Does anyone else make separate meals for their s.o/kids and not hate it?

I went veg at 19. I had a father who refused to eat chicken, a mother who rarely ate red meat, and two sisters with multiple food allergies. Mom generally made two menus (chicken and red meat) and omitted allergy triggers. When I came home and informed my parents I was cutting out meat, I was told that if I didn't eat what was on the table, I needed to do my own cooking. Sounded fair. I did.

Now I've married a meat-eater. And I fix two mains, one veg and one meat. He looks at a cookbook and tells me what he wants. I generally comply (barring something like a roast that serves 12 and won't freeze well when we're not having company, or something incredibly time-consuming). It's no big deal. Actually makes it easier when my veg main is supposed to be 4 servings. I weigh out my recipe and take 1/4 of it each time. He's not watching his weight; he'll just take as much as he wants. Which can lead to fractions of portions, etc. This way? No issues.

No. I may make an extra side dish of pasta or something for them that I don't plan on sharing, or I'll make myself an extra something that I'm fairly sure they they won't care for, but I don't make a whole seperate meal.

Yes, I make different meals, but I guess I don’t “hate it” per se I’m a single mom with a 5 yr old, and it has always been that she has different meals than me. It’s just her and I... A way of life that I’ve gotten used to I suppose.

When I was actively losing weight I made two different meals, one for me and one for the kids pretty consistently. I still do sometimes when they are having pasta or something I don't want to eat. I try to have some crossover with the veggies so it isn't too much work.

Yeah, quite often I’ll cook 3 separate meals simultaneously... I feel like short order cook

I don't make separate meals for my wife...we eat the same stuff whether we're cutting weight or in maintenance...portions are just different.

We make separate meals for our kids namely because my wife gets off work at 3:30 and she picks up the kids from school and they usually eat around 5 PM. I'm not generally home before 6 and can be as late as 7 so they'd be starving if they had to wait for me to get home to eat dinner.

I don't make two entirely separate meals, but I do different sides for my husband a lot (i.g. mashed potatoes for him and mashed cauliflower for me). I don't find it too strenuous nor does it bother me

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If it works for you, why worry what others think!

If you loved or didn’t mind doing it then I would say go. If you don’t, I would find ways around it. Most of the time i would give him leftovers for sides and freshly cooked meat. Or cook supper for 11 and then eat the leftovers for you supper the next day.

I love cooking for my spouse, so if she didn't like something I made I'd be fine with making something else. I do prep both of our lunches every week, and I cook meat for hers and vegetarian for mine. Dinner she does tend to eat the same meals as me, but the toned down version. For example I'll separate out her portion before adding a lot of spices, or I'll grab one of the chunks of parmesan garlic butter I keep in the freezer for her instead of the tomato based sauce I made for myself. It's nice because it encourages her to eat more vegetables, in a more comfortable way, but also doesn't mean I'm stuck eating bland food every meal.

OP I've done this for years. My husband eats fish, but no meat, since he was a child. I have 3 sons, now men, and 2 still eat at home. We eat together, but I make alot of food and everyone eats what they want. It's more work, but I'm just used to it, and everyone is grateful and doesn't say a word. If I get mad, I go on strike. Outsiders never comment. Do what you want, it's your life and nobody's business.