It was supposed to be a Happy Thanksgiving. You came home from university with your new girlfriend, and we were keen to meet her. All that changed when we all sat down at the table to enjoy the turkey dinner and she began questioning and lecturing Mom:
“Do you have any tofu turkey or a vegan alternative? We don’t eat meat.”
“Are these all organic vegetables? We only eat organic now.”
“You shouldn’t eat meat,” Blah blah blah.
First, you’ve been dating my brother for 1.5 months and in that time you have brainwashed him. Before meeting you he ate meat like any normal person. He didn’t care if the vegetables were organic. Food was food. If it was delicious, he ate it.
Second, coming to OUR home as a guest does not give you the right to belittle my Mom. Turkey dinner for Thanksgiving is OUR family tradition. How are we supposed to know that you’re one of these PETA, Save The Earth, Organic fuckheads? I’m glad Mom didn’t cater to your whim. You on the other hand hurt her feelings and offended the rest of us. Now Mom, Dad, and I are going to do all we can to get you out of our brother/son’s life.
PS – Don’t think you’re invited for Christmas. —Gobble Gobble
This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2011.
unless you’re allergic, you gag it down. i’m sure there was food she could have eaten, it’s one meal. no fecking manners
Ah, college students. All the answers.
*Alllllll* the fucking answers.
Try not to hold a grudge, OP. She was a dumbass who actually believed everyone should believe as she does, now that she’s found *The Truth*.
btw, did shw quote any Chomsky to your pop?
She’s a dipshit. Your brother will move on to better pastures.
My brother and sister in law(and one of their kids, my beautiful niece) are vegetarians. My 13 year old nephew(as of last week- Happy Birfday, Dude!) chose to start meat this year and they accept it without being judgemental fucks.
I don’t see the problem that your brother’s girl was veg/vegan, but that she thinks she has ALL the answers. She’s an extremist. She’ll either grow out of it or not.
Congratz on not strangling her. Your brother sounds like a punk. Nobody would ever disrespect my mom on Thanksgiving like that and still be around.
Girl even DREAM about doin some shit like that she better wake up and apologize..
Then again a chick like that wouldn’t make it as far as meeting the fam.
Agreed, pain-sis-girl. As a vegetarian, I wouldn’t dream of showing up for dinner at an omnivore’s festive table without bringing my own tofurkey. Smart vegetarians don’t expect others to cater to them, they provide solutions, not drama. My guess is the brother is so pussy-struck he doesn’t even see the big picture here: that his chick thinks so little of him that she doesn’t care whether she disrespects and alientates his family or not.
ah, so you’re forcing your brother into making ‘the’ decision.
I suppose then that you will have to live with the choice he makes….
cause if he’s willing to change his entire diet for her…
let’s just say I wouldn’t be surprised either way.
beer’s made from grains and hops…
that would have been a nice vegan supper.
🙂 well at least it’d be my favorite vegan supper….
I agree with wheelie 110%.
Maybe your clueless brother should have given your Mom a heads up about the diet choices, not condoning what Veggie Girl said, but it may have made for a better time. No doubt your brother is thinking with the wrong head
you would never need to worry at our festive feasts chickpeasis. lots o veggies, me ma insists on it
Ha ha, this scene was played out in many a home in North America over the weekend. You can count on it like ducks flying south and bears shitting in woods.
I think the only thing that would make it better is if it was your brother’s older gay boyfriend in place of the pop tart.
I personally have nothing against vegetarians/vegans at all. It’s their choice, so be it. It’s not hurting anybody…..EXCEPT in this case it IS hurting somebody…OB’s mom who probably spent the better part of a week planning, getting groceries, cooking and serving her family’s traditional Thanksgiving dinner. What this chick did was just plain ignorant and rude and kudos to your mom for not bending to her whim. She was a guest at that house, invited to take part in a family tradition and she should have conducted herself accordingly. Your bro should have grown a set and backed your mother up, by the way. At the very least, he could have let your mom know that, “Hey, Mom, listen…thanks for the invite for Thanksgiving dinner. Just to let you know, she/we are now eating vegetarian/organic. If you would like to accomodate our food choices, that would be great. If not, no worries, we can bring our own.” Christ, she could have even lied and said she had a food allergy or something. THAT would have been less rude then what she did. Otherwise, she should have sat there, shut her gob, and smiled politely as she choked down her mashed spuds and gravy.
On a lighter note and bearing in mind what I said about having nothing against veg heads, I DID hear a cute joke:
Vegan is native american for “bad hunter”
wise old farmer: “I didn’t rise to the top of the food chain to eat tofu.”
that’s what i mean clint…very poor form. beware the drama queens
At least the tofu that ‘wise’ old farmer rejected didn’t have to suffer in abject misery it’s whole brief life in the squalid, inhumane conditions that represent the majority of the meat industry. Yes, there’s free range products on the market but they are in the minority. I’m not against eating meat. I’m against eating something that suffered it’s whole life to provide protein that can be obtained from other delicious unsuffering sources.
