To assume people are not vegetarian unless they say they are?

[olimpia]

My DS' party last week. I didn't have time to collect preferences for meals because I organised the party 10 days in advance and the swimming pool needed to know 7 days before the party. So I gave the invitations to my DS to hand to his friends at school and I didn't enquire into vegetarian or other dietary restrictions. I simply arranged for all the children to have a hot dog. I assumed the parents would tell me if their children were vegetarian at the time of letting me know I'd they were coming.
Turns out one little girl was vegetarian and I felt awful she could not have the food.

Personally I would have gone for pizza - but then you have problems. I served pizza once and apparently, according to the 6 yr old guest it was 'disgusting' - I didn't invite him back!

Yep, that pretty much sums it up unfortunately.

Perhaps if you do it last minute tell them there is no food!

I am 38 and a veggie. I have been to things where I didn't eat and also to small dinner parties where I have swallowed the foul pork whole to not offend. If I was still a kid I would have rather died than done either