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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]nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)how your friends of 20 years treated you.
They know you are a vegetarian - you didn't just spring this on them.
I don't understand this mentality of "eat and be grateful for what the host serves you".
If I specifically invite YOU to a meal at my house, I want you to enjoy it. Not feel like a second class citizen.
If it's a party or get together for a whole group of people where the focus is on socializing, then maybe I can see not having different options. But dinner - the point is to fricking eat.
Ugh - and so many people complaining about how hard to cook vegetarian meals. It isn't. Roasted vegetables - super easy and tasty. Pasta, rice, salads etc you can have fun with food.
But I would be hurt that someone who is a friend of 20 yrs just is blase about something like that.
We had Thanksgiving dinner for a couple - just the 4 of us. He was diabetic and she is a vegetarian. I was given a list of what he could or could not eat, I was unfamiliar with diabetic cooking at the time. Raised a vegetarian so that was a no-brainer. Made turkey for the meat eaters, vegetarian stuffing for all, stuffed mushrooms, sweet potato and apple side, 2 desserts - one sugar free and one full of sugar.
They were friend for just a couple of years at the time (she has moved away but we are still in contact and she divorced her husband) - I cannot imagine knowing someone for 20 yrs and not making sure there was food to eat.