QOTW:rude or not rude?

[Guest guest]

Yeah, that is the quandary... do you tell them you are

veg and ask what the menu will be? Or do you go and

take the chance that there will be nothing you can eat

and it might upset or embarass the host?

Tough one.

 

i don't often go to " dinner parties " either....can't even

recall the last one, it was so long ago! *lol* Mostly it is

just a get together casual potluck sort of thing, and it is

easy to bring something you can eat so if there is nothing

else you won't starve.

 

i think if i did get invited to a dinner, as a guest in

another person's home where they were planning to

serve a sit-down meal, i would drop a hint that i am

vegetarian. i'd do this by asking if there was anything

i could bring along to compliment the meal, and say

something like, " i love to cook and as a vegetarian

i enjoy trying interesting side dish recipes. " . That would

break the topic in, and if the host chose to persue it

further by asking questions, then cool... but if they just

said thanks but no thanks to me bringing food, at least

i was able to slip in a word about my diet so it wouldn't

be a huge shocker if i didn't pile meat on my plate.

 

~ pt ~

 

He who is brave is free.

~ Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)

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, " Amy " <sandpiperhiker>

wrote:

 

> I do too... but then I wonder if it's rude not to say anything and

> then end up with a entire meal you can't eat (has happened to me).

> Then the host/ess gets upset that she could have made something

> without meat. It's not a huge deal at a party, or certainly not a

> potluck, but when it's a sit down meal, it's really obvious that you

> have nothing or your plate. Or if you take a dab of a few things just

> so the plate looks ok, it's obvious you aren't eating any of it. :-(

>