Dear Annie: Last weekend, I got a text from my dad that said: Im going vegan LOL. (Yes, he says LOL. Hes hip like that.) I laughed and brushed it aside, but during dinner last night, he and my stepmom told me they are serious about it. It definitely took me by surprise, but I was supportive and excited about the idea, so much so that I even went with him to Barnes & Noble to pick out an awesome vegan cookbook. But since then, Ive been having a strangely emotional reaction to his decision.

We love to eat. Thats our thing. We go out to dinner, try new, unusual cuisines and eat our way through new cities when traveling. He even seriously considered taking a leave from work to audition for a Food Network show. Some of my best memories involve meals weve shared. And now what? Ill order sashimi, and hell have ... seaweed? I have no issue with the decision itself; Ive done every juice cleanse and 30-day challenge under the sun and I love me some seaweed. I actually find the choice quite admirable.

What I realized is that the child in me is afraid that a piece of our relationship will be lost. Through my parents (nasty) divorce, no matter how things were between them or between us no matter when new people came into the picture and old people left whenever we sat down at the table, all of the yuckiness melted away. This feels like one more thread of consistency and connection being cut.

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Dear Annie: Daughter supports parents going vegan, but worries dining on seaweed will change their relationship - Greensboro News & Record