The lobsters were staring at me...

...otherwise know as why I became a vegetarian. When I was 10 years old my brother and I went to spend a week with my aunt and uncle. My uncle decided to try and teach us how to fish. While on the boat my uncle thought it would be interesting to tell two little kids what hot dogs are made of. I was grossed out but that's typical for me. At the end of the week my parents picked us up and we continued on to Maine for a week. You can't go to Maine without going to a lobster restaurant. We picked one that had a giant tank out front so the customers could pick out a very fresh lobster. I never liked fish so I just ordered a hamburger. When they served us our food they brought us three bright red full lobsters and my hamburger. I sat there getting grossed out again with the lobster eyes staring back at me. I couldn't eat my hamburger. From that point forward I couldn't stop picturing the animals that my food came from. I slowly started weening meat from my diet. I am what they call a lacto-ovo vegetarian, meaning I eat eggs and dairy products but nothing with a face. Except for my tap and gymnastics shoes I don't have any leather products in my possession. I don't care if you eat meat in front of me but please don't tease me about it. I don't lecture anyone on the benefits of a vegetarian diet so don't lecture me about missing meat from my diet.