By not even getting any of her shrimp - 11/02/2014 21:50 - United States - Draper

Today, I took my girlfriend out to a vegetarian-friendly restaurant. She ordered shrimp fettuccine, and I asked why. She slowly explained to me that vegetarians can eat shrimp, then muttered that she now knows who has the brains in our relationship. FML
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ThatGuyWhoTalks 10

It's ok OP. You obviously have a brain or else you wouldn't have been able to post this.

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mollyjynxjax 28

The word she was looking for was pescatarian (the term for someone who eats fish meat but not any other kind of meat). So she was stupid to be arrogant in the first place, and doubly so for getting the term wrong.

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Pictureit13 6

It wasn't a question of what she was eating... It was a question of why she was eating something that wasn't of the norm. He asked a legit question... He was curious about what vegetarians can and can't eat... And as far as that goes, if she was a true vegetarian, she shouldn't have been eating shrimp. There's never a dumb question in life as long as it's not about judging someone.. Which he wasn't.

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knoxxx 22

There are different levels of vegetarianism, guys. People usually have their own reason for being vegetarian (like having respect for all living things, not wanting to contribute to animal cruelty, food allergies) so the animal products they don't eat are going to be different. Maybe OP's girlfriend doesn't think seafood counts as sentient life, like a lot of vegetarians.

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NiceGuysDoWin 21

OK, so by your logic, I'm a vegan who just happens to LOVE steak and lobster and bacon and ham and chicken and fried catfish...but I'm still totally a vegan. DON'T JUDGE ME DAMMIT!!!! If you are a vegetarian, you don't eat meat - including fish. If you eat fish, you are a pescatarian. That is specifically what that word means. Granted, OP's girlfriend can call herself whatever she wants, but she really should be a bitch about it when she is using the wrong word to describe herself.

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kohler_thanyou 5

I agree with you. some vegetarians, although they arent fully vegetarian, are doing it to be healthy. while others are animal rights activists. last time I checked shrimp isnt causing heart attacks like beef and fish arent abused for food.

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smokecloud_ 37

So thousands of fish packed in a tiny fish farm like sardines (pun intended) is ok, but chickens aren't?

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Coeliacchic93 21

how does being vegetarian not contribute to food allergies? gluten, soy and corn are major food allergens and most vegetarians eat more of food allergens like these. (note I said 'most' not 'all')

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JMichael 25

Time to educate your girlfriend on what a vegetarian really is.

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XTheDesertSongX 17

She's not a vegetarian if she consumes meat. She's a pescetarian, which is one who doesn't eat any meat except fish. Fish are meat.

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PeachiePrincess 16

I think she meant to say she was pescatarian, not vegetarian. Pescatarians are allowed to eat seafood, but cannot consume any other types of meat. If she was 100% confident in saying she was a vegetarian, then she must have her facts wrong.

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xerbrus 14

2% exceptions when it comes to girlfriends

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