Roommate calls out 30-year-old single mom and 6-year-old kid for eating her food, starts putting vegetables in everything: 'I just simply want to be able to eat my food'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jan 16, 2025 2:00 PM EST

There are very few people in this life who genuinely want roommates as fully grown adults. Sure, the idea of it is something that has been endlessly romanticized and idealized in film and television programs from Friends to Will & Grace. 

However, the truth of the matter is that living with anyone else after college and after one's early twenties becomes challenging in a different way. Naturally, people become more ingrained in their habits and, therefore, far less flexible than they were at 19 years old. Furthermore, people become far more limited in their time and far more burdened by adult responsibilities, which inevitably has a strong effect on one's living situation. 

That being said, living alone is neither realistic nor financially possible for many folks who are past those early twenty-something years. Finding a roommate who checks off your metaphorical boxes, so to speak, is also not an easy task. Furthermore, it's quite possible someone at one point seemingly did fit your criteria turned out to be a total disaster once they moved into your apartment…

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  • At the end of the day, the possibilities for how and why a roommate situation does not work out are infinite. Here, we have a 26-year-old woman who was living with a single mother and a 6-year-old kid. Unfortunately, it was not long before their eating habits began to affect the 26-year-old's day-to-day life.

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    "I put vegetables in all my food so my roommate's kid won't eat them. The Mom is UPSET"

    I(26f) live in a rented house with a single mother (30f) and her son (6m). I had another person living with me but they moved out and the mother moved in. I don't mind living with her and her kid.
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    It's fine and we kind of do our own thing. I spend a lot of time at my boyfriend's place or working. Our work schedules collide so we really don't interact much but when we do it's fine. No issue there.
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    I want to start with saying that she clearly struggles financially but I don't think it's an excuse. I don't make lots of money either.
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    However I've noticed that my food would go missing or portions would be taken from it. I assumed it was her kid so I asked her if she'd stop him from eating my food. I was calm about it and she just said she would. It didn't
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    really upset me when it first started. It started getting annoying when I'd get home from work and expect to have a meal's worth of leftovers in the fridge only to see it picked through or just gone. I kept bringing it up and she started getting annoyed with me bringing it up.
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    Just from observing them I realized that neither of them ever eat vegetables. And judging by the food that would get picked through and the food that would be untouched. Anything with green in it was avoided. Orange
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    chicken would be gone but chicken and broccoli would be untouched. So I started putting vegetables in EVERYTHING. I find vegetables to be delicious. And anything green or not a potato
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    does not get eaten. So I could mix some bell peppers into the food and it would be fine. I make a big portion of vegetables pretty frequently anyway so I just started putting it in everything I
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    eat. If I had leftover mashed potatoes i'd pour green beans in and mix it up. If I had leftover cheesy/bacon fries I'd pour broccoli all over it and mix it in.
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  • This is a clear pro tip from the 26-year-old that, as she said, is a win-win. If you don't want someone constantly eating your food without permission—be it a roommate, coworker, sibling, etc.—just put lots of vegetables in it. There's a good chance they'll be less and less attracted to your meal… unless, of course, the food thief is a vegetarian. In that case, put some meat in there!

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    Usually my homemade stuff has vegetables in it but I started making sure everything did. I made a pot of mac n cheese (the kid's favorite thing) and poured in roasted brussel sprouts. Which is
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    actually delicious to me and I'm eating more vegetables so it's a win win. She had been seeming annoyed but we were all home when I made the pot of mac n cheese. She was in the living room and saw me get out the brussel sprouts and was like
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    "what are you going to do with that?" and I poured them in. She said I was being greedy and annoying. I just said "I like brussel sprouts" and that was it. She said "we need food" and I told her to go get some. Or stop buying only prepackaged things and your money will go further.
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    I think she sees this as some big act of revenge but I just simply want to be able to eat my food. Also want to add that the sharing is not the issue. It's expecting to have food there and it's not. So
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    often I'd be working a long day and get home expecting to have a meal's worth of food and it all be gone. Or I wake up in a rush and had my food ready to eat in the morning only to find it gone.
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    So now I have to skip breakfast. If she would simply text sometimes "hey is it okay if we eat *food item*" I would know and know to make other plans. I would stop for food or know I have to whip something up when I get home.
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    Also I think eating the LAST of someone else's food is crazy and rade. If someone makes a big pot of something and you ask for a serving, sure. But if someone made something and there is one serving left and you eat it without permission that is evil as h I.
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    Ot... When you pay for your own. food, it's not greedy to expect to eat it. She's the one being greedy. Trying to use you/your money/food as a way to feed her child instead of paying for things herself.
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    Supplement. That's the word I was looking for. She's using you to supplement her income.
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  • Several members of the online community contributed their reactions to the 26-year-old's petty revenge. Here is what they had to say!

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    SnooWords4839 Keep eating the veggies! Granddaughter loves peas with her mac and cheese.
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    MMorrighan she really told on herself like that.
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    4legsandatail Need new roommates. I couldn't live like that. We would have big problems! Bet you they wouldn't continue......
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    SqueeMcTwee Honestly, she gave herself away the second she got р ed at you for adding Brussels sprouts. It's none of her business unless she's planning on making it her business.
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