In college, like many other young Americans, I stopped eating meat. Proud of my animal-friendly ways, I told other vegetarians that I had become one of them. They seemed interested and asked how long I had been vegetarian.
“Well, only a few weeks.”
“[scoff] That doesn’t count.”
[Katy feels disappointed.]
This frustrated me because I intended to be a vegetarian indefinitely. Eventually I came up with this response,
“You know what. At some point, you too were a vegetarian for only 5 weeks.”
This shut up those snobby vegetarians.
What does vegetarianism have to do with blogging?
As I tell friends and acquaintances that I started a blog, many ask “How long have you been blogging?” The common response to my answer of “a few weeks” is a scoff. If a blogger says this to me, I can use my vegetarian response, “At some point you were a blogger for only a few weeks.” But unlike vegetarianism, non-bloggers (analogous to carnivores) ask me the same question.
Any ideas for a smart retort?
In case you are wondering, I am no longer a vegetarian but still love veggies! I lasted three years — part of that time I was in the meat-and-potatoes country of Hungary, where I was served a whole tomato and hunk of cheese at a fancy restaurant as the vegetarian meal. I started eating meat after running into some health problems. I had “significantly low” hemoglobin levels. With massive doses of iron and the occasional hamburger, I have tons more energy and sleep 1-2 hours less per night.
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