dealing with negative comments from family and boyfriends family??

If people are going to be rude enough to comment on your personal choices, there's nothing you can do about it other than be the bigger person. I know it's the typical answer, but the way to take the higher road is to just ignore their rudeness. If they ask you a barbed question, such as "So Jenny, how's your rabbit food?", just answer "It's delicious, thank you. How's yours?"

Eventually people get tired of being rude if they don't get a reaction (and I don't mean if you just take it passively - that's a reaction too when they can tell it hurts you).

Best of luck; sorry you have to put up with such a lack of manners from people so close to you.

Sometimes people feel threatened by vegetarians. Maybe your boyfriend's family thinks you're trying to change them or that you're saying their way of life is wrong.

The best thing to do is just ignore them. My husband's family can't seem to wrap their heads around me not eating meat, and they say some weird stuff to me, too. I just make it clear that it's a personal decision and I don't expect everyone else to choose the same lifestyle. I offer to bring my own food so no one has to do any extra work for me. If I act like it's not a big deal, there's no reason for them to have an attitude about it.

that's not acceptance. Accepting would be the parents learning when to keep their mouths shut. I'm sorry for your friend. At least he wasn't kicked out though. To me, it doesn't sound like there's any solution there, if the parents know he's gay and they say all that anyway. It's very disrespectful. I haven't had any personal experience with this situation, but it's pretty much the reason why I haven't come out yet. Good luck to your friend!

ask them if they have ever seen anyone die of cancer,then tell them their is a direct correlation between eating meat-especially red meat-and cancers of various kinds,particularly breast,colon and ovarian cancer.however,they seem needlessly mean and obtuse.i kno u care about ur boyfriend,but really,if these folks are ur future in laws-well,good luck-they will tell u everything u do is wrong!from eating to child raising.u might need to rethink this relationship,if its serious,or at least avoid his family.actually,vegetarianism isnt the real issue here-its just a smokescreen.the real issue is,that they obviously feel hostile to u and enjoy ganging up on u verbally and trying to make u feel bad.

Ask them about their high blood pressure, heart problems, high cholesterol. When My dad says anything about my dietary choices I just point at the pill bottles him and mom have to take, that shuts him up.

Just as politely, smile and tell them you just prefer not to use your body as a graveyard for decaying animal carcasses-that usually shuts up the clueless idiots who insist on trashing others for what they eat or don't eat.

Just ignore them. You can't let them effect your relationship. You might want to talk to him and ask him to talk to his family. My boyfriends family is civil with me because they know he loves me and I have done a lot for him. They used to call my "stuck up" and "spoiled," but he told them how it was. Now they respect us and our relationship. He even got into a fist fight with his brother for talking bad about me. So they know how serious we are about each other.

just laugh it of and come back with some comments of you'r own so u don't appear to be rattled by it don't lose you'r temper otherwise they've won

Next time, walk them through the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer. Bring pictures.

i broke up with boyfriends like that.