Nephews Fed Vegan Food, Mom Has Meltdown, Calls It Abuse

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Eric Lund
Sep 17, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Dietary choices can be an intriguing point of contention based on who's making them, like this vegan employee who refused to eat a suspicious cake or this vegan wedding guest who demanded to have a wedding catered to her. After getting radio silence on meat money, this person figured they'd just feed these kids what they ate and received no complaint until their mom learned about it. Given that there are thousands of kids who will eat nothing but Kraft mac n cheese for weeks straight, these ones were probably fine.

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    Font - r/AmItheAsshole - Posted by u/CrazyFun7273 17 hours ago 2 8 10 3 3 4 AITA for feeding my nephews vegan food for a week? I (30m) have been on a plant-based diet for 10 years for health reasons. I take supplements and have regular checkups with my doctor to monitor my health. So far, I haven't had any problems with my diet. A week and a half ago, my sister (32f) asked me if I could do her the favor of taking care of my nephews (13m and 15f) for a week, since she and her husband were going o
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    Font - She knows about my diet, so I sent her this message "Do you want my nephews to eat meat? If so, could you give me the money so I can go buy what I need so I can cook for them?" , but I didn't get a reply, so I assumed it was okay if my nephews ate the same way I did. They left them with me, and we had a really good week. In my personal opinion, my nephews ate healthy and got all their nutrients (except for the absence of protein), but the kids had plenty of energy and said they loved my c
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    Font - EDIT: I didn't feed them animal protein, but I did include plant (vegetal?) protein with every meal (tofu, rice, seeds, beans, etc.) My nephews also really enjoyed what I cooked, so there was no objetion from their part. I even made plans with my niece to teach her how to cook certain dishes that she really liked. Today, my sister and husband came to pick up my nephews. My sister asked them what they ate, and my niece said that she ate the same as me. My sister was Angry with a capital A.
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    Font - Professional-Fail554 - 20h Asskle Enthusiast [6] So you took your nephews for a week, paid for their food, in general took care of them, and she has the audacity to scream at you cause they didn't have meat for a week? Sister can watch her kids on her vacation next time. Op send her a bill for reimbursement for all the food they ate, and all the utilities they used. If you "had an obligation to pay for everything they wanted to eat" then she has an obligation to pay for her children's car
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    Font - Less-Pen1270 · 19h NTA. Vegan diets are healthy as long as they are planned appropriately and I'm guessing based on the fact you've been vegan 10+ years that you know how to make a healthy meal. I highly doubt you were feeding them anything "devoid of protein" (all foods contain amino acids... the building blocks of protein). I used to watch my niece during the summer and would feed her vegan since that's how I eat. Mom knew all about it and her child didn't die of protein deficiency.
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    Font - Cayke_Cooky 16h Veganism is sometimes questionable for long term child diets. As I understand it is somewhat forcing them into that diet for their life because they are not able to develop the ability to digest animal based (dairy, eggs). But this was for a week. NTA
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    Human body - vampsterdame · 19h How on earth was her reaction anything other than holy s-, my kids ate veggies 7 days in a row, hallelujah. NTA.
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    Font - itsthenicknack · 20h Partassipant [2] NTA, you asked her and she didn't reply. If she felt that strongly about it she should have replied. As long as the kids were well fed and not hungry that's the main thing. She should have offered money to look after her two children as a week is a considerable amount of time. If she doesn't like it, she should take her kids with her or not go on vacation.
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    Font - Alottalurkin - 19h NTA. So let's get this straight. Your sister asked for a favour which has you looking after her kids whilst they went off on a jollie without them. Yet it's your obligation to pay for them. The f-:ing nerve of the woman.
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    Font - throwawayValidation1 · 20h Asskle Enthusiast [7] NTA: theyre not infants that have intense dietary needs, they are teenagers and a week of vegetarian food isnt going to hurt them. It doesnt sound like you forced them and they enjoyed your cooking. The last time i commented on a vegan post i swore id never stick my nose in vegetarian/vegan business again because of how bad people were jumping down my throat but i do really think your sister is over reacting here.
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    Rectangle - Majestic_Grocery7015 · 17h Partassipant [1] NTA. If she wanted them to have meat she should have said so and paid for it. Hell some money for groceries would have been nice anyway since you were feeding her two teenage boys for a week
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    Font - bamf1701 · 16h Colo-rectal Surgeon [44] NTA. First of all, your nephews were not harmed by eating vegan for a week. Second, it isn't unreasonable for you to ask for some compensation for taking care of them. It is unreasonable to call what happened abuse. You didn't push your lifestyle on them. You in fact made the offer to serve something different. It is on her that she didn't answer. It is not at all "implicit." To put it bluntly, your sister is insane.
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    Font - Thelmara · 16h NTA In the end, my sister told me that she will never trust me again and she will tell the whole family how untrustworthy I am. So you won't get roped into babysitting anymore? I call that a win.
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