So here is the situation. My family is extremely open-minded about my vegan lifestyle and diet. They all eat meat, although they are not huge meat-eaters and they always make sure when I visit to have vegan food on hand.
The other day my sister and I were discussing food for my nephew's first birthday party and I said I would make vegan brownies. The conversation basically went like this:
Me: I'm going to make vegan brownies for his birthday.
My sister: Why would you do that? People aren't going to want to eat them.
Me: Well they can try them. We don't have to tell them it's vegan.
My sister: We can't trick them! We have to tell them it's vegan food!
Me: How is it tricking someone? It's not like they said "oh I'm abstaining from any food that doesn't have dairy or eggs in it". It's not the same as tricking a vegetarian into eating meat or a vegan into eating dairy. You don't tell meat-eaters... oh this is a salad... just to warn you it's vegan.
My sister: It's still tricking them!
I was kind of hurt that she thinks it's tricking people to not explicitly state the brownies are vegan. It's not like I would try to hide it or not tell them, but I don't think we have to tell people before they even try it. What do you guys think of this? Has this happened to you before?
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