I'm lucky in that my culture doesn't give non plant based gifts (except stuff with milk in it, but I'm vegetarian not vegan), especially without asking, so I have never faced this issue.
That’s really nice! Makes it a lot easier :)
Assuming you’re south asian, I also like that it’s normalized (in my experience) for some families particularly mothers to have a rule about no meat in the house and that’s followed. That doesn’t work for me.
yep, Indian American. And ppl just assume there's a good chance you're vegetarian and ask first, even non south asian friends, coworkers, etc.
If it's something ready to eat now, I'll decline with explanation. If it's less perishable and something my wife might like, I'll say that and take it.
… what. Maybe you mean not plant-based?
Yes. How do you receive them? Do you just reject it or try to regift or something.
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