casket-case asked: I seem to know a lot of ex-vegans who claim that it is expensive, yet can go about affording far more expensive things than food /facepalm

That is one of greatest excuses I hear next to “I just like meat/cheese too much.” It is not any more expensive, it may even be less expensive, than a meat and dairy based diet. You just have to be a conscious shopper and know what to look for and what works for you. I’ve had really, really low budgets and I am still able to maintain a vegan diet. 

I don’t know, I just don’t get it :P