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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]No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)I'm sure this family will not forget the next time.
It's understandable that they were embarrassed in not providing the vegetarian options you had been promised.
A good and gracious guest is flexible, because she/he does not have control of the situation.
It's good of you to prepare meat dishes for your family members.
My daughter, a non-meat eater, prepares meat for me occasionally, though I am quite happy when she prepares fish, as she does it well and I especially enjoy fish.
I never discuss her choice to be a vegetarian - it's her business and she is a mature adult.
One son, growing up, eschewed most vegetables, as well as eggs. Like any conscientious mother, I encouraged him to "take one bite", etc. When he did, he gagged and wouldn't swallow. In time, we just stopped encouraging him to eat what he chose not to - it just wasn't the upset it caused at the family meal.
Hope your next meals out work out better for you.