12. People are insulted if you won’t eat their food when visiting them, and think you’re a hassle if you tell them what to cook for you.

13. Because when you say you’re veg, people always scream: “But the cows would take over the earth if we didn’t eat them!”

14. People assume you’ll be offended by every little thing.

15. Due to your vegan, non-violence philosophy you must restrain yourself from strangling your co-worker when he tells the “screaming tomatoes” joke for the fifteenth time.

16. You are trying to have a conversation with someone who talks very softly and has just eaten a plate of barbeque.

17. After getting to know you for your sparkling personality (not to mention stunning good looks) people act stunned and tricked when you finally get around to mentioning you’re a vegan. You desperately try to think of a good attention-grabbing remark to fill the awkward silence. It’s times like these when i wish i was gay.

18. After becoming a vegan, you feel healthier; need less sleep, and are able to tackle any challenge that comes your way. In other words, you are no longer the lazy, procrastinating pig that your friends and family have grown to know and tolerate.

19. People think that if you don’t eat meat, eggs, or dairy that you must have some kind of eating disorder.

20. People think that you must be anemic or have some other sickness if you’re vegan. You just can’t be getting proper nutrition! They keep pointing out, “You look kind of pale today” or “You look tired” or “Are you feeling okay? Are you really feeling okay?”

21. Someone you work with ACTUALLY SAYS (and, no, I’m not kidding), “You can’t be vegan and healthy.” And while you’re trying to get over the shock of this statement, he adds, “Vegetarians eat too many vegetables.” (I had no idea there was such a thing.)

22. People assume that being vegan means you don’t do anything unhealthy, like eat chocolate or drink, so when you do those things, they act all shocked.