What age did you go vegetarian?

[RascalsMom]

Vegetarian at 14, vegan at 18. Just wish I had "seen the light" sooner.

 

[Freesia]

The Dude is my hero.

 

[Spang]

In my 90s.

 

[Mr Crunchy]

Vegetarian at 14, vegan at 18. Just wish I had "seen the light" sooner.

Well, I went veggie at age 49 and I thought the same thing. You are waaaay ahead of me!

 

[Danielle]

I wish I was raised vegan and brought up in a vegan world that has lab grown meat for true carnivores* at an affordable price
Oh well. I can only dream.
*Ferrets, cats, etc.

 

[Chryssie]

I was in my mid 50's before I finally made the decision to become vegetarian. My husband and I changed lifestyles together and though we are not "together" any longer, we are both still vegetarian. We were vegan for a time but I admit I have "slipped" a bit and now consider myself a strict vegetarian

 

[Pirate]

I wanted to go vegetarian as soon as I knew it was a thing. I wish I'd had more balls and not let my mother say "no", it was only when I was 16 I had the courage to go tell her I was doing it anyway (then saw the light at 20 and went vegan)

 

[SummerRain]

I wanted to go vegetarian as soon as I knew it was a thing.

Yeah me too. I remember when I was eight telling my mum I was going to be vegetarian when I was 12, because 12 seemed like a grown up enough age to make that kinda decision. I went vegetarian at 11 so I guess 8 year old me was fairly wise!

Interesting, if you lump them together 10-20 has the most results, but it's more spread out in the later years than I thought it would be.

 

[AeryFairy]

Vegetarian at 14, vegan at 20. Quite common ages I think. My mum wasn't particularly supportive to start with but I was a very stubborn teenager.

 

[Mischief]

Well, I went veggie at age 49 and I thought the same thing. You are waaaay ahead of me!

Indeed! When I look back, I can't figure out why it took me so long.

 

[Blobbenstein]

I was brought up mainly vegetarian, actually decided at 9, in 1979.

 

[PTree15]

Indeed! When I look back, I can't figure out why it took me so long.

This. I wanted to go veggie in my teens, when I met the veggie sister of the guy I was dating, but my mom was like, nooooo.

 

[Amy SF]

When I was a kid I was very small and skinny. Underweight, even. Had I wanted to become a vegetarian (veganism was unknown to me then) before adulthood, my SAD-loving parents would have been aghast and refused to allow it. I didn't cook, but had I tried it anyway, my mother probably would have sneaked meat into everything I ate. Even today, every time my 88 year old mother sees me, she's convinced I've lost weight and thinks I'm a little malnourished because of my diet. But she doesn't cook anymore, so I don't have to worry about meat sneaked into whatever I eat at her house.

 

[Mr Crunchy]

Indeed! When I look back, I can't figure out why it took me so long.

And to be fair (to myself), I did "get it" at an early age and went vegetarian twice before; once around age 25 and again at 33, for about 6 months each time. It didn't "stick" for various reasons I won't go into. Suffice it to say that where I live it is much easier to be veg*n now than it was back in 1985.

Better late than never!

 

[thefadedone]

Vegetarian at 14, vegan at 18. Just wish I had "seen the light" sooner.

I really wish I knew about the horrors and truth of it all , especially the truth about the dairy industry at a younger age. I went vegetarian before I went vegan, but had I known the truth I would've gone straight vegan. Even when I went vegan I still didn't know what I know now. I went vegan when I found out about the pus and blood in milk, and what whey and casein really were. (Thankfully I never liked eggs and always thought they were nauseating.) The whole "ick" factor pushed me over and the ethical part sealed the deal.

 

[Blobbenstein]

I think it would have been interesting if I had gone strict vegetarian whilst I was at school...I might have actually had the beans....they had baked beans every day, I think, but I never had them. It was either pizza and chips, or cheese pastie and chips.

 

[thefadedone]

I think it would have been interesting if I had gone strict vegetarian whilst I was at school...I might have actually had the beans....they had baked beans every day, I think, but I never had them. It was either pizza and chips, or cheese pastie and chips.

On toast?

 

[shyvas]

On toast?

We'd never had toast at school only at home. I can't imagine making toast for so many school children.

 

[Snowcone]

We'd never had toast at school only at home. I can't imagine making toast for so many school children.

I'm thinking of a toaster that fits an entire loaf of bread at once right now.

 

[KLS52]

I worked in a school cafeteria for awhile. We toasted bread on huge baking sheets in huge ovens. I wish I had an oven that big.