3666: Bad Red
Writing away! [...IN MY MIND...] Wanted to share this, tho:DEAR ABBY: My partner and I are vegetarians. Occasionally we eat fish, but neither of us has had pork, beef or fowl for more than 10 years.
We were at a barbecue at a good friend's house a short time ago and our gracious hosts kindly prepared veggie burgers especially for us. Another guest at the party asked me if I'd be as good-natured as our hosts if I were to have a get-together at my house. (In other words, would I serve meat to our carnivorous guests.) I told him no, to which he (jokingly?) replied that I was "selfish."
Abby, the idea of eating meat is gross to me now. The reason I stopped eating it in the first place is my ethical opposition to how it's produced, and I would not want to compromise my ideals simply in the name of being a good hostess.
Am I "selfish"? Should I offer my friends meat if that is what they prefer? I'd appreciate your input. -- WHERE'S THE BEEF? IN HOUSTON
DEAR W.T.B.: A gracious guest does not criticize what his or her hosts serve. Your friends are aware that you are a vegetarian and why. As long as you make sure they don't go hungry, you are not obligated to serve guests flesh of anything that doesn't come from the ground, a bush or a tree. And you can say I said so.
I imagine in this case, it's part of the reason some people can't/won't reciprocate hosting parties--it'd be easier for all involved to just go out to eat, not to mention I don't think I'd want meat prepared by someone who'd never done it before. But this gets into a point of contention at work [that's pretty commonplace in social bickerings], that A assumes things about B because that is what A would do and why doesn't everyone... well, not everyone does things the same way, and if A would ASK why B does XYZ instead of complaining to C, A would know.
Ugh, not interested in being the confessional anymore.
Edit: XM CALLED AGAIN DX I have now filed 279 words with the BBB about them. Can I count that towards my Nano? =p
We were at a barbecue at a good friend's house a short time ago and our gracious hosts kindly prepared veggie burgers especially for us. Another guest at the party asked me if I'd be as good-natured as our hosts if I were to have a get-together at my house. (In other words, would I serve meat to our carnivorous guests.) I told him no, to which he (jokingly?) replied that I was "selfish."
Abby, the idea of eating meat is gross to me now. The reason I stopped eating it in the first place is my ethical opposition to how it's produced, and I would not want to compromise my ideals simply in the name of being a good hostess.
Am I "selfish"? Should I offer my friends meat if that is what they prefer? I'd appreciate your input. -- WHERE'S THE BEEF? IN HOUSTON
DEAR W.T.B.: A gracious guest does not criticize what his or her hosts serve. Your friends are aware that you are a vegetarian and why. As long as you make sure they don't go hungry, you are not obligated to serve guests flesh of anything that doesn't come from the ground, a bush or a tree. And you can say I said so.
I imagine in this case, it's part of the reason some people can't/won't reciprocate hosting parties--it'd be easier for all involved to just go out to eat, not to mention I don't think I'd want meat prepared by someone who'd never done it before. But this gets into a point of contention at work [that's pretty commonplace in social bickerings], that A assumes things about B because that is what A would do and why doesn't everyone... well, not everyone does things the same way, and if A would ASK why B does XYZ instead of complaining to C, A would know.
Ugh, not interested in being the confessional anymore.
Edit: XM CALLED AGAIN DX I have now filed 279 words with the BBB about them. Can I count that towards my Nano? =p