Annoying vegan sibling

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have nothing against people being vegan, but when you have a fairly significant dietary restriction like that, I think the appropriate thing to do is offer to bring a dish to share to any family gathering.

For a casual family event, I totally agree. OP specified that this was a catered event with no vegan options. It would definitely be weird to whip out your tupperware at a catered meal.

Oh well. You voluntarily follow a weird diet, so be prepared to be weird sometimes.

Cool. Can I get a plate and napkin or should I bring those as well? Do I get a spot at the grown folk table this time? Or do you need to prove some weird point that only makes sense to you, again?

I don’t know, can you handle regular napkins and silverware like everyone else? Or are you Sew Speshel that only organic, undyed burlap and free range copper will do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stop laughing at the lady angry at the vegan for eating too many potatoes, instead of being embarrassed she didn’t cook enough food. Is it 3 green beans and one slice of pizza lady?

+1. Funniest post today. Imagine, she cooked all this broccoli for the vegan and they dared to help themselves to the potatoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing against people being vegan, but when you have a fairly significant dietary restriction like that, I think the appropriate thing to do is offer to bring a dish to share to any family gathering.

For a casual family event, I totally agree. OP specified that this was a catered event with no vegan options. It would definitely be weird to whip out your tupperware at a catered meal.

Oh well. You voluntarily follow a weird diet, so be prepared to be weird sometimes.

Cool. Can I get a plate and napkin or should I bring those as well? Do I get a spot at the grown folk table this time? Or do you need to prove some weird point that only makes sense to you, again?

I don’t know, can you handle regular napkins and silverware like everyone else? Or are you Sew Speshel that only organic, undyed burlap and free range copper will do?

Please send me your addie for the rage therapy you’ve been receiving today. I do take BCBS, but not Cigna. Kaiser is cash only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing against people being vegan, but when you have a fairly significant dietary restriction like that, I think the appropriate thing to do is offer to bring a dish to share to any family gathering.

For a casual family event, I totally agree. OP specified that this was a catered event with no vegan options. It would definitely be weird to whip out your tupperware at a catered meal.

Oh well. You voluntarily follow a weird diet, so be prepared to be weird sometimes.

Cool. Can I get a plate and napkin or should I bring those as well? Do I get a spot at the grown folk table this time? Or do you need to prove some weird point that only makes sense to you, again?

I don’t know, can you handle regular napkins and silverware like everyone else? Or are you Sew Speshel that only organic, undyed burlap and free range copper will do?

Please send me your addie for the rage therapy you’ve been receiving today. I do take BCBS, but not Cigna. Kaiser is cash only.

“Addie”? Are you a minor Kardashian?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing against people being vegan, but when you have a fairly significant dietary restriction like that, I think the appropriate thing to do is offer to bring a dish to share to any family gathering.

For a casual family event, I totally agree. OP specified that this was a catered event with no vegan options. It would definitely be weird to whip out your tupperware at a catered meal.

Oh well. You voluntarily follow a weird diet, so be prepared to be weird sometimes.

Cool. Can I get a plate and napkin or should I bring those as well? Do I get a spot at the grown folk table this time? Or do you need to prove some weird point that only makes sense to you, again?

I don’t know, can you handle regular napkins and silverware like everyone else? Or are you Sew Speshel that only organic, undyed burlap and free range copper will do?

Please send me your addie for the rage therapy you’ve
been receiving today. I do take BCBS, but not Cigna. Kaiser is cash only.

“Addie”? Are you a minor Kardashian?

Yes. Next?

[Anonymous]

I simply can't believe how angry the meat eaters are. Why so much hate? I eat mainly plant based, although I do not call myself a vegan. Almost though including not buying anything that came from an animal eg clothing and accessories. My diet is my business. Almost all restaurants now have a few vegan meals.

As for that poster that said she was vegan but had a leather belt, yeah you weren't vegan and didn't even understand what you were saying. That's why you were called out on it.

