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Vegan wedding

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Babysharkdoodoodood · 05/05/2024 14:05

Would it be asshole-ish of me to smuggle babybels in my handbag?

The menu looks very tiny, and I don't intend to eat it in front of anyone, just find a dark corner. It's the only meal at the whole event.

I did think of peperami but it's vile and stinky.

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SillyLemonZebra · 05/05/2024 15:05

Babysharkdoodoodood · 05/05/2024 14:05

Would it be asshole-ish of me to smuggle babybels in my handbag?

The menu looks very tiny, and I don't intend to eat it in front of anyone, just find a dark corner. It's the only meal at the whole event.

I did think of peperami but it's vile and stinky.

Omg you remind me of me. I’m having to do an elimination diet at the moment which has rendered me basically vegan. It’s horrendous 🙈 I cannot explain how horrendous it is. Definitely take the cheese and do some secret eating ♥️

SuuzeeeQ · 05/05/2024 15:03

I have never seen the menu before a Wedding. I am sure you will get enough food!

Pistachiovillian · 05/05/2024 14:50

Another one who needs to see the menu.
But YABU op.

Snacks, fine, weddings can be a long day.
A snack that goes against the belief system of your host is just twattish. Just don't. There are plenty of vegan snacks available nowadays. Google is your friend.

ChurchOfSeitan · 05/05/2024 14:50

You can get vegan baby bels now but opinion seems to be a bit divided as to whether they are good or not. I personally love them but a lot of people think they’re vile.

Either way plenty of snacks are accidentally vegan so even if the OP doesn’t like the menu she could still bring a ‘normal’ snack without causing too much of a stir. A baby bel seems an odd choice and almost like she is trying to cause an argument.

welshycake · 05/05/2024 14:50

Prawncow · 05/05/2024 14:49

How does a menu look tiny?

Small font

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 05/05/2024 14:49

Yes, YABU.

Eat a large breakfast, go to the wedding and then eat your dinner as a polite adult and say ‘thank you’ when you’ve finished.

Vegan food isn’t poisonous. And it’s more filling.

Prawncow · 05/05/2024 14:49

How does a menu look tiny?

Ioverslept · 05/05/2024 14:48

Better take some nuts and bananas

SmallIslander · 05/05/2024 14:48

It's nobody's business what snacks you carry in your handbag. Take what you want, and eat them discretely. Don't understand the comments so far on this thread.

welshycake · 05/05/2024 14:47

@Babysharkdoodoodood - I've solved it! They make VEGAN BABYBELL

StormingNorman · 05/05/2024 14:46

DrJoanAllenby · 05/05/2024 14:41

I'm a vegetarian and find my vegetarian and vegan dishes very filling.

Sounds like you are a glutton.

You can shoehorn an insult into anything.

SocksAndTheCity · 05/05/2024 14:46

I'm not vegan and I love a Babybel, but I wouldn't either.

If you're worried have a big breakfast but if you've just decided that a vegan meal is going to be inadequate or insubstantial for no reason other than it's vegan then YABVU. Some of the best meals out I've had in the last few years were at vegan restaurants and I've never left feeling that anything was 'missing'.

Jessforless · 05/05/2024 14:46

Nobody is so addicted to animal products that they couldn’t skip them at one event.

I eat meat but vegan food can be amazing, give it a chance.

ChurchOfSeitan · 05/05/2024 14:46

redboxer321 · 05/05/2024 14:44

Many are not, they often contain milk.

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A lot of crisps however are vegan.

Who would have thought that Walkers prawn cocktail, roast chicken and smoky bacon are actually vegan…

I also really want some crisps now.

redboxer321 · 05/05/2024 14:44

bravefox · 05/05/2024 14:42

Crisps are vegan

Many are not, they often contain milk.

bravefox · 05/05/2024 14:42

Crisps are vegan

DrJoanAllenby · 05/05/2024 14:41

I'm a vegetarian and find my vegetarian and vegan dishes very filling.

Sounds like you are a glutton.

Runningbird43 · 05/05/2024 14:40

How can a menu “look tiny”?

ChurchOfSeitan · 05/05/2024 14:37

Just take some bourbons or some jammie dodgers if you don’t like the food.

Illpickthatup · 05/05/2024 14:29

Oh yes, babybels, that well known filling snack. Have a day off. You're not going to die because you've had a few hours without animal products. If you were really that worried about the quantity of food there are plenty vegan snacks you could sneak in your bag but this clearly isn't your agenda.

Also, most weddings I've been to ask you to select options for the main meal but they also usually have canapes and an evening buffet as well which generally isn't detailed on the wedding invitation.

ICanFixHim · 05/05/2024 14:29

We need to see the menu. If it seems like there's not going to be enough food then eat a bit breakfast and shove a flapjack in your bag.

Otherwise this just sounds like you are being deliberately goady by bringing dairy to a vegan wedding.

Halzie · 05/05/2024 14:27

I think we are living in crazy times where people would get their back up so much about a babybel at a wedding.

Kindofcrunchy · 05/05/2024 14:27

One of the best weddings I've ever been to was vegetarian and alcohol free (Indian wedding). Could finally relax, eat what we wanted without checking labels and surprise surprise still felt like dancing despite not being drunk!

YABVU. It wouldn't kill you to take a vegan snack. You can set a timer on your phone for when you can eat dead animal products again.

Fanchester · 05/05/2024 14:25

Yes this would be dickish. You can survive a few hours without animal products so you’d only be doing it as a “fuck you” to your hosts. Better not to go than go and be such a big baby.

Alloveragain3 · 05/05/2024 14:25

I brought a banana to a wedding once when I was pregnant and needed constant feeding to ward off the nausea.

Did the trick!

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