Fake Vegetarian MIL. AIBU?

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MIL is an animal lover (lots of people are). She is self-righteous in lots of ways, what annoys me most recently is
her assertion that she is a vegetarian. She eats meat 6 times a week. Not fish mind you, meat. (I'm not trying to touch the pescetarian issue).

When you find her eating meat at meal times, she says, "oh I've had to eat meat today because of doctors orders". Fine-she's 80. But why call yourself a vegetarian?

Anyway, DH got a fantastic career oppertunity. To celebrate, I'm throwing a dinner party for a few close friends at our place. DH asked if his parents could come as his mother had worked in the same industry as him. I agreed.

Anyway, MIL rang me to let her know the time to arrive this
Saturday. She asked if I knew what I was cooking. I told her it was 4 courses with the main being Cornish Hens. She then asked what thw vegetarian options would be. I told her none. She got very indignant and cried, "but you know I'm a vegetarian'.

Nobody else coming is (8 others) a vegetarian. My BIL isa vegetarian and I accommodate when I cook for him, because he is the type of vegetarian that DOES NOT EAT MEAT OF ANY KIND. I feel annoyed that I now have to make 2 seperate courses to accomodate her fake vegetarianism.

AIBU to want to call her a fake, self-centered, drama queen?

My friend is a vegetarian (proper one) and she just eats whatever we have minus the meat, so if we have a roast she will just have vegetables and a Yorkshire pudding so its easier for the person cooking.

Just give your MIL that as the vegetarian option. She is only cutting off her nose to spite her face anyway so don't her put you out for her silly attention seeking.

feed her a hamwidge.

I instantly thought of Gavin and Stacey too :D

She sounds annoying. A little like my Gran who is also in her 80s and very ignorant but I have learnt to ignore her comments and just go with the flow.

Forgot to add I agree with what others have posted about giving her everything but the meat. I bet on the day she will end up eating meat and calling it doctors orders

Sorry OP but Gavin & Stacey was the first thing that came in to my head!
Make her cauliflower cheese (excluding the cheese because you're not sure if her vegitarian lifestyle would allow it)

*Vegetarian

Oh come on, she's 80. Humour her!

Crocodile I thought of that too, some cauliflower and little bit of grated onion :o
Fair enough about the fact that some Jews eat ham, it was just that on top of "I am a veggie, but I eat meat!" that made me

I do think that the OP should make a huge fuss about all the trouble she has gone to for the veggie option whilst making it clear that it was "no trouble at ALL! I know how much your vegetarianism means to you, so I was determined to make sure that you had a nice meal".

Then she hasnt a leg to stand on, makes her "punishment" for the BBQ drink driving thing totally backfire and she then wont be able to ask for any of the meat without making herself look like a total tit!

Why the hell are you going to the trouble of making her a really tasty quiche?

I was a proper vegetarian for a decade, and no fucker ever made me a tasty quiche. It was Quorn sausages or microwave lasagne all the way. Bastards.