Just as annoying as it may be for some meat eaters to have to have a salad or two ready when they host its just as annoying having meat eaters get so angry about something that simply doesn't involve them. No I don't want to hear about protein and no I don't want to hear how you are an omnivore and have to eat meat or you will die. I don't care.

Next time you host tell your vegan friend/family member to please feel free to bring a dish. They will silently be relieved because there are plenty of freaks who do put meat or meat fat in the meals and silently laugh about it. Its really not nice and its actually a sign of a toxic person. So let the vegan bring a dish and feel absolutely sure of what they are eating as just reading through this thread, most people don't get it and don't understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I simply can't believe how angry the meat eaters are. Why so much hate? I eat mainly plant based, although I do not call myself a vegan. Almost though including not buying anything that came from an animal eg clothing and accessories. My diet is my business. Almost all restaurants now have a few vegan meals.

As for that poster that said she was vegan but had a leather belt, yeah you weren't vegan and didn't even understand what you were saying. That's why you were called out on it.

Just as annoying as it may be for some meat eaters to have to have a salad or two ready when they host its just as annoying having meat eaters get so angry about something that simply doesn't involve them. No I don't want to hear about protein and no I don't want to hear how you are an omnivore and have to eat meat or you will die. I don't care.

Next time you host tell your vegan friend/family member to please feel free to bring a dish. They will silently be relieved because there are plenty of freaks who do put meat or meat fat in the meals and silently laugh about it. Its really not nice and its actually a sign of a toxic person. So let the vegan bring a dish and feel absolutely sure of what they are eating as just reading through this thread, most people don't get it and don't understand.

You said it yourself: Your diet is your business.

For many people who follow a special diet—whether it is Keto or Paleo or vegetarian or vegan or plant-based—they love making a spectacle of themselves, and making it everyone else’s business. Not only do they choose not to eat meat, but they shame people for eating meat. Yes, I’ve seen and heard that happen. Or they will be vegan, and instead of being grateful to their hostess for making a special side dish of vegan mashed potatoes, they’ll ignore it and eat the regular with-dairy kind, as evidenced by this very thread.

I 100% ask about dietary restrictions. Not only do I make a vegan or vegetarian entree and several sides as needed, I also make it clear they are welcome to bring a dish. Most of the time, this goes well. But a few times, a haughty person has sneered at my efforts at hospitality in my own home, saying that all they ever get is pasta, and here’s more pasta. Well guess what, the meat eaters were eating pasta, too, because that is what I had planned to serve that night all along! I had two great pasta mains with ingredients from Eataly, and numerous side dishes. Anyone could have made a meal of what was offered. But “oh boring pasta again,” and they didn’t eat the vegan dessert that I specially made as well. Rude guest, no matter how you look at it.

If we all just minded our own business, it wouldn’t be an issue. It’s great that you mind your own business, but not many special-diet people do, and that’s what gives the majority a bad name, unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t stop laughing at the lady angry at the vegan for eating too many potatoes, instead of being embarrassed she didn’t cook enough food. Is it 3 green beans and one slice of pizza lady?

+1. Funniest post today. Imagine, she cooked all this broccoli for the vegan and they dared to help themselves to the potatoes.

I think I'm the Potato Lady. What happened...

I cooked enough food but that vegan broke vegan to eat the other. So the vegan stuff was mostly eaten by the non vegans. I make sugar free pies, cake, etc for some with or concerned about diabetes or just limit sugar. Rarely if ever have they done the thing that happened on Potato Day. Maybe a small taste of the dessert with sugar but not a massive binge.

One of my DC's has a vegan partner for a few years and we do food they can eat - never a problem. Thanksgiving- make vegetable gravy from scratch. 3 pumpkin pies- sugar free, vegan, regular. Things for all just get made vegan except 1 version of potatoes, turkey.

Am I annoyed? No. Was I annoyed when the other vegan ate other people's instead of their own? Yes because all got a vegan lecture and then others didn't get what they wanted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t stop laughing at the lady angry at the vegan for eating too many potatoes, instead of being embarrassed she didn’t cook enough food. Is it 3 green beans and one slice of pizza lady?