I loves me lots o’ veggies sista-honey. Your ma’s festive feast is probably quite scrumptious.
all are welcome at our gatherings…your colours are showing chickie. i like that
Everyone has their issues, but if food is yours, you don’t show up for dinner at someones house and tell them they are doing it wrong. This person is an A-hole.
FFS I would’ve told the bitch to go sit outside in the bushes and play with bugs while you and your family ate the food. She was disrespectful, who the fuck cares if she’s with your brother? If you don’t say anything she’ll keep doing it. I couldn’t imagine going somewhere for dinner and saying shit like that! I have some dietary issues which is why I usually don’t go to family/friend dinners. If you’re a fucking vegan, let the god damn cook know so they can cook up some toast for you or don’t show up until the food is all gone.
yuck. I force the veggies down but very few appeal to me in any way.
I’ll take your share of miserable, no-range, inhumane animal flesh then.
keep that muscle inactive… instead of being tough, it makes the steak melt like butter.
This reminds me of my brothers lady; she has to be the second most pickiest eater I know (coming in second to the vegetarian I know who only likes tomatoes and green peppers). My mother goes out of her way to accommodate her by buying things that most of us don’t even like and even making her separate meals and sauces and she still won’t eat it. There is about a fifty-fifty chance she will send back a meal at a restaurant too because it came out with an ingredient she didn’t like on it. Who would have known that a “pepper pizza” would be spicy. Frig.
“At least the tofu that ‘wise’ old farmer rejected didn’t have to suffer in abject misery it’s whole brief life in the squalid, inhumane conditions that represent the majority of the meat industry. “
How many species of animal and wild plant were killed and or displaced to clear that field for tofu? I’ll wager at least 1.
Through the death of the living, we receive our nourishment. I think its sad to be in denial of such a fundamental fact of life.
My thanksgiving dinner consisted of antipasto, swordfish and lots of Italian wine at a fantastic little European restaurant, yummm, there was no complaining in that place… That being said, she should never have been so disrespectful in someone else’s home, especially when she was invited to a family meal, and fed a huge turkey dinner out of the goodness of OP’s Mommy’s heart. Not cool….
First of all like most young guys he is easily manipulated with the promise of sex. Pussy has that effect on the young. Second of all, did it REALLY surprise you about the vegan/organic shit. This is shilled down their throats. Thirdly if they go to NACAD or equivilent, then this should be absolutely no surprise.
As for trying to break them up. Don’t do it. He’ll stay with the PETA bitch just for spite. Not to worry his steak genes will kick in sooner or later.
Hell just called.. it’s cold.. I agree with everything Bro Tim just said.
What a twat. Dump her ass and then watch Penn and Tellers Bullshit and find out the real truth about PETA and organic food.
while i agree with your sentiments about this obnoxious, self-righteous turdburglar, i’m shocked that your meddling family is going to try and break up bro and girlfriend. You’re just as bad as she is. Same shit, different pile. That’s all.
The turkey’s dead. The hostess isn’t. Period.
To assume people are going to have vegetarian or especially vegan alternatives is extremely ignorant and illogical. That’s like going to dinner at a Christian’s place, without telling them a religious Jew is coming, and then whining about the lack of kosher food. I get along fine with vegetarians and believe “you eat what you want, I eat what I want, let’s not be food fascists to each other.”
LOL@ tofu. Ya, I have a tub/cube/tube/jar of tofu sitting in the fridge for emergencies!
On a side note, turkey is an extremely overrated meat and I’m always ecstatic when people serve a superior meat such as chicken, duck, lamb, etc.
OB, you should have told her there’s plenty of grass, leaves, and tree bark in the yard for her to eat. Heck, get the boyfriend to walk her with the dog leash on.
Thanks Sodey, I’m gonna download that series when I get home.
One solution to this would be for someone to develop a kind of asparagus that tastes of bacon. Then again it would likely be GM food so it’s no good for a fair number of people.
Interesting conundrum… they’re starting to talk about commercial-scale vat-grown meat; basically just muscle cells that are multiplied/grown in petri dishes. No animal suffering or death involved. Would that qualify as vegetarian or not?
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“same shit, different pie”
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Disagree, respectfully.
The veg gf was a fucking bitch to his mom.
One strike like that, and yrrrrr OUTATHERRRRrrrrrr!
