Rude or polite?!
Answers: when you go over to someone's house or party or whatever and ur vegetarian and you have to eat there and they serve meat, do you personally eat it to be polite or do you not eat?
You eat what you like.Or you dont have to eat at all.
It's not rude to pass on the meat or the meal.
No doubt you'll be asked.
Simple answer "I'm a vegetarian".
If they have a brain, they'll understand.
I would and I do( unfortunately ) eat meat.
I have after many years reduced how much I eat.
I'll get there eventually.
So basically its not a question of rude or polite but what you eat and your beliefs.
Stick by them.
If you are vegetarian, you never eat meat, even if you are served meat as a guest.
You thank them and tell them that you appreciate it but you won't eat any kind of meat. If they seem upset, you can apologize and tell them that the food looks great and you don't want them to take it personally.
If you go to a drug users house. do you take drugs to be polite? No. Same with if your a vegetarian. You dont comprimise your beliefs just to be polite. If you know that you are staying at someones house for dinner, then you mention it before or when you are invited. That way they can cater for your needs and you wont be served meat.
I'm vegetarian and this always happens to me. But I never eat any animal product that is served to me. I'll just tell them in the nicest way that i can that I don't eat animals.
No, don't eat the meat. You can offer to bring a dish to ensure you have something to eat.
If I was allergic to dairy, would I eat dairy just to please my host? No. Same principle. It's your life, not theirs! Besides, I'm sure they would be happy that they had leftover meat for themselves, ha ha!
I know some cultures take offence to refusal of food. And you just need to explain politely that it's got nothing to do with them. 'Religion' and 'allergy' are the easiest way to slip out of things, although lying should only be reserved for the touchiest hosts.
I faced this problem, and they were offended when I turned it down, but in the end I know I was right.
I don't eat what they serve if it contains meat. I just tell them thank you but I don't eat meat.
NORMALLY if I know they are going to be inviting me over I take my own food dish over to their house so I can eat with them....or just eat before I come.
I usually tell people though I'm vegetarian in the very beginning so they don't go out of their way to make me food that I won't eat.
No. If it's a dinner party of BBQ, I'd tell the hosts in advance and offer to bring some food to share.
I wouldn't be a vegetarian if I ate meat.
I also don't compromise my ethics to please other people. I don't need acceptance that badly. A Jewish person wouldn't eat pork to please their host.
BTW, you can decline without saying you're vegetarian. A simple "no thanks" will suffice.
No I don't eat it to be "polite", I don't eat it at all. Just today I went to someones house for Easter dinner, there were other things to eat than meat. If there really is nothing to eat I would just wait unless I was very hungry then I would see if they had some bread I could eat.
nah i dont eat meat im a vegetarian
I politely decline the meat-containing foods. If they are friends, then they already know that I'm a veggie. If they are just acquaintenances, then I do what I can to not be rude...but I absolutely DO NOT eat the meat dishes.
absolutely not! that happened to me at thanksgiving at my parents' friends house, and they got pretty mad at me for some reason for refusing to eat the turkey or ham. it was stupid