+1. Funniest post today. Imagine, she cooked all this broccoli for the vegan and they dared to help themselves to the potatoes.

Um, no douchebags. I cooked a Christmas dinner with everything. Vegan mashed and regular mashed. They did not care. There was a huge dish with several kgs of missed roasted veggies. There were green beans galore. There were vegan pies, no there was no fake meat dish, but I asked and they said they don't eat such things as they are more unhealthy than real meat. They simply ate only the potatoes. Nor was it me who said that I ran out of regular mashed potatoes. I had many different breads too, left uneaten. Niece was vegan... hence vegan mashed, and then she wasn't! At the dinner. Vegans are an absolute PITA bcs they are never really... fully vegan. I asked them if they would like this, this and this... and they said, they would love it. Why not be honest and just say, oh, no I will probably not eat anything other than potatoes?

[Anonymous]

If you have an allergy sure, but stop being divas!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stop laughing at the lady angry at the vegan for eating too many potatoes, instead of being embarrassed she didn’t cook enough food. Is it 3 green beans and one slice of pizza lady?

+1. Funniest post today. Imagine, she cooked all this broccoli for the vegan and they dared to help themselves to the potatoes.

And nothing else! I don't see how you are about healthy eating if you eat only potatoes! Ye,s she was a rude guest. I cooked a ton of food.

[Anonymous]

I do think there are different ways of behaving about being vegan. I have a former boyfriend (who is a current friend) who is vegan, and is super laid back about it. While he absolutely does not eat animal products, he doesn't make a big deal if someone else does, and goes out of his way to let people know and offers to bring a vegan dish to share. My current boss is a vegan, and is a sanctimonious ass that goes out of his way to complain and make people feel uncomfortable. Just as there are all different types of people, there are all different types of vegans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stop laughing at the lady angry at the vegan for eating too many potatoes, instead of being embarrassed she didn’t cook enough food. Is it 3 green beans and one slice of pizza lady?

+1. Funniest post today. Imagine, she cooked all this broccoli for the vegan and they dared to help themselves to the potatoes.

Great that I entertained you. Is it too hard to imagine that I eat healthily and presumed the same would be true for vegans? My diet is mostly beans, oatmeal, veggies, and fruit and some meat. The gall of me to cook something other than mashed potatoes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stop laughing at the lady angry at the vegan for eating too many potatoes, instead of being embarrassed she didn’t cook enough food. Is it 3 green beans and one slice of pizza lady?

+1. Funniest post today. Imagine, she cooked all this broccoli for the vegan and they dared to help themselves to the potatoes.

Great that I entertained you. Is it too hard to imagine that I eat healthily and presumed the same would be true for vegans? My diet is mostly beans, oatmeal, veggies, and fruit and some meat. The gall of me to cook something other than mashed potatoes!

Your five replies further indicate your vegan rage over a dinner that occurred at least six months ago is super weird and cringey. She probably got them mixed up. Make more potatoes next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t stop laughing at the lady angry at the vegan for eating too many potatoes, instead of being embarrassed she didn’t cook enough food. Is it 3 green beans and one slice of pizza lady?

+1. Funniest post today. Imagine, she cooked all this broccoli for the vegan and they dared to help themselves to the potatoes.

I think I'm the Potato Lady. What happened...

I cooked enough food but that vegan broke vegan to eat the other. So the vegan stuff was mostly eaten by the non vegans. I make sugar free pies, cake, etc for some with or concerned about diabetes or just limit sugar. Rarely if ever have they done the thing that happened on Potato Day. Maybe a small taste of the dessert with sugar but not a massive binge.

One of my DC's has a vegan partner for a few years and we do food they can eat - never a problem. Thanksgiving- make vegetable gravy from scratch. 3 pumpkin pies- sugar free, vegan, regular. Things for all just get made vegan except 1 version of potatoes, turkey.

Am I annoyed? No. Was I annoyed when the other vegan ate other people's instead of their own? Yes because all got a vegan lecture and then others didn't get what they wanted.

Um, no I am the potato lady. There might be two of us though.