Dear Blake,
I’m getting married next year, and my father has gotten very upset at one of my choices. My fiancé and I are both vegetarians for moral and environmental reasons. This is an important part of our lifestyle and our relationship, so it seemed like a no-brainer to us to have a vegetarian wedding. Catering a large event including meat seems ridiculous to us, considering that we avoid meat in our daily lives. My father thinks this is extremely rude and that we are “forcing our beliefs on our guests.” He thinks we should have a traditional meat entrée, since most of our guests will not be vegetarian. I think that everyone can survive one meatless meal. What are your thoughts?
Signed, Alice
From Chicago, Illinois
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Dear Alice,
Congrats on your upcoming marriage, as you and your husband appear to be “two peas in a pod” (pardon the pun). But I’m with your dad on this one, and I wouldn’t come to your stupid wedding if all you’re serving is variations of a salad. How selfish are you? You want people to eat food that would be considered a buffet for cows and horses? I have yet to meet a vegan that wasn’t either weird, always hungry, or both! You miserable misguided winch! So you don’t want to eat meat because it was a living creature? So are plants. I suggest you rent the DVD “The Wizard of Oz”, and go the scene when Dorothy and the Scarecrow try to pick some apples. Fortunately for you, hardly no one is going to show up for your bland big day, once they realize that they’ll be grazing instead of dining. Hopefully, you two can live happily ever after you walk down the aisle. However, I think one of you will eventually file for a divorce after waking up in the middle of the night, and catch the other one scarfing down a plate of barbecue ribs and hot links. And maybe eating some cole slaw with the meal might clear the culprit’s conscience. I hope this helps.
Blake