My [26f] vegan friend [27f] has started attacking me for eating meat and I don’t know how to address it
As the title says, my friend turned vegan a few years ago. It was hard for her but I told her I supported her choice and never judge her. Throughout the years she has wavered slightly and occasionally eats fish or cheese but it’s her choice and I’ve never made any comments on it.
Recently she’s been critiquing my food choices more and more. We were out for dinner a few days ago. I ordered chicken and she called me a murderer and asked how I could eat it. It got to the point where she will bring it up without any real trigger.
She farted the other day and said “don’t worry, it doesn’t stink because I don’t have rotting meat in my stomach like you do” which then led to a conversation about how we aren’t genetically made to eat meat and it’s morally and ethically wrong.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not have a problem with vegans and I even believe that yes, perhaps the entire world could do with being vegetarian but I do eat meat and don’t plan to change that any time soon. These conversations are becoming more frequent and I’m worried I’m going to snap and ruin our friendship.
Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this when it next comes up? She is a very close friend so I don’t want to upset her or ruin our relationship.
Thank you!