I’m a 21F and have been vegan for about 4 months. I never formally told my parents because I knew it would create drama. They just noticed I stopped consuming dairy.
Today they were pushing me to eat ghee. I got frustrated and said it’s basically like “sucking blood of animals.” I know the wording was harsh, but I said it emotionally in the moment.
My dad got extremely angry and lectured/shouted at me for over 2 hours. He said they educated me for nothing, I’ll ruin the life of future husband/in-laws/kids, and that I’m against sanatan ,hindu religion, gods, and country. He almost got violent.
For context, we have a cow and a few goats at home so that felt like insult to him . My family is very conservative, patriarchal, and strict. My dad is arrogant, egoist and misogynist and quite narrow minded. I already hate my family , been wanting leave this house since a long time but I am not financially independent and I am scared and socially anxious and introverted on top of that.
Now I’m worried this will turn into constant nitpicking and pressure. I’m also preparing for exams and already struggle to study in this environment.
Has anyone in India dealt with similar situation?
I don't know what I should do.
Just tolerate it?