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“At least the tofu that ‘wise’ old farmer rejected didn’t have to suffer in abject misery it’s whole brief life in the squalid, inhumane conditions that represent the majority of the meat industry. “
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Fuck soy, and the bitchtitties it grows on boys.
Sounds like a self-centered twat. The first meal I ever sat down to with my boyfriend’s family (I was in college at the time too), I would never have dreamed of criticizing anything. I wanted us all to get along. I get that college is a time when you’re exposed to new ideas and ways of doing things, but to just have NO SENSE AT ALL like that? Who would want their family member to be associating with such a person? I wish you the best of luck, OP.
The soy titties thing is a myth. Or attributable from other sources. I was raised on soy since birth due to an acute milk allergy and was a very late bloomer in the titties department. Maybe little boys are growing titties from all the hormones fed to cows to keep them fully lactational.
Stay out of your sibling’s love life. Tell him that next time advance notice of special menu requests would be appreciated and let him figure out what you already know.
you come to my place, you either eat what is up, or fuck you. you can go chew on a rock for all i care. and don’t ever try to tell me how to cook something, i have worked in a lot of high end food places. and watched and helped prepare lots of different types of food. you fucking tell her o.p., she is a douche.
and by the way, some female vegans suck good dick, the other white meat.
This lady showed bad form and disrespect to your brother OP never mind the rest of the family. This isn’t about vegetarianism, it’s about being rude and insensitive. Your brother should have known the outcome of this get-together and given his girlfriend and family a heads-up. He’s as culpable as the holier-than-thou girlfriend.
I agree completely that it was rude of her to call out your mother and their family for their choices.
However, I don’t really think your brother was “brainwashed” by her. It’s possible he found new information and made a decision from there, isn’t it?
What she did was inexcusable, but that doesn’t mean that the whole idea of veganism and organic foods is wrong.
I would also like to point out how hilarious it is that everyone here is saying how she was so awful for calling someone out on their *PERSONAL CHOICES* meanwhile, ripping apart everyone who doesn’t eat meat..
Isn’t that sort of the same thing?
Oh, I see… since you’re in the majority it makes it acceptable to shit on other people’s choices.
Very smart.
Everyone has personal choices, perhaps OP’s brother should have warned this bitch to keep her mouth shut on her strong views, if only out of respect for his mother who obviously put some caring and some work into a nice meal and then invite family and friends to enjoy.
For this “bratty guest” to behave so rudely is unacceptable.
There seems to be a lot of people who have all the answers, are so righteous in their thinking… yet lack empathy for those who aren’t/or don’t think just like them.
…this brat may have a future as a Westend Halifax Councillor
Maes – on a bacon related theme, I came in late on this, but a guy was researching local bacon at the various markets in HRM. Apparently there’s Montreal Smoked Meat flavoured Bacon available, and something I need to find and test, chocolate infused bacon!!
This was on 95.7 last week
C’mon, guys, admit it; most of us get cunt-struck at least once in our lives.
Sounding off at my family’s dinner table as a guest, though, would have been an instant deal-breaker. This cow may as well have peed on the place setting.
Or maybe bro is pissed because she’s hot and thinks he’s a tool…
OC, I’m not 100% sure…
though soy does elevate estrogen levels when consumed.
It’s a good thing for menopausal ladies… bad for the blokes.
Can’t have us crying over the Notebook or sobbing when we break a nail.
What a colossal dumbass. Who invites his vegan girlfriend to a turkey dinner? Who wouldn’t give his mother a heads up that his girlfriend is a neo-vegan douchebag, and is expecting organic veggies and whatnot? That kind of dumbassery deserves a kick in the nuts!!!
Yes. She was a bitch to his mom. So she shouldn’t be welcome in the house again. That’s fine.
But to try and break them up is childish and retarded and none of their business.
There’s a clear difference between the two.
essentially wheeliep, what you’re saying is that she has no right to come into their home and insult their food (which i agree. She doesn’t) but then you’re saying they have a right to meander into their adult family member’s life and try to manipulate a breakup between him and his pretentious douche of a girlfriend.
Doesn’t add up. Either people have a right to tell other adults what to do in their space. Or they don’t. Unless you’re one of those people who believes rights should change depending on the person.
Turdburglar? I musta missed the rectal sex part of this bitch? Is the OP gay?
The amount of estro in soy is minimal so really doesn’t affect blokes or birds in the way you are suggesting Mr zZz because with the vast amount of soy I consume you would think hot flushes would be eliminated and I’d be sporting a rack I’d need a wheelbarrow to cart around. Not so.
I would have slapped her face.
Not because she was vegan but because she was absolutely rude as a guest.
I know people like her too and they are the most irritating self-centred know-it-alls. Luckily, most people are aware of that but unluckily, they themselves aren’t.