What happened to him ? These were the only thing that kept me watching <| sep |> I ' ve been a vegetarian since I was a kid . Now I ' m in my 40 s . My own mother puts meat in everything still and then everyone looks annoyed , eating , while I sit there , trying to participate in the table talk , with no food . Once they ' re all done and the kitchen is cleaned up , I get a window where I can concoct some kind of meal for myself , which I eat alone . At the inlaws , there ' s a plate in front of me and I eat whatever I can less frequently meat in their veg , then go eat a protein bar from my suitcase . It ' s just easier to avoid such events if possible . Anyway , I ' m sorry you had a crummy meal . In my experience , it doesn ' t get much better .