‘Just the meat for me please’ Sunday Lunch issue ’

I don’t get this. I’d someone I cared about was bringing a new partner who has cut carbs and was just eating protein, I’d buy and cook more meat for them. What am I missing?

But he can eat it (unless he has a medical issue); he just doesn't want to eat it - apparently.

However, as the OP has yet to meet the man in question, no-one knows if he's a food prima donna or a perfectly reasonable bloke who'll be a good guest who'll put aside his dietary preferences, eat the food he's offered and generally be good company.

😂

When my nephew first got into bodybuilding, my sister started locking the eggs away because he would literally do that (although they were scrambled or poached, not fried).

He's working now and buys his own lean chicken and turkey. And, yes, he eats vegetables.

Cous cous jobby just made me a bit sick in my mouth 💩

Looks to me like you changed the menu to purely be a dick.

I am disappointed about the lasagne, not least because he must feel a bit weird about going to meet his girlfriend’s family if they are so mean. It’s one thing to not want to cook extra portions for one person but it is quite mean to cook a pasta meal knowing he can’t eat it.

Meat boy be like...

TBH, I think OP needs to post thigh and biceps measurements on Sunday so we can all understand exactly what she’s dealing with.

What we don't want to know is what's going to go down, quite literally, with him come Monday morning. A huge plate of meat and no roughage? Yikes.

Are you sure she wasn't just joking? I'm sure someone visiting their partners family isn't going to just wolf down all the meat. Maybe he'll just serve himself a normal plate?

Now envisioning him eating spoonfuls of meat sauce with a plate of discarded lasagne sheets while your Sis and niece feed him chunks of roasted meat from Tupperware boxes like a pet lion. 🦁

Just marking my place to hear what goes down with “Meat Man” on Sunday.

Pissing myself 🤣

He sounds selfish AF. If you’re invited to someones house for dinner you don’t dictate what you’re going to do food wise.

God Bless You
Completely empathise - I shouldn't have wheat, soy (&most likely dairy) but just the 1st 2 confirmed
& I understand, only too well, how rude & uncompassionate some can be even when you do explain, you suffer from allergies - One person, in particular, really stands out in my mind - Shortly after my Beloved Mum passed, my father dated this school teacher & the 1st (&only time), I met her, she scolded me for making life difficult for others, because I refused to eat their bread!
Never forgotten her audacity 💚

I have a load of annoying food intolerances and a couple of allergies. I rarely accept meal invitation offers because I know how difficult it is for some to get right, plus don't fancy having to tell everyone the ins and outs of my health and why I can't have stuff.

I have found over the years I get a lot of negative and rude comments from people who don't really understand or know why, including my MIL.
I don't feel I should have to go into detail of terrible cramps, explosive diarrhea, sitting in the loo for hours on end, vomiting, excessive bloating, excessive farting, rashes, hives or my tongue/face/lips swelling up.

If I do get talked into a meal at someone's I will often just apologise in advance and make it clear what I can and can't have. So if someone I voted me for Sunday dinner, I too would have to just have the meat and I could probably have non root vegetables but can't be cooked or seasoned with pepper or butter. Can't have cauliflower cheese, can't have stuffing, can't have Yorkshire puds, can't have potato, can't have anything mashed down as it's often with cream/milk/butter which I can't have.
I can't have egg, pasta, rice, potato, black pepper, dairy, cranberry, kiwi, cashew nuts, noodles root veg amongst over stuff.

I don't always tell everyone why, I just say I don't eat stuff. Maybe it's something along those lines, everyone assumed I'm doing some form of keto and do it to lose weight - I'm doing it mostly so I don't live in discomfort and die early tho.

Yes I completely comprehend as we don't know the reasons behind their diet restrictions
I presumed she was joking when she commented, the meal was now going to be lasagne 😢🙏Which is notoriously known for being high in carbohydrates, the very thing he's trying to avoid 🙏

I cant understand how people can be so rude, even if they are family. I'd always try to accomodate SDR but expecting to be served a different meal is ridiculous. I wouldn't be inviting them back.

I've been on your side so far but it's a dick move to drastically change the menu and not tell guests who are on a special diet.

I also think it depends what you said when you “light heartedly” replied. Many people nowadays are Keto but strange if he’s having just meat only. That’s the expensive part!

A couscous jobby would really be the talk of all at a Scottish family meal! Hope it goes well OP, be sure to let us know!

If he's following a keto diet or low carb diet I fully understand his dilemma as eating carbs can knock you out of keto and it can be difficult to regain or at least take a day or two to get back on target. Just do a few bits of chicken breast and I'm sure he'll appreciate it.