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So a vegan just left the dinner table to sit outside

So, I just had a family dinner. My sister and her husband are vegans. The food was delicious oven-baked cod and there were was a vegan alternative for my sister and her husband.

He declared that he would not be able to sit at the same table where dead fish was being consumed and left to eat outside, followed by my sister.

How would you react to this? Would it even be possible to go through life like this? Like, how would you deal with representation dinners as work? Should we as family enable such behaviour? In the real world, such silly behaviour is not acceptable. Your ability to socialize with anyone who is not a vegan would be non-existent.

Sorry, I'm rambling (and a bit upset) and can't really put together a coherent argument. Discuss.
 
Sounds like a holier-than-thou dick. If you went out of your way to have a vegan alternative than it sounds like he just wanted to feel superior.
 

Hilbert

Deep into his 30th decade
It's your sister, right?

Just say she is being ridiculous, then go back to your family and have a nice dinner. Ignore the guy.
 

Syriel

Member
Your bro-in-law is being a dick.

Sounds like you were respecting his preferences, but he felt the need to shame you for yours.
 

Slo

Member
I wouldn't react at all. Sound like the guy is a diva, and is being dramatic in order to get attention.
 

Quonny

Member
"Okay."

I mean, if they want to stick to their principles, they can go eat outside. I'm assuming they didn't go off on a tirade or anything. Not any skin
or scales
off your back.
 

GetLucky

Member
It seems like that reaction is over the top to me. Were the heads still on the fish perhaps? I'm not vegan, but even I don't like eating fish with the head still attached.
 

jph139

Member
I mean, if you're vegan on a moral basis, that seems fair enough.

Like, would you sit at a table where they're carving up a whole golden retriever like a Christmas ham?
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, if its your sister, you mock them for being absurd.
 
He definitely sounds like he's way up his own ass and almost as if your sister is just following his lead. I would tell her she is definitely being ridiculous and if need be, don't invite them back. I'm sure you sister will enjoy not being part of the family dinners anymore because her husband is a stuck up dick, especially when effort went into making vegan alternatives.
 
Just talk really loudly about how good the cod is, and how you bet it's glad it ended up being so delicious on your plate.

When I hear people behave like that, it always sounds to me like they've vegans specifically so they can be pretentious rather than one of the many good reasons to be vegan/vegetarian.
 

WolfeTone

Member
Surely they knew that meat would be served? Seems like it was all a bit dramatic.

Some people are very sensitive to the smell of cooked meats but I imagine it would be hard to live your life around other people if that were true.
 

Smellycat

Member
That sounds like the setup to a joke

But yeah, I have never experienced anything like this. I don't know how I would react to be honest.
 

hitme

Member
Invite him for a BBBQ.

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Tagyhag

Member
I mean, if you're vegan on a moral basis, that seems fair enough.

Like, would you sit at a table where they're carving up a whole golden retriever like a Christmas ham?

If a vegan equates the life of a fish with the life of a golden retriever then they're stupid.

Like, where would it end? Can't scratch your arm because you're killing countless bacteria.
 

Reckheim

Member
Ignore him, seems like he wants attention; don't let him have the satisfaction.

Also don't invite him to any more dinners.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Rude as hell.

Absolutely astonishing that he would do that, especially if there was no warning.

Nothing wrong with being vegan. Nothing wrong with requesting vegan food. His behavior is literally unfit for society - especially if he isn't polite enough to forewarn you of his "condition" (which is "asshole," not Vegan).
 

Caelus

Member
How would you react to this? Would it even be possible to go through life like this? Like, how would you deal with representation dinners as work? Should we as family enable such behaviour? In the real world, such silly behaviour is not acceptable.

They probably believed that since it was a family dinner and if they're averse to the sight of dead animals, it'd be fine. I'm assuming they wouldn't do the same for a work dinner or other social occasion, but who knows. Weird that they'd do that even with the vegan alternative.
 
Did they tell you they wouldn't be able to eat at a table with meat on it?

Some of my family is vegan, and they usually just tell us what kind of concessions they need ahead of time. It's not a big deal.
 
I mean, if you're vegan on a moral basis, that seems fair enough.

Like, would you sit at a table where they're carving up a whole golden retriever like a Christmas ham?

The family made special accommodations just for him. He responds by being a tool.

He's not going to win anyone over to his side by acting like this.
 
I'd probably just ignore him the rest of the time he was there and never invite him back over unless he apologized and said he wouldn't act that way again.

Dude sounds like he's being a hardcore Diva. Nothing wrong with someone pursuing a vegan diet, there's members of my family that are as well, but making a scene and going outside over it is embarrassing
 
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