Split Among the Household

[chinnymom]

Forgive me if this question has been posted before as I have been mia for quite some time due to the constraints of work. I live with my fiance of 5 years...along with our dachshund, 2 cats, 2 chinchillas, and 6 piggies (all rescues). Naturally we are an animal loving household. However my fiance does not believe in nor does he want to convert to vegetarianism. I myself do not meat and I'm weaning myself off of dairy and eggs as we speak (tho ice cream is my weakness). I'm new to vegetarianism but was able to cut meat out completely cold turkey (no pun intended). My question is mainly for those who practice vegetarianism yet thier significant others do not...do you still cook meals with meat for them? As of right now I have to cook two separate meals unless I can successfully switch meat products with non-meat products without him noticing. Like take tacos...I will cook the beef/chicken part of the taco for him but for myself I just cook extra black beans or vegetarian refried beans. Tell me your thoughts, actions, ideas...I'm curious. Even though I'm not eating the meat - I still feel bad cooking it. Oh and the idea of him cooking his own meals will not fly...he is a horrible cook!

[wickedrodent]

I live with my grandparents who both eat me, and will not cook it. I am one of the main cooks in the house.. and when I cook, they eat what I make.. If they don't like what I am cooking, my grandma fixes something seperate for the two of them.

[Susan9608]

I feel your pain. My husband and I are in the same situation. I'm vegetarian; he is not. He has no desire/inclination to be one. Sometimes it bothers me; other times, I think it will be a good lesson for our children to see that two people can disagree about something but still love and respect each other.

My husband is also not a cook.

I will not buy meat at the store, cook it, or clean up after it. Because my husband is not a good cook, he usually eats whatever it is I make and only gets meat when we go out to eat. Occasionally he'll make chili or something easy like that, but he knows he has to do the dishes afterwards, so that puts a damper on his enthusiasm for making meat stuff for himself.

I think if you decide you don't want to cook it anymore, you'll fiance will adapt. He'll either learn to cook or he'll learn to do without.

Good luck.

[PiggieMamaKelly]

I do live in a mixed household and will cook meat. I just feel like the decision to be meat free must come from him- there's no way I could force it on him. I usually don't buy it, I just cook what's there. So that makes me feel like I'm not actually supporting the meat industry because he already paid for it, and he WILL eat it whether he cooks it or I cook it.

But more importantly- Being an ice cream lover myself, have you tried Tofutti Cuties ice cream sandwiches? They are so so so good. And that's not even enough 'so's.