Other people believed that because it was only one meal, the real priority should be to preserve the friendship:
“Hmm, maybe I am biased as a pescetarian. But I think you can eat meat every day, you eat turkey every year. Why not eat vegan for a day? No, not even a day, just a meal. Your friend is only asking for one meal to be vegan one time. Is that so horrible?”
—u/Aurelia-Yazz
“Everyone here is acting like Thanksgiving turkey is a life-or-death situation. Why can’t she eat vegan food for a 20-year friend?”
—u/HotAndShrimpy
“Your friend comes to your house every year and settles for being unable to eat most of the things you put on the table. She does that because she wants to spend time with you.
You can eat vegan food. It’s just not your favorite. She cannot eat most of what you put out. Can you not settle to make her happy for just one year?
Just seems a strange hill to die on.“
—u/WillingKnitter
“I have been attending a vegan Thanksgiving for several years now. The food is fine, but it isn’t Thanksgiving food by a long shot. We go to avoid hurting their feelings, but we have a real turkey day meal on a different day.
So that would have been one way to go about it.”
—u/regular6drunk7
