Vegan doesn’t want to pay for friend’s birthday dinner at BBQ restaurant

It’s normal to want to do something nice for a friend on their birthday. Treating the birthday boy and a group of friends to dinner is incredibly generous, but that’s exactly what one person planned to do for his friend, Luke.

Things just didn’t go as planned.

A vegan offered to pay for his friend’s birthday dinner, but he chose a barbecue restaurant.

In an anonymous post on Reddit, someone shared their unique and frustrating situation. “My friend Luke is 40 and I offered to pay for him and a group of our friends to have dinner wherever Luke wanted,” they said.

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Instead of this being accepted as an incredibly kind gesture, Luke made the situation more than a little uncomfortable.

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“Luke has known I’ve been vegan since my 20s, and it’s never been an issue before,” the friend said. “When I asked where he made the reservations, he said it was a local barbecue joint here famous for its menu that makes fun of people who don’t eat meat.”

The friend explained that the menu “literally has a section that says, ‘Vegetarian options: don’t let the door hit you on the way out.’

According to the friend, “I asked what he expected me to eat, and he got angry and said, well, it’s his birthday, so it shouldn’t matter, i should eat before arriving and just order drinks while everyone else is having dinner. while enjoying everyone’s company etc.

This friend made it clear that they didn’t expect Luke to choose a place that would be a good fit for them. “I didn’t expect Luke to choose a vegan place at all,” they said. “I expected him to choose a steakhouse and I would have been fine with a salad and some sides.”