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That’s very kind of you, to go out of your way. I honestly don’t expect people to do that, cuz it’s a hassle, so when people do, I’m very appreciative. I’m a minority of one in a large-ish group, so I don’t expect everyone to remember all the time. Others in our group have forgotten on occasion too. The fact that this one person seems to suddenly remember that she’s forgotten EVERY TIME we’re over does seem to me to be passive-aggressive. I just can’t figure out what she could be getting out of this behavior.
OH! Here’s another weird thing about this same woman - when we have potluck get-togethers, and everyone brings a dish, nine times out of ten it is this same woman who brings a dish that IS vegetarian-friendly.
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See…that’s the thing…it’s not a big deal. I am already making a meat dish for the meat eaters. That is accompanied by potatoes, a vegetable, a salad, garlic bread, etc. Then all I have to do is pick up some boca burgers or something like that. Stuffed mushrooms or guacamole or something as an appetizer. I don’t know many people who eat more than one or two meat dishes in a meal anyway.
As far as I’m concerned, you’d be doing the world a favor if you lit her on fire.
Okay, maybe that’s going a little far. Don’t invite her over for dinner again, anyhow.
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I disagree. I think lighting her on fire is a fine idea. Use it as the post-dinner entertainment, with a little brandy glaze. I’ll bring the blowtorch.
[QUOTE=Anaamika]
I disagree. I think lighting her on fire is a fine idea. Use it as the post-dinner entertainment, with a little brandy glaze. I’ll bring the blowtorch.
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Do 'er up like a creme brulee…crispy and glass-like! Grab a spoon!
[QUOTE=Anaamika]
I disagree. I think lighting her on fire is a fine idea. Use it as the post-dinner entertainment, with a little brandy glaze. I’ll bring the blowtorch.
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Well, I had to soften it, as technically recommending that the guest be lit on fire probably runs afoul of the no wishing death rule . . .
The brandy glaze would be a nice, classy touch, though.
Wow. Just Wow. Yeh, she’s a cunt. I would have proceeded to put proscuitto, cheese and anything else non-vegetable that sounds yummy on top of the spaghetti and sat back down ignoring her.
you went out of your way to accomodate her – on your birthday
she didn’t appreciate that you went to the trouble of making her her very own main dish
her food choices are not your problem
if she doesn’t like the food, she should a) STFU and not eat or b) bring something vegetarian to contribute.
I am not good at taking the high road, I would be inviting the idiot over for BBQ’s and making sure I had the cutest, fuzziest, yummiest meats available – rabbit, deer, cornish hens, etc. And not one single vegetable. Bah. no, I’d just have told her to bugger off, but it would be fun nonetheless!
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Excalibre, I didn’t know the rule extended to non-dopers though! Besides, we’re not saying she’d be dead, just very very uncomfortable…
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It doesn’t. We’re free to wish as much death as we want on people we don’t like, just so long as we do it behind their back.
Oh, and I’m a veggie, but wow, I’d never, ever expect you to change your meal plans for little old me. You can eat great gobs of meat until your heart’s content, I wouldn’t make a fuzz. Yer veggie “friend” was an asshat.
[QUOTE=Dangerosa]
Because she is rude. And she doesn’t “approve” of vegetarians and this is her passive-aggressive way of holding her ground. Why anyone feels they need to approve or not approve of what someone else doesn’t eat is beyond me.
I’d be tempted to show up with your own dish. “You can never remember I’m a vegetarian, so I brought something - enough for everyone - hope you don’t mind.” Something that doesn’t need to be warmed up, but is still relatively filling and vegetarian - pasta salad or couscous salad.
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Spot on, and exactly the comeuppance I’d suggest.
[QUOTE=SanVito]
I love throwing dinner parties and normally go to great efforts over the food but, fuck it, it was my birthday and I wasn’t going to spend it all slaving over the kicthen stove. So, I settled on a very simple italian menu of cold antipasti (cheeses, meats, crostini, olives etc) followed by a pasta course.
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You did, or didn’t spend most of the day slaving over the meal? The lemon spaghetti sounds like something you could throw together in the time it takes to boil the spaghetti. Making the antipasti non-meat couldn’t have been that hard or time consuming, could it?
You sound kinda high-maintenance to be around when *IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY.
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Yeah, one asshole vegetarian is mean to the OP (on his birthday, no less, the bitch!) and now, it’s open season on vegetarians. Why is everyone so ready to flip shit about this topic? Most vegetarians are not like the jerk that was rude to the OP; I’d be so grateful if someone made a special entree just for me, and would considered it beyond the call of duty. Most people would. Regardless of this, at the slightest opportunity, all this barely-repressed hostility comes out towards non-meat eaters. What, do you feel all judged or something, so you’ve got to lash out when you get the chance? Why not focus your bile on the specific person behaving badly and not spew it on all vegetarians in general? There is more than ample evidence of an unreasonable prejudice here, which is uncalled for, because as someone else said, if the woman in the OP weren’t a vegetarian, she’s probably find something else to bitch about.
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There is more than ample evidence of an unreasonable prejudice here, which is uncalled for, because as someone else said, if the woman in the OP weren’t a vegetarian, she’s probably find something else to bitch about.
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reskims the thread
Are we reading the same thread, because I’m not seeing this anywhere here… I’m a vegetarian so I’m a tad sensitive about being accused of being rude, but I didn’t get that at all, other than an overly-general thread title.
