24-year-old vegan who has avoided meat for 20 years calls police on friends after they "prank" her: 'My sister sent me a message telling me to check my friend's Snap story'

Author image for Remy Millisky
Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
May 21, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Why do so many people take it personally when someone shares their dietary restrictions? It's not a personal affront to share with someone that you don't eat meat, or have a peanut allergy, or can't eat shellfish. Yet for some reason, some people take this almost as a challenge. They wonder, "Is this person really not eating shellfish?" Some will take it a step further, and try to get that person to eat that specific food that they're avoiding. That just makes no sense, and is totally infuriating. If someone tells you they're not eating meat right now, why would your first thought be to second-guess what they just told you? 

Some people really take this way too far, and go out of their way to trick the person into eating tainted foods. That's a terrible thing to do to someone: after all, you never know what you're really doing when you alter their food. Sometimes I come across stories of baristas who will refuse to pour oat milk in coffee, and insist on using half and half because they think alternative milks are hoity-toity. The folks out there with allergies, or those who are avoiding dairy because it gives them health problems, would be furious to hear about these shenanigans. If you want to prank someone, you'll have to try a little harder and be a tiny bit more creative with your ideas than giving someone food they specifically do not want to consume. 

Next, read about this 25-year-old who broke up with her BF after his "boy mom" acted weirdly at a birthday dinner: "Everyone at the table laughed… I was so stunned." 

Add as a preferred
source on Google
Advertisement
  • 01
    To preface this, I (24F) am vegan, and have been for a good 10 years. I have not eaten meat since I was roughly 3-4 years old when I found out where meat comes from (spoiler alert: there were a lot of tears). This is no secret and everyone in my life knows and respects this - or so I thought.
    via u/veganthrowaway192847
  • 02
    Four nights ago, I was at a party and I will admit, I got white girl wasted. My friends thought it would be funny to feed me chicken nuggets as a prank. I checked with them before chowing down "are these vegan?" To which my friends replied "yeah, they're sunfed" (a type of vegan chickenless chicken). They tasted off to me but I figured it was just because I was drink. I was wrong.
    via u/veganthrowaway192847
  • 03
    I found out the next day when my sister sent me a message telling me to check my friends Snapchat story. The story was them showing the nugget packaging, and then showing them giving them to me (including the conversation where I asked if it was vegan). The and then later them mocking me and pretending to be me when I found out I ate meat (things like fake crying and yelling "the CHICKENS!!!"). I took a screen recording of the video
    via u/veganthrowaway192847
  • 04
    and took it to the police, on the grounds of food tampering, and now 3 of my (ex) friends are facing charges. They all think that I'm overreacting to a 'harmless' prank, so Reddit, AITA? In my view, they took advantage of my drunken state, tampered with my food, and publically humiliated me. In their view, it was just a prank.
    via u/veganthrowaway192847

    Commenters have all types of reactions to this person's question! Some people think that this person was totally justified in being upset enough to involve the police, while others claim she was taking things way too far. One person pointed out that vegans and vegetarians who've gone long periods of time without eating meat can get super sick when they finally do eat it again. Check out the range of opinions below, and see which side of the disagreement you side with. 

  • 05
    wat... NTA I'm impressed and kinda think this is awesome. Edit: I think that it's awesome you went to the police and they're taking it seriously.
    via u/watermelonkiwi
  • 06
    G
    via Matheus G.O on Unsplash+

    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

  • 07
    ReverseMathemati... NTA. As a chef, you never f with someone food. Ever.
    via u/ReverseMathematics
  • 08
    [deleted] NTA You're all forgetting that they uploaded a snapchat video making fun of her too, it wasnt just food tampering
    via u/[deleted]
  • 09
    Gro... What kind of answers are these? ESH. You're pressing charges over chicken nuggets. You have a moral stance against meat. That's fine. But it's not a life threatening allergy. It's absolutely a thing for them to do. They aren't
    via u/GroundhogNight
  • 10
    friends. They should be ashamed. But pressing charges is just way too much.
    via u/GroundhogNight
  • 11
    POLICE DEPARTMENT
    via Fred Moon on Unsplash+

    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

  • 12
    [de... NTA especially since you hadn't eaten meat since you were so young Often times vegans and vegetarians get very sick after eating meat if they hadn't for years before that. I know you didn't mention anything, and maybe everything was fine, but if you had of had a bad
    via u/[deleted]
  • 13
    reaction to the meat after not eating it for many years, it would have been on them. It's ridiculous and r de and although I might not have pressed charges, I think it's your right to do so Edited because I started getting a lot of responses and messages from people upset about my comment. I
    via u/[deleted]
  • 14
    never claimed to be a medical professional, in fact I stated many times in the replies that I have little knowledge on the subject. Feel free to research on your own. Although there seems to be no scientific proof of this, it's incredibly common. incredibly common
    via u/[deleted]
  • 15
    disco-b bath ESH. Your ex friends are the most a hles, but by involving law enforcement you are with their futures in a real, extreme, and permanent way. This was a horrifying prank, but no one deserves to go down over a drink (and let's be real non-harmful) prank. A
    via u/disco-bl***bath
  • 16
    talking-to and unfriending would have been sufficient and not heartless. You are a major a hole.
    via u/disco-bl***bath

Want More? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Tags

friendship vegans chicken friends vegan chicken nuggets meat
Scroll Down For The Next Article