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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't. It is a personal choice so if they don't know they are eating it, no harm done. As has been the case since MIL has been doing this all along - and no harm done.

More harm will be caused by saying something. It will cause all kinds of family drama and tension.
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"No harm done"?

It's a personal choice and MIL has decided that SIL does not get to make that choice for herself. She is presenting food with meat in it as vegetarian because she doesn't respect SIL's reason for being vegetarian. Then she asked OP to lie about it too. SIL hasn't suffered any health effects, but that's different than saying no harm has been done. OP clearly feels guilty about her part in this. SIL deserves to know what she's putting in her body. That's her choice, not MIL's. [/quote]

SIL felt perfectly fine deciding for everyone they should not use a straw, DH should not eat meat etc. She is just getting taste of her own medicine. OP do not get in the middle of this, your SIL is a militant on a collision course. This will not end well.[/quote]

The difference here is that the other people at the table could, in fact, request straws, and SIL's husband could, in fact, eat whatever he wants. It was everyone's choice to go along with the straw thing and BIL's choice to follow SIL's wishes about eating meat. What MIL is doing is different. She is presenting food as vegetarian when it is not. [/quote]

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