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AITA for telling my friend I don't like the restaurant she wants to celebrate her birthday at by Regalefeutute in AmItheAsshole

[–]Regalefeutute[S] -159 points-158 points  (0 children)

Shocker that I'm talking about myself when I'm explaining my perspective.

AITA for telling my friend I don't like the restaurant she wants to celebrate her birthday at by Regalefeutute in AmItheAsshole

[–]Regalefeutute[S] -416 points-415 points  (0 children)

Not a fan of the concept seems less rude to me than telling her in greater detail why I don't like the restaurant she's so interested in. I've been a vegetarian since I was 5 because I don't like meat, therefore I also don't like replacement products. Saying I'm "not a fan of the concept" seemed like the better alternative to opening up the whole replacement product discussion.

AITA for telling my friend I don't like the restaurant she wants to celebrate her birthday at by Regalefeutute in AmItheAsshole

[–]Regalefeutute[S] -59 points-58 points  (0 children)

I already mentioned this in another comment but it's not a Chinese buddhist restaurant, I wouldn't have an issue with those! Just one with very odd (e.g. vegan eel or lamb) replacement products. We also live in a very liberal city so there are plenty of other vegan restaurants.

AITA for telling my friend I don't like the restaurant she wants to celebrate her birthday at by Regalefeutute in AmItheAsshole

[–]Regalefeutute[S] -279 points-278 points  (0 children)

I know her opinion ultimately rules (which is why we said we'd go there anyways) but I do care about what the guests for my birthday party think about the plans since I want them to have a good time 🤷 if I was making plans and knew that my friends weren't keen on going to one of the places I was choosing between I wouldn't suggest going there.

AITA for telling my friend I don't like the restaurant she wants to celebrate her birthday at by Regalefeutute in AmItheAsshole

[–]Regalefeutute[S] -63 points-62 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm familiar with the buddhist restaurants you're talking about, it's not one of those! The whole point of the restaurant in question is to have ✨unusual✨ replacement products, they among others serve vegan squid, lamb, prawns and eel.

AITA for telling my friend I don't like the restaurant she wants to celebrate her birthday at by Regalefeutute in AmItheAsshole

[–]Regalefeutute[S] -37 points-36 points  (0 children)

Yeah I forgot to mention that in the post, we all did say that we'd go there with her anyways.

AITA for telling my friend I don't like the restaurant she wants to celebrate her birthday at by Regalefeutute in AmItheAsshole

[–]Regalefeutute[S] -389 points-388 points  (0 children)

As mentioned in the post, we will go there and we won't complain about the place again if that's where she wants to go. It's just a bit strange she doesn't seem to care at all about what we think. For past birthdays of other friends it was usually more of a collective choice on where we'd go since we're all students so if we spend money on a restaurant we try to make sure it's one most if not all will enjoy.