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    Is it compatible with ethical veganism to buy an omnivore a non-vegan meal?

    The general rule I think on paying for dates is that whoever asks/invites should pay, whatever their gender! So if you want to ask her out then yes, you are on the hook for paying. I think poivron's suggestion of going to a fully vegan restaurant is the best answer here. Whoever asks/invites...
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    Abnormal shift in views

    I don't think you're a weirdo! Animals eating other animals is a completely different thing to humans eating other animals though. For lots of reasons! Animals do it to survive, we can easily survive without eating meat or animal products, especially in the wealthy western world Animals...
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    How vegan are you?

    How?
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    How vegan are you?

    Y, N, N I don't think veganism expects you to turn down meat when you need it to survive! The point is that in our day to day lives in the 21st century we don't need it to survive so we have a choice. Crashed in the Andes? Less choice.
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    Best vegan cheese for melting

    I'm in the UK, but thanks anyway, I'm sure I can find a stockist.
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    Best vegan cheese for melting

    Thanks very much! I'm not planning on eating fake cheese regularly, but this is a bit of a long standing tradition and it'll also be my 'coming out' to my friends as vegan so I feel like it will be good to go with it at least for the first time. Where do you buy the Daiya cheese?
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    Best vegan cheese for melting

    Hi all, I have some friends round in a few days, we normally order pizza when we get together but I've just recently gone vegan so will need a bit of adjustment! Can anybody recommend a good vegan cheese substitute that melts well and works on pizza? Thanks.
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    Vegan pet owners

    I am facing this issue soon too. My dogs are 12 and 13 years old and I don't want to change their diet drastically. At the moment, as I am a very new vegan they are eating all the meat out of my freezer so are very happy right now! I think the way to deal with this for me will be to buy dog...
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    Hello from hull - charity dilemma

    Is it a medical research charity? If so I would donate.
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    Any older newbies about?

    Anyway, I have 8 family members coming to visit today for lunch. My parents already know and have been wonderfully understanding (sort of, they bought me a membership to the vegetarian society which came with a recipe book full of meals containing eggs, butter, cream etc. but that's a...
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    Any older newbies about?

    I can definitely relate to that 'no going back' feeling Forest Nymph, as soon as I read the part of the book that 'converted' me I knew completely and without doubt that was it, and that meat/eggs/dairy even though I had always loved eating them up to then would never again hold any kind of...
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    What has been your biggest challenge in transitioning to a vegan diet?

    I'm sorry, I don't want to preach but I have to say something about the soda! I used to be totally addicted to it too, but in the last 6 months I have lost two teeth and had 4 fillings in other teeth entirely as a result of drinking too much of it. Even the diet/sugar free stuff (which is what...
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    Any older newbies about?

    I'm not looking to thin my circle of friends, I like my friends and its not based on what they eat!
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    Any older newbies about?

    Thanks guys, some really helpful stuff here!
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    Any older newbies about?

    " I thought all my friends would be supportive, and that when they learned what I had learned about factory farms, they, too, would go vegan" See, I'm not expecting that at all! It took something quite specific to prompt me in to this decision, I already knew a lot of the arguments in favour...
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    Any older newbies about?

    Hi, I am soon to be 33 and have always been a happy omnivore until a few days ago when I read something that has changed my outlook on meat/animal products completely. I decided on the spot that I would need to go vegan or as close as possible. I think people are going to be a bit surprised...