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I stopped eating meat when I was in the fourth grade (going on 16 years ago), and I only ate it up to that point because my parents made me...or at least they tried to. I used to eat my vegetables and then chew on one small piece of meat for an extended amount of time, usually until it was nothing more than a flavourless lump and my parents let me get up from the table. I refused to swallow meat despite their best efforts to get me to. There is a rather amusing family video of me at Christmas dinner when I was three and as the turkey comes near me I start to say "no meat, no meat"; when asked if I want turnip I am quick to say "yes, please".
I just don't think that I was intended to eat meat and I have a hard time thinking that my dislike of meat puts me in a position to criticize people who choose to eat it. My boyfriend eats meat and I can't fault him for making that decision but I can make him eat kale and tofu!