3...you suck. Why is she a ***** when she has a boyfriend. Dumb.

HAHAHAHA oh my god! ahah thats funny as shit! he got ya there!

lol, I thought it was funny.

All I can say is #66 probably isn't from a southern state. Southerners are taught to eat what is served to us, regardless of what it is. Someone prepared a meal and it should all at least be sampled as a display of appreciation for the hard work the host or hostess put in. Do I LIKE eating meat? No, and I almost always end up throwing it up anyway because my stomach absolutely can't stand it. Truth is, sometimes you have to do things that are unpleasant for you simply to be polite. Like holding your tongue when someone disagrees with you. Manners sometimes trump dogmatism.

#126, somebody is probably going to bash you for "not being a true vegetarian" but thanks for speaking up. Manners are really that much more important. #121, most people who can't tolerate gluten usually explain it to other people as an allergy. It's simpler that way. I've known someone like this, and I think "intolerance" is kind of a light word.

bahahaha your boyfriends dad is AWESOME

#66 here again. I just wanted to say that turning down food doesn't make you impolite. I am not from a Southern state, no, but this honestly has little to do with where a person is from. I don't see it as that big of a deal to say "I'm sorry, I appreciate everything you have done in preparing this meal, but I am a vegetarian so I cannot the meat dishes." How is that impolite in any way? This has absolutely nothing to do with manners. The people who have mentioned something about my post probably aren't vegetarians either. When you haven't eaten meat for so long, you can't just up and eat it again; it's not that simple. Even pushing aside beliefs and personal preferences, a vegetarian will most likely become sick for days after consuming meat because their body isn't used to breaking down meat. #54/118. You are dense; I stand by that completely after reading your second post. "If being a vegetarian requires you to rudely turn down your host's food if it has any traces of meat, then I guess vegetarians are rude by nature. Honestly." Where did I say in my post that being a vegetarian requires you to be rude? #18 is not a vegetarian, plain and simple; there is no gray area here. If you pick and choose when you consume meat, you are not a vegetarian. I personally feel it is more rude to take offense when someone tells you they cannot consume something because of their dietary preferences, as long as they aren't being whiny or preachy about it. If I know I am going to a dinner party, I ask if they would like me to prepare dishes to bring and share, so that the host isn't required to cater to my dietary preferences. If not, I'd eat whatever they make aside from the meat dishes. Nobody has ever seen it to be rude or any sort of problem at all, because they know I'm not insulting the host in any way whatsoever. I just do not eat meat and I have no problems with people that do. Nowhere in the original post did the person say this was a special meal prepared for them. They simply stated they were over their boyfriend's house and the mother cooked lasagna with meat in it, which she could not eat due to being a vegetarian. Had this been a special meal for the OP and she knew about it beforehand, it is her responsibility to inform his mother. Had it been a meal that was prepared for her that she had no knowledge of, it was her boyfriend's responsibility to inform his mother. It doesn't even state that the mother was offended by this. Relax.

OWNED! :D

Unless you have a real medical reason or a religious reason for not eating meat, grow up and eat what's put in front of you.

I agree that your boyfriend's dad was out of line with that comment, but it was ******* rude of you to tell his mom that you don't eat meat right after she went to the trouble to cook dinner. let me tell you that nothing pisses off an "mother in-law" more than insulting her cooking.