To not cater for this

[Just1moreq]

I'm cooking for 10 tonight. 5 couples, in the group there is someone who has a nut allergy and someone who has cealiocs (I've never figured the spelling) one of the pairs have just called to say that they are doing vegan weekends to reduce their carbon impact.... They are just checking that somethung tonight will be suitable... I've said it wont but that they are more than welcome to bring stuff. ... Am I being an unreasonable arse?

p.s. Have they replied to your message?

Weekend vegans, JFC.

What a pair of muppets
rude too
and very inconsiderate

Your response was perfect

Massively entitled and rude. Deciding today is their ":vegan day"
I think I would be reconsidering this friendship!!

If cater for genuine medical requirements. But not for fads.

I'd certainly rescind the invite. The are clearly going to make themselves the star attraction of the evening, by whatever means they can.
Tedious arseholes.

"vegan weekend"

Vegans are people who don't consume animal products because they care about animals. The word was invented to mean this, and they think it can just mean 'some pretentious divvy so desperate to lick corporate arse they have weekends where they "try to reduce their carbon footprint" - insufferable.

Why is it okay to try and reduce your carbon footprint one weekend? Absolute pretentious bullcrap and I would tell them so too.

The meal is tex mex style, so I've already made the main part and the desert. They have said they will come over after we eat. Ive sent them a pic of the wine I got and told them I'm making margaritas, so if they aren't OK with that they will have to bring drinks. 😕

I once worked with someone whose DH was a bank manager, and as part of that role, it was expected that they would host the occasional dinner party.
My colleague was a keen, enthusiastic and accomplished cook, but even she was thrown a bit one evening when their guests arrived and she discovered far too late that they were both Jewish and vegetarian.

YANBU. That's too short notice for something that's a preference rather than a dietary requirement. They can be vegan on Monday instead of today

Surely you would just use your brain and think to do vegan Sunday and Monday instead rather than demand a friend who is kindly catering for you at their expense knock up an entirely new menu around their food choices? Especially at such short notice. I'm embarrassed for them. Hope they don't come make a fuss at the dinner with sad faces over their forced non vegan meal.

Ironically, vegan catering is perfect for kosher diets.

This 😁

Bet you’re the life and soul of a party eh Crunchy 😂😂

Right, because it's so compassionate to expect someone who is entertaining you to pander to your last minute nonsense requests

You are not unreasonable at all. The convention is that when you accept someone's hospitality, you expect to eat what you are given, unless you have medical or conscientious reasons for not eating certain foods-in which case you say so when you accept the invitation.

What a pair of rude fun sponges. Do they not realise you’ve probably got too much food now and some will go to waste? That’s hardly great for the planet is it? It’s the height of bad manners to reject your hospitality like that. I’d be tempted to tell them you’ll see them another time. They’re just going to put a dampener on your evening.

Yep OP I would have done the same ! Who in their right mind would call on the day with such a request- when it’s a lifestyle choice and nothing else.

Erm, it kind of sounds like they weren't that fussed about coming or had a better offer to me, this is such a weird thing to do.
I wonder if they'll turn up.

@Kindofcrunchy

what do you suggest op does in this situation then?

Christ, there's always one.

You wouldn't know compassion if it hit you with a brick.

YANBU op. I normally err on the side of, if these people are your friends then you should provide food that fits in with whatever their dietary whim is because you care about them and you want them to have a nice time. However your friend should have told you at least a week in advance if this is what they are doing. It’s not reasonable with 6 hours notice to change your menu

As a vegan I think that is ridiculous. Vegan weekends does not equal vegan. They’re either vegan or not, which clearly they are not.

tell them to bring their own meal.

YANBU at all.

Unbelievably rude.

Muppets is right.

They could jog on.