My dad's extended family takes my vegatarianism a few steps further. I hear stuff like..."Children in Africa are starving, they wish they could eat meat!" or "That vegetarian stuff is for crazy people!" When I was little and used to sleep over at one of my cousins house, my aunt and paternal grandma used to MAKE me eat meat!
They made me eat all kinds of foods and I had to eat everything on my plate. Now, eating everything YOU put on YOUR plate is acceptable. Who likes people to waste their food?