You may have gotten the feeling I am embarrassed or shy about talking about this monthly challenge. This is not the case. Personally, I find it annoying to listen to people discuss their dietary restrictions. It's probably the most boring conversation you can have, and it is completely vain and one sided. The other person can't add anything to the discussion unless they are similarly afflicted.
Or you open yourself up to all sorts of philosophical discussions with people. When I mentioned it off-hand to someone whom I know casually, it ends up giving them a chance to make a casual quip, or a dumb and uninformed remark. Some people get their backs up discussing this issue; it's as though they find vegans personally offensive. Again, I want to state that despite my heavy handed comments, I am not against veganism but I have definitely concluded it's not for me. I don't want to open that can of worms, and rather than do so I keep away from the topic entirely, unless it comes up naturally. But it's not a conversation I want to have, especially since I don't have an actual reason for doing it. I am not morally opposed and it is not for my heath. "Just because" isn't always a good enough answer.
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