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In reply to the discussion: I am a vegetarian. You've known me as a vegetarian for 20 years. Please do not invite me [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)And see, this is just the thing. My friend invited us to dinner at her mother's house to meet her visiting brother and her nieces and nephews. Her mother was cooking. When my friend invited us, she told us that they were serving lasagna and that there would be a vegetarian option. She explicitly told me this so I would not feel obligated to bring my own entree; which I do regularly and have no problem doing. I love to cook.
It turns out that the vegetarian option that my friend (not her mother) had prepared was a caprese salad, to be shared by all 10 people there and each serving equaled to about 3 tomatoes per person.
When her mother asked me why I wasn't eating the lasagna and I apologized and told her that I don't eat meat. I complimented her on how beautiful it looked and thanked her for inviting me and my husband to share this in family gathering. (It truly was fun, the kids were witty and creative and lovely).
The entire dinner was uncomfortable. My friends mom disappointed that she had little to feed me. Me actually being there to make her uncomfortable. Me getting WAY too tipsy on the wine for lack of food.
Ugh.