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The wine wasn’t drunk because it wasn’t vegan. End of. I find it weird to say that you were amused though.
Had it been a dinner party for coeliac sufferers and a wheat item was discovered, that too would have been treated like a live bomb, but I’m guessing that wouldn’t be as funny due it being a medical rather than ethical issue?
The most important thing, I think, is to respect other people’s life choices without assimilating or mocking them. I know you guys eat eggs from your own chooks and consider that to be part of your definition of veganism, but I’m sorry to say that a vegan lifestyle is black and white: no animal products at all. Plant based is another matter and might not tickle you so much.
Not being deliberately obtuse here or asking for a “#cba” response, just suggesting that a more empathic approach might be better.
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We once went to a dinner party that we thought was for our friend's birthday, but actually turned out to be more of a big ol' vegan bring-a-dish with her housemate's friends, who seemed somewhat surprised that we brought a birthday cake. After a couple of hours of the worst sort of vegan (and "wellness") gossip and bitching, some wine was produced that the host had thought was vegan, but was actually vegetarian. Cue it being handled like a live bomb and confined to the furthest corner of the lounge away from the party in the dining room, to be thrown out.
Needless to say we were quite amused and kindly took care of it for them. Can't abide waste...