Sharing a home requires clear communication and respect.

If you were on a tight budget and one of your roommates was eating a lot of the food you bought, would you confront them about it or hide your food?

This woman is living with her boyfriend, best friend, and best friend’s boyfriend.

They agreed to contribute to the monthly expenses equally.

However, she noticed that her best friend’s boyfriend kept consuming food meant for her and her partner.

Read the full story below to find out more.

AITA for keeping groceries in my cupboard and lying about it to my roommates???

I (23F) live with my boyfriend (22M), my best friend (21F), and her boyfriend (24M).

I have been working at a new job for about 7 months.

I get a regular salary for starting at the bottom, so I can basically just afford simple monthly expenses such as rent, utilities, and groceries.

This woman’s boyfriend and best friend help out with the monthly bills.

My boyfriend is studying his degree.

He helps with bills from money he earns from a part-time job and that his parents give him for his allowance.

My best friend helps out with bills from an allowance she gets from her parents. She is also still studying her degree.

Eventually, her best friend’s boyfriend moved in with them.

The three of us decided to rent an apartment together as it was a more affordable option. We discussed that we would split the bills between us equally.

This arrangement was working well until my best friend’s boyfriend moved in.

He repeatedly stated that he would also help with the bills, but until he found a job, he could only help with groceries.

We all agreed this was okay, but also said that he couldn’t stay here forever without bringing his side.

She noticed that the groceries she bought were disappearing fast.

I started to notice over time that the groceries I was buying were disappearing at a faster rate.

I asked my boyfriend, but he said that he genuinely didn’t take any extra groceries.

My boyfriend and I are really trying to save money for the future, so we budget everything down to the groceries.

I don’t mean that we go hungry to save money. I just mean that we don’t eat 900g T-bone steaks every night.

She found out it was her best friend’s boyfriend who was consuming their pantry stocks.

Then, I noticed that my best friend’s BF was eating meals in the kitchen with my groceries.

I let it go on for a while until I no longer had food to eat myself and had no money to buy more.

I called a house meeting in which I stated that I was not happy with this whole issue.

They (my best friend and her boyfriend) stated they would buy their own food from then on and that we would no longer share with them.

She started keeping her groceries in a cupboard in her bedroom.

After that, food didn’t disappear as much, but it was still finishing faster than it should.

I then started keeping my groceries in my cupboard in my bedroom.

I hate confrontation, so when I needed something from my cupboard, I would make sure they weren’t there to see.

But I’ve bumped into my best friend’s boyfriend while carrying some groceries out of my room.

They then started to ask if I had extra groceries that they could have, e.g., bread, to which I would say no.

This was lying, as I did have bread but for work sandwiches.

Now, her best friend and boyfriend are acting cold toward her.

It’s been about one month now, and my best friend and her boyfriend both feel cold towards me still.

I often catch them whispering and stop when my boyfriend or I enter.

I am not sure if this was maybe the wrong solution for the problem. But I don’t see how I now have to be treated like a villain because my groceries are in my cupboard.

AITA?

They made an agreement not to share groceries anymore, so her friend and friend’s boyfriend shouldn’t care where she stores the groceries she buys.

Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit to this story.

Here’s a possible response to the roommate.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

You are not a food bank, says this person.

This person offers some advice.

And lastly, this person has a question.

Setting boundaries can sometimes mean hiding your stuff from greedy roommates.

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