How do people react to you being raw?

[Fruitarianone]

I generally don't tell people I'm a Fruitarian but when people notice that I always eat fruit then they automatically assume I'm gonna drop down dead and it often feels like they are just counting the minutes! How do people react to you?

[Revvell]

The've learned to support me.

When I first became vegetarian 19 years ago, one person told me I'd be dead w/in a year. Guess I fooled him.

It's like anything else. When someone does something differently, it scares people who don't have a clue. Usually when someone sees me eat they are jealous at all the beautiful colors on my plate.

Life is good, isn't it? :)

R.

[Rawkinlocs]

Most support me and say things like, "Oh that's good, but I don't think I could do that" or something like that. I don't usually announce it anyway...but if it does come up, I haven't received much flack as of late. In the early stages, my sister-in-law said it was to extreme and we weren't even raw yet...we were just getting into vegetarianism! But after a while, I found her doing some research on it herself and she started showing an interest (which was VERY short-lived).

[Fruitarianone]

It's funny because once people know they try to be as thought full as they can but there's always that one loud mouth that want to shout out their raw jokes in front of every body :D

[Angelina]

I've (as I am sure everyone has) gotten mixed emotions..I am soo grateful for those people that accept and appreciate that I am doing something great for me,like my mom who is not only supportive but also lets me test recipes on her and even said to me the other day as she saw me eating "Hey aren't you on a fast?" ~ lol, I had just ended it. And my good friends that are dying to go to a raw food restaurant with me..and then of course there are others that will comment "oh are you still doing that raw thing?" ~ as if its a passing fad!!!

[Revvell]

It's funny because once people know they try to be as thought full as they can but there's always that one loud mouth that want to shout out their raw jokes in front of every body :D

There are raw jokes? I wanna hear one!!! :p

[Cinnamon]

I've always been the "vegetarian health food nut" in our family for over 20 years so this is nothing new to the people who know me. They accept how I eat and usually try out my raw creations as they tried my cooked vegetarian dishes and then cooked vegan foods as my jouney continued through the years.

And I love that everyone who knows me, regardless of what they think of how I eat, all say they "know" that I eat healthier than anyone else they have ever known although they could never eat this way themselves. Now that is one compliment I LOVE hearing!

[blessed]

We have a half an hour to refresh ourselves and I usually bring a light snack, people use to ask me questions about what I was eating and now they shy away from me it seems. They continue to eat their burgers w/ cheese and pickles and french fries along with yellow cake with loads of icing and I eat my salad or my veggie noodles with colorful peppers and we get along find.
When I get up from my seat I am full of energy from what I've eaten and they yawn.
It feels good to be RAW!

Ann

[rawpriestess]

I don't have a raw joke, but I do have a breatharian joke

Three breatharians go into a cafe
the waitperson asks for their orders,
the first breatharian says, "I'd like some fresh hot and spicy tropical air, with a hint of vanilla please."
the second breatharian says, "I'd like some cool crisp mountain air from the Himalayas"
the third breatharian just sits there.

The waitperson, says, "Can't I get you anything?"
and the third breatharian replys, "No thank you, I'm fasting."

I heard this at a raw potluck. LOL