Perth / Western Australia

It's not juat the anti vegans. Before i stopped eating meat i never really thought about just how normalized it got. I was very used to it because that was every meal i've ever gotten as a child. My mom always made vegetables, carbs, meat, fish. Whatever. That was literally what i thought about when someone said food. I sometimes ate dinner at a friends home and i asked his mom once why they (mostly) don't eat meat. She looked at me kinda shocked and looked at her big family and said: meat is kinda expensive. And in my brain something clicked, but in the wrong way. I thought the. The only reason anyone wouldn't eat meat is because they can't afford it.
In the small town i grew up it was quite common for us to go to the local butcher and look what he's doing, sometimes bolting a cow and stuff i wouldn't watch now for sure. I loved cows and pigs, butni didn't know anything else. Poor animal has to die so we can eat.
When i moved out and was in my mid 20es, i was sometimes at home hungry with a fridge full of stuff but no meat and was like: shit, there is no food.

I can't be the only one who was just so married to the idea that you need meat to complete a meal.

My dad is pretty obese and always complains about how expensive things are, especially meat. And my sister as well: "today i had a really good ahopping experience, i only spend X amount of money."
"But i also didn't buy any meat, so..."
And my dad goes: "yeah, THAT'S the expensive part."
And i just sit there thinking: yeah if only there was ANY WAY to avoid that. Like no one looks at my dad hoping he gets enough protein, he already ate for the next 4 years, but never went a day without eating meat twice or 3 times a day. He even hands out good old tips on how to eat right.