My family and another family are going on vacation for 5 days together but the family is vegan

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't you just eat vegan for a week?

The point of a vacation is to have fun, and not being able to have ice cream, seafood, grilled meats, etc. is no fun.

Sorbet is awesome, you can grill tons of veggies as well as some fruits, and you can grill tofu. Surely you can't be so stupid as to think vegan people don't have fun on vacations.

Apologies, I should have ended my post with "to me." Doing without those food is no fun TO ME. Therefore I would never "just eat vegan for a week." Also tofu is just wretched.

I'm not the PP, but if I said "vacation isn't fun to me without alcohol" most people would stay that is disordered. If you cannot enjoy a vacation without ice cream, seafood, and grilled meat, that sounds like a you issue that you should maybe work on, rather than a pronouncement about what is and is not fun for other people.

I'm not a fan of tofu myself, but it's absolutely ridiculous to suggest that there are no fun foods that don't involve animal products. Are you honestly sitting here saying that you do not enjoy ANY food that doesn't contain animal products? None? Zero?

Don't be ridiculous. Part of the fun of going to a beach is getting fresh seafood. Don't act like that is disordered anymore than expecting to eat BBQ when in Memphis or KC or TX....

+100. And fwiw I have spent one family beach vacation pregnant (so no alcohol) and one having just gotten braces as a teen (could barely chew, so couldn't eat a lot of the seafood). The no-seafood one was absolutely more miserable!

It's not like being vegan is contagious. Why do you think you can't eat seafood just because someone else doesn't eat it?

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly I have a lot of experience dealing with vegans, because I live in LA. You need to make sure they’re okay with you bringing meat and animal products into the home (if you are sharing). Some vegans are really upright and won’t share a fridge with meat or go to restaurants that serve meat or get really offended and upset if you order meat at a restaurant. You realllyyyyyy need to have these conversations- ask me how I know!! I’m so used to this in LA it’s easy to accommodate because we have so many vegan options, but it might not be the same for you.

My husband lived in a group house in college and the vegans had a cow ( ) that someone put up flypaper. They said, "THERE"S MEAT IN THE KITCHEN!!!!

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Look - I think it’s on the family with dietary restrictions to come up with a plan to navigate but good on OP for initiating discussion.

My spouse has a food allergy and we always say “this is what we can do - join us or do your own thing” when traveling with others. I wouldn’t want someone who didn’t have the same allergy to try to figure it out for me because i assume they probably don’t know everything that goes into the restrictions and the easy ways to navigate.

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OP, this shouldn't be too hard, really. The family who's vegan likely has lots of practice being out and about and eating this way already. Starbucks and most coffee shops are very accommodating with plant milks, bagels & oatmeal. Many ice cream shops have (delicious) vegan ice creams (coconut salted caramel is amazing). Pasta, pizza/flatbreads, tacos, rice & veggies--all can easily be prepared vegan. And yes, at a steakhouse, they may end up ordering a few sides, but usually the salads are great, and most restaurants often have special vegan dishes on the menu. Snacks are pretty easy: pretzels & chips, salsa, etc. There really are so many options these days. Have a fun trip!