• theangryseal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a man who fed a vegan child for 8 years…no. Vegan meals cost way more.

    That one kid cost as much as two non vegan kids to feed.

    Maybe it was because I was buying what she said to buy.

    Fortunately when her mom tearfully said, “please be a vegetarian until you grow up and buy your own food.” she went with it.

    It was a nightmare feeding her separate from the rest of us, but I respected her choices. I had to cook two meals every evening. That was rough.

    Glad she’s grown and off at college. I miss her but I don’t miss all that extra work.

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      1 year ago

      You should’ve asked for help from the vegan community - it could’ve been really easy. :(

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        1 year ago

        You’re right.

        It wasn’t just the vegan thing though. My kid is autistic and absolutely wouldn’t eat anything other than what she put on her list. Like to the point we had to get her help.

        I guess that’s something I shouldn’t have left out. It just wasn’t something that even crossed my mind as I made the comment.

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      1 year ago

      It’s interesting that while you were making this up you couldn’t decide whether your kid was vegetarian or vegan. You’d think with cooking two separate meals every night you’d be familiar with the difference.