Okay so when I first typed the title I wrote “secretly” instead of “accidentally” but it wasn’t premeditated so have mercy on me!
My vegetarian friend came over for dinner with her family about a year ago. She’s the only vegetarian in her family. I made a meat dish, salad, a potato dish (because her favorite food is potatoes) and soup.
The soup was butternut squash, coconut, white bean and without even thinking I used chicken broth.
AFTER I made the soup she said “you used vegetarian broth, right?” And I said yes 😳 I just wanted her to have a good dinner and I messed up…
She loved the soup so much she even asked to bring home the leftovers!
This past fall we were at dinner and she liked some pasta dish on the menu. The ingredients were all vegetarian except it was made with chicken broth. She asked the waitress if it could be made without chicken broth and the waitress said no. My friend was all bummed out and complaining like “why can’t they just make it without chicken broth” and I’m like “oh come on, chicken broth is healthy” then I remembered….
“I have a confession to make” and I told her. She didn’t seem THAT mad, honestly I confessed in kinda a funny way and we both kinda laughed it off but over the last few months I realized our relationship has been different. She’s never indicated she was mad at me but even my husband mentioned today that he felt we weren’t as close anymore then I remembered the chicken broth… am I the absolute worst?
YTA
Vegetarian here. I don’t expect anyone to think about details like what type of broth they’ve used but I do expect them to be honest when I ask. You lied when a simple apology for forgetting veggie vs chicken broth would have been fine.
YTA. Your mistake while cooking is understandable, but then you lied to your friend when asked a direct question, in order to get her to do something she’s opposed to doing.
YTA, not for the initial mistake, it happens, but for continuing to lie about it instead of apologizing then and there. Had you done that, you’d probably still be close.
YTA
Most because you can’t know what’s going on inside her head unless you ask and are honest with each other. She could be harboring a lot of resentment. At least you confessed and told her later, but if you’d like to remain as good friends as you once were, you could have a sit down heart to heart to make sure everything’s out in the open.
YTA for not owning up to your mistake.
>AFTER I made the soup she said “you used vegetarian broth, right?” And I said yes
YTA
Forgetting to use vegetable broth? An honest mistake.
*Lying* about it? AH move.