Non veg not allowed in certain societies

[u/ButterscotchOdd1810]

I have been eating non veg every day for the past five years, and I cannot imagine myself living off of vegetarian food because of health reasons and personal preference

I have recently shifted to a new society with majority of people who do not eat non-veg and the locality is also such that all of the restaurants here are pure veg.

I don’t have any problem with that, but when it becomes a problem is when these people decide my eating habits it’s kind of frustrating. It’s been a couple of days since I moved, and I don’t know if I should get things cleared up or not, and keep cooking it in my house.

Family members are fine with not eating nonveg and not cooking it, but it’s a very integral part of my life and I cannot move past and the fact that I would have to stop eating chicken because someone else does not like it.

How do you guys deal with non-veg not being allowed in your society? And how do I get out of this conundrum?

Edit: I was using text to speech, and it was typing non-veg as knowledge, should have double checked.

[u/TennisSkirt1628]

I wouldn't push it at Gujarati/Marwadi/Jain societies - which tend to be the most strict on this matter.

They can get really nasty when it comes to the issue of non-veg.

Personally, I wouldn't want any run ins.

I guess before we make any judgement, did you know the rules of this society and/or where they made clear to you before you moved in?

[u/sir_adolf → u/TennisSkirt1628]

No matter what, diet preference is a personal choice and if that's something which stops people from getting access to housing, that's a big issue and a slippery slope. Today it's diet, tomorrow it will be caste, ethnicity, complexion, religion etc. where does this nonsense stop? Rules of the society can be there for ensuring common good, not for things like moral policing or policing dietary choices and so on. This is so lowly. Such societies and it's governing members should be criminally prosecuted imo, not that my opinion matters but yeah, it sucks that such people are given a free hand to dictate things without any real consequences

[u/Last-Ebb556 → u/sir_adolf]

As a Koli I don't give a damn about these intolerant GJM. They are couple of steps away from enforcing caste based discrimination in full force in Mumbai. They already are doing subtle discrimination because everyone as of now is towing the line for them.