Student With Dietary Restrictions Opts Out Of Christmas Dinner For Financial Reasons After Her Brother Refuses To Accommodate Her Diet
It can be challenging to plan a menu for an event, especially if you have to also keep in mind gluten-free, keto, or vegan options. Food allergies are also something you need to keep an eye out for, as well as religious or personal dietary restrictions some people may maintain.
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It can be a headache to accommodate all these cases with a single menu. Thankfully, a significant share of venues do accommodate various dietary restrictions.
The venues will expect to be notified about it beforehand to be able to make the proper alterations to their menu and ensure they have enough stock. However, when you're hosting an event all on your own, it can be truly frustrating.
A Redditor who goes by the username u/flatsheepherder6311 made a post on the r/AmItheA**hole subReddit where she explained how her brother refused to fully accommodate her dietary restrictions while planning for a family Christmas dinner. The user decided to bail on the dinner since she could not afford to pay for the meals herself, but her brother's reaction made her doubt how she acted.
The r/AmItheA**hole community had a lot of different reactions to the user's post. Scroll down to check out the full Reddit post, and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post.
Here's the original post by Reddit user u/flatsheepherder6311.
OP is a student, so she couldn't contribute financially towards this year's feast.
OP's brother didn't approve of the food options she picked.
Op's brother kept her options limited and refused to compromise.
OP decided not to attend the Christmas dinner entirely after the way her brother behaved.
OP's brother got mad after she announced her decision, so she doubted the way she dealt with the situation.
OP eventually modified the post to include an “Edit” with more context.
OP thinks she might potentially be the a-hole for the following reason:
Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/flatsheepherder6311's post:
OP had to give up some meals to reduce the cost.
The brother doesn't get how important those picks are for OP.
“If one doesn't want to pay for people's food, the simple solution is not to invite them.”
OP wanted to help her family out by offering to cook the feast this year.
OP made another post with an official Update about how things unfolded:
OP's brother apologized for letting his anxieties get a hold of him.
The brother offered to include more of OP's meals in their budget.
OP's brother realized he messed up after noticing how everyone he loved was mad at him.
Despite this little hiccup, OP will spend Christmas with her family this year.
Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/flatsheepherder6311's update:
Everyone loves a happy ending.
We all make mistakes that are loved ones are ready to forgive us for.
Thankfully, things worked out in the end, and OP will spend Christmas with her family this year. This was only a slight hiccup, but the brother did the right thing by apologizing and admitting he didn't deal with the situation as he should have.
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