So I’m not the type to readily bring up the fact that I’m a vegetarian. I usually wait until it naturally comes up when someone specifically and directly asks me about my diet or if they offer me something. I don’t like the negative associations around vegetarianism/veganism and the stereotype that we are always shoving down everyone’s throats, so I keep it quiet until it becomes unavoidable.
However, other people in my life who happen to know I don’t eat meat, LOVE to bring up my vegetarianism. They do it constantly. Both to me and to people I don’t know very well yet. At parties, in passing, in any social context, they are just readily spewing to the world my diet preferences.
While I don’t think they have bad intentions and my diet is not a secret, I find this dynamic incredibly obnoxious.
Anyone else noticing this or something along these lines? How do you deal with it? Should I try to stop being annoyed by it?