. They should be willing to eat a great meal at the childs home is they are vetetarian. There are many great meal to be had and one vegetarian mean will not hurt anyone.

We do that regularly in our family. When my daughter comes to visit, I cook meat, but I do make sure there is food that she can eat as well.

reply
Wahvlvke to Muskoka 2012/01/31 13:37:04

Well I guess we just disagree.

reply
U-Dog 2012/01/30 12:38:47

Unless you have terribly abusive parents who have you chained in the basement dungeon or something, it sounds to me like the least you could do considering all that they probably do for you.

reply
Raven O... to U-Dog 2012/01/30 12:44:28

not quite chained in the basement, but very close

reply
U-Dog to Raven O... 2012/01/30 12:57:15

Sorry to hear that, if you are serious then you might want to consider contacting someone that can help you.

reply
Raven O... to U-Dog 2012/01/30 12:59:36

i've tried. it doesnt work. what does is listening to my ipod & blocking all their bs out

reply
Muskoka to U-Dog 2012/01/30 18:51:13

I think that is totally wrong. You should not cook meat at all. They should be willing to eat a great meal at the childs home is they are vetetarian. There are many great meal to be had and one vegetarian mean will not hurt anyone.

We do that regularly in our family. When my daughter comes to visit, I cook meat, but I do make sure there is food that she can eat as well.

reply
U-Dog to Muskoka 2012/01/30 22:58:35

I would agree but her profile says she is 15 and I would assume that she is still living at home.

reply
Muskoka to U-Dog 2012/01/31 12:45:38

+1
If she is living at home, they she really should not even have posted the question. I should have checked her profile.

reply
Raven O... to Muskoka 2012/01/31 13:06:21

and why shouldn't i have posted it? i'm not trying to get out of doing household work. there's many other things i could do that would contribute to my household such as washing the dishes or doing laundry, but instead i'm forced to do something that disgusts me

reply