Invited to a vegan wedding

[frazzledrocks]

I'm a carnivore but they aren't catering for me. I've got to eat vegan food.

When they came to my wedding, I gave them a vegan menu in the day and evening and they had vegan favours on the table.

This is a serious question - why aren't they catering for my chosen diet? I'm not going to make a fuss about it with them, but I think it's bloody rude!

Im just a meat and 2 veg person and it sounds to me that frazzledrocks is the same if she gave her friends special foods for what they eat why should it not be the other way round??
Its about resoect in this day of age we have to resoect everyones beliefs and what they choose to eat obvisouly her friends have no respect for the food that she likes when she was polite and respectfull and gave them their chosen food.

I think it's down to their personal beliefs. You don't have a strong moral objection against vegetables (I think ).
So for you offerign a veg option at your wedding wasn't a big deal.
We had a meat and veg option at my wedding too but only because we were aware of the dietry requirements of the guests.
However being a Muslim no way would we have offered a non-halal option, even at the risk of upsetting sensitivities, I would not have had pork on the menu. I would think our guests would have had a good idea that such an option would not be available to them and if they were really desperate, well they could have had a bacon sandwich before attending the wedding...

On the whole I don't think anyone of my non-muslim friends were terribly upset by the lack of non-halal food on the wedding menu....

I went to a wedding that served prawns as a starter which I hate. But I poked and shuffled them around a bit and made mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm noises.

It's called manners. It's their wedding, they can organise it how they want and it's up to guests to make it a good day, not to moan about the frigging catering.

FGS.

Only a Gregg's one

I think they might make an allowance if you only ate meat

Get a grip FGS. You are being childish

Do you NEVER eat a meal without meat?

I've never met anyone that eats meat at every meal..if you feel that bothered then don't go, it doesn't sound as though you like them much so save on the present and forget it

im wiht frazzled on this

yes you would be

indeed

The thought of eating meat at every meal makes me retch

You can offer a someone a choice and still not manage to please everyone...When I have a party I don't always offer a choice - too much like hard work...come and have a good time, or stay away if thats how you feel....Its a wedding meal not a resturant.....

You should throw caution to the wind, put yourself out of your comfort zone and embrace new experiences! You never know you may really enjoy it and have a marvellous time and be converted into including yummy veggie food into your diet! New horizons are calling

not eating meat cd>
arf
i loev contarvesial threads
bloody vegan nonces
bet theyd eat a bacon sandwhcih i f starvign on a desert isle
see hwo far their stoopid belifs gett hem then

Seriously though these are friends you have chosen to be friends with. It's not as if you have to be friends with vegans, you like them, presumeably you are happy for them, go and celebrate their day in good spirit

Actually I know loads of people who eat meal at every meal. Not us though. I am sufficiently anal that we eat vege twice a week, "cheap meat" twice a week (mince, sausages etc) and decent meat twice a week (chicken breast, joint, braising steak etc).

"I totally repect their choice and any reasons they might have had for becoming vegans. Find it hard to understand them not giving anyone else a choice though."
But they obviously don't agree with eating meat so they aren't going to pay for something they don't agree with are they? It's not the same as offering a veggie option at a meat eating wedding. It's like saying Jewish people should offer roast pork even though they fundamentally disagree with eating it. You are being truly insane I'm afraid - I can't beleive you can compare the 2 situations

Stick with the cake!!

what Bozza even for breakfast?

God how horrid

one of my favourite restaurants in the whole world (even though I eat meat and fish) is terre a terre in brighton, and a lot of their menu is vegan

OK CD maybe not breakfast.

My bil's parents have bacon and/or sausages every morning, and meat every other meal. It was not that unusual amongst people who did manual labour in the olden days

I do see your problem with not offering a choice Frazzled - but in my opinion it should be a choice of vegan dishes. Choice doesn't have to extend to individual tastes. Except where soya milk is concerned of course
I have to admit this thread has brought tears of laughter to my eyes. I know you are probably a bit pissed off about the potential for a plate of couscousat the moment Frazzled, but I bet if you come back to this thread you'll have a bloody good laugh at some of the things people have said

Ok Time I get strung up now here, But I had a vegan wedding !!!:)It was our day for our beliefs.
We had 40 guests at the reception, and all but one loved it(he only eats faggots/fish/peas/chips). He drove down the road for fish and chips and ate them in the garden (fine with us)
The food was divine,made by a vegan caterer from Glastonbury, and we had countless comments on how amazed they were that it wasn't lentils and baked beans etc (have photos if anyones interested) We had chocolate mouse, cheesecake, quiche,crudites, loads.We did however provide organic milk, for those who prefered, but most gave the soya/rice milk a go too !
Im not vegan anymore (boo hiss :o) but have my mums free range pet chickens eggs, and organic milk & yogurts sometimes.
Not one regret ( except for the dress I wore !!