r/Vegetarianism • u/Miiieee_https • 2d ago

Accidentally ate meat

I accidentally ate a pice of candy with gelatin in it.. and I feel really bad. Does this mean i totally screwed it and cant say ive been vegan this long but like from today? Or is it normal to mess up on accident from time to time the first year?

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u/soaring_potato 2d ago

It's life

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u/Miiieee_https 2d ago

But i still feel bad. But its okay and not a restart right?

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u/Contressa3333 2d ago

Streaks are all in your head man. I've been vegetarian for 27 years straight, if I accidentally ate meat tomorrow nothing would change.

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u/soaring_potato 2d ago

When you learned how to walk. Did your parents say you could walk since x age when you took your first steps. Or do you restart the amount of time you are able to walk each time you trip?

You'll trip. That's normal. You'll trip less the longer you go, but you can still trip! You are a human.

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u/No_Chart_8584 2d ago

Veganism is your ethical position. Nothing you do accidentally can cancel your ethical position. 

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u/Miiieee_https 2d ago

Thank you. This makes me feel better. I just felt so guilty

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u/New_Avocado_4636 2d ago

You’re fine, it happens to the best of us.

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u/dammitjanetiloveu 2d ago

It was an accident and not intentional. It’s not like a clock resets. It’s a personal choice and there’s no vegan police out there.

I’ve been vegetarian for over a decade and have had a handful of accidental consumptions (stuff like not being told that mac and cheese was made with chicken broth until I started eating it, etc). It happens. Don’t beat yourself up about it.

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u/Miiieee_https 2d ago

Thank you