One Woman Brought Her Own Vegan Food So Nobody Had To Accommodate Her, But The Decision Still Sparked Unexpected Family Drama
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Dietary restrictions can make family gatherings tricky, especially when the available options amount to little more than a side salad.
One vegan woman brings her own burger to a BBQ, so when relatives take offense, would you apologize or defend the backup plan?
Her attempt to avoid making extra work somehow becomes the very thing family members accuse her of making dramatic.
See why one homemade burger sparked a full plate of family tension.
AITA for bringing my own vegan food to the BBQ?
I am a 25-year-old woman, and I have been vegan for about three years now.
My family knows this, and while they don’t always get it, they’ve mostly been respectful.
Last weekend, my uncle hosted a big family BBQ. I asked ahead of time if there would be any vegan options.
He kind of laughed it off and said, “There’ll be salad.”
Read on to find out how the family BBQ went.
Not wanting to make a fuss, I brought my own prepped vegan burger and some sides.
I even brought enough to share, in case anyone wanted to try it.
I didn’t ask anyone to cook it for me – I grilled it myself on a clean bit of the BBQ, and didn’t touch any of the meat.
Apparently this was extremely offensive.
Yikes! Let’s find out how her actions caused drama in her family.
Later that night, my aunt told me that I had embarrassed my uncle by acting like his food wasn’t good enough. She said it was rude to bring my own food, and that I made it seem like I was to good for everyone else’s cooking.
I told her I just didn’t want to be left out and was trying to be polite about it. I even tried to offer people some of what I brought.
But now several family members are giving me the cold shoulder and saying I was being dramatic.
Am I wrong for not just eating the salad and quietly going along with it?
AITA?
Wow. You have to wonder whether this uncle and aunt hosted a BBQ to catch up with family, or whether they just wanted to show off their cooking skills.
This woman tried to be as unobtrusive as possible, knowing that her dietary choices might be seen as a problem to some.
But she still ended up being shunned, showing their true toxicity.
Let’s see what Reddit had to say about this.
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This person agreed that the hosts were clearly unwelcoming to their niece for making the moral decision not to eat meat.
While others thought she might have scuppered some of their more nefarious plans.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a woman who finally blew up after years of being treated as the second-best sibling.
Meanwhile, meat eaters agreed that the way this vegan was treated was completely unacceptable.
She asked about vegan options beforehand, brought her own food, cooked it herself, and even brought enough to share.
Her relatives still treated that as an insult, even though the alternative was expecting her to eat salad and stay quiet.
If “bring your own food” counts as drama, this BBQ was already overcooked.
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