I have only been a vegetarian since May, and I've been attacked by members of the vegan community so much already that I'm very hesitant to go vegan now. Please don't encourage the bullying of vegetarians, life is really complicated for some of us, and not all of us can go vegan right now and we all still love animals. I eat eggs because my mom has chickens, they are not in a factory farm setting, they are loved family pets who will NOT be put down when they quit laying. We have beautiful land they all live together happily on, they roam around all day long and we tuck them into their coop every night. We even feed them back their egg shells which they love. I do go out for ice cream sometimes, but I mainly buy soy,almond, or coconut milk at the store. A majority of the non vegan food I eat is stuff my family bought, I spend my money on food that is mostly vegan.