Lent Observers - Eating no meat on Fridays

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by SoonToBeMrsR

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Posted by VeggieBride

i never understood why they dont consider fish meat

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What I was told was that this all started to help boost the fishing industry way back when so they said originally no meat on wed and fri during lent this way people would be forced to eat more fish. I hope no one gets mad at me for this, it is just what I heard, but I still follow the rules of a good catholic and eat my fish on fridays

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nobody should get mad, i remember learning about this in school. That's why alot of catholics will eat seafood on friday.

I am not catholic so I had chicken and beef today. DH is catholic and he went to a steakhouse today omg his mom would kill him lol but 2 friends who couldnt make it to his party last week took him out to his favorite steakhouse. Wanna hear the funny part,dh came home early bc he got SOOOO sick off of it, he went to bed now bc he cant take the pain, i guess that was his punishment for eating meat lol

ETA: although im not catholic and dont have to follow this, have to say the orthodox one is so much more strict. Theres also 2 different versions ppl follow, theres one alot more strict than the other and its for 40 days, and some do it for even longer. My grandmother follows the real strict one and its insane, theres hardly anything you can have lol. Theres times you cant have any dairy, then no meat and dairy at the same time and a bunch of other things lol. I never follow it

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I think the stricter one follows more the Kosher style of living. No dairy mixed with meat etc. They live like this all of the time. Its impressive to think that people can do that & stick to it. However, if you are born into the lifestyle i guess what you dont know wont hurt you. It would be harder for me an italian to turn into this lifestyle. I mean no meatball parmigiana??? UGH the travesty of it all. lol lol lol Ill stick to no meat on Fridays. lol