All vegans are a smart,evolved and similar lot, Aren't they?

A couple of days ago, I went into the mood of actually looking around Vegan blog land.I went around on a reading spree of all vegan blogs that I could possibly lay my hands on in the internet.
I was on one hand really pleasantly surprised and on the other hand kinda not surprised that all of us vegans are so similar on so many levels.
Vegans are like this Evolved thinking ethical group of people.
No, I am not saying this because I am vegan and I am bound to find my own kind more appealing.This is an unbiased opinion.
Most vegan blogs  that I read were very creative.Many of us in addition to liking to cook...were also very artistic.We like photography and surprisingly many of us love knitting for some reason..Cute..
Many of us are professionals.Almost of all of us are avid researchers, who read and research a lot before coming to conclusions.
Nice to know that we are smarties club..LOL.Made me feel good and Made me feel like I am not alone.
In the past three years , I have noticed that the number of vegan blogs has quadrapuled..which makes it even more easy for people wanting to turn vegan to look up recipes and get all inspired.
Becoming vegan is even more easier these days with more and more vegan supermarkets and restaurants opening up.
I see that more and more youngsters see the health benefits of a vegan diet and are willing to try it out..Makes me very happy that our younglings are so open minded and are so willing to try it out.
anyways...big hugs to everyone who is reading this...gotta go hit the shower now.

My vegan story

Well, I recently registered on Vegan represent dot com

They ask you  to first post a vegan story telling more about your vegan journey.


Here is what i posted there


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Here is the basic questionnaire I have been asked to answer while posting my vegan story.
- Why did you become vegan? Was it a bunch of reasons or one major one...gradual or instant?- When did you become vegan?
ANS. I became vegan two years ago.I have been ovo-lacto-vegetarian all my life before that ,primarily because my parents are ovo-lacto-vegetarian .At the age of fourteen i watched a video of pigs being slaughtered and hair pulled out of live pigs to make paint brushes.That video left a deep impression on my mind.I had ever since wanted to completely go vegan.I finally did the deed of going fully vegan 2 years ago.

- How has it affected relationships with friends, family, etc...?- What challenges did /do you face and how you dealt/dealing with them?

ANS.Even as an ovo-lacto-vegetarian. I  have had to order special meals at restaurants and on plane rides and at parties etc...
Now that i have vegan, It has gotten a wee lil bit more finicky,that's all.
Eitherways,I have always been the avoider of boring mundane parties where all people do is gossip about dumb ,nosy stuff .Being vegan has given me an excuse to avoid the idle talk with even more conviction now.

I have meat eating friends, many of them are online ones.Since I don't meet them in person, their meat eating doesn't affect me on such a personal level.I am sure that if i went out with meat eating friends, special accommodations from both sides might need to be made.So far,I  have avoided most such outings though.

My family is fantastic.My friends at work??Well!They work,I work.I am a kickass doctor(wink,wink)They respect me for that..end of story..
I really don't go out eating with them or anything.
Sometimes it gets awkward, yes,especially when someone goes and gets takeaway food for everyone  while all of us are pulling a long busy work shift.But, who cares!
My beliefs are important to me,Especially since I am the one who has had the conviction to sacrifice taste for ethics.
I am proud of my decisions,which helps a lot while defending yourself  when your non vegan friends quite unnecessarily give you a hard time..I think they do that coz  they secretly feel guilty..LOL

- What have you found easy/hard?

ANS.I travel a lot , so sometimes while eating at restaurants.Oftentimes, I end up needing to take time to first ask about the ingredients being put into the dish.
I often also have to pore over food labels on processed food packets at the supermarket.
But I am used to doing those both to a large extent by now..NO biggie
I thought that giving up cheese and eggs would be a big thing and that I would go into relapse because of that..But, surprisingly,in the two years that I have given up cheese and eggs so far,I haven't really craved for either one of them at all.That came as a surprise to me.The fact that I didn't crave for them at al surprised mel.I thought that a cheese craving would make me relapse or some such.That didn't happen.
But then, living alone and cooking (greatly tasting) vegan meals without others eating eggs or cheese in front of you probably helps a lot in not craving them at all.

- What has brought you to VEgan Represent?

One other user on another Animal rights forum cross posted something for me here upon my request..I followed along and I liked it here.I registered :)
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Why i will only date a fellow vegan

Well,
I am a 31 yr old female physician
As if, finding a smart man to deal with a smart woman is not enough,I now have a 'vegan clause' to my dating rules!!!!
I came to this decision only after much thought; that ,unless the guy is vegan I won't date him.Why?Because I want peace in my life.Because I want peace in my own home.
I can't forever witness meat being cooked or eaten in my home each day and yet get turned on by the same guy each night(or day or afternoon) in bed.I would totally be turned off If I watched my partner eat meat each day; to such an extent that I will fail to respond sexually to him in bed.
Plus, having kids with a meat eater and then trying to fight over whether to led kids eat meat or not is another headache.
I am an ethical vegan and therefore..I might find it hard to connect on an emotional and sexual level with a man who thinks it is fine to eat meat .ya know!
It will take a little bit of DISCONNECT in my mind to be with someone sexually while clearly knowing that they have no problem unnecessarily killing and eating animals while my own beliefs are quite the opposite.
So,I have  rejected a lot of attractive men.including some doctors just for the case that they are not vegan.
I don't know if i am being stupid by doing this.I don't know if I am narrowing my chances of finding a mate drastically by choosing to date only vegan.But see,I know my psyche, I know my mentality.If in my own home, I have to go through the torture of witness animal body parts being seared..that is a big breach of comfort level for me.So,If i am narrowing my chances of ever finding a mate...so be it


But,trust me.I don't regret my decision.It is better to sit in the kitchen and eat alone>> some healthy food than to live on a day to day basis with a meat eater and then undergo stress each day.
A peaceful life alone is better than a stressful life with a partner whose sense of ethics is miles apart from mine.