28-year-old woman locks boyfriend's 29-year-old brother out of freezer for stealing her food, he accusing her of treating him like a child: "When he realized he couldn't get into the freezer he lost it"

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 28, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

Welcome back internet creatures. I think it's safe to say that we've all dealt with some level of betrayal. Whether it's a family member lying to your face, a significant other cheating on you, or your boss stabbing you in the back about a work thing. Betrayal is real, and it lies in different planes of being. Lying is one form of betrayal. There's are the innocuous "little white lies" about your boyfriend's mother's cooking, or about loving the gift your grandma bought you for your birthday. There are these certain lies that do function to protect another person. And then there are lies of deceit, of malice, and of treachery. If you're anything like me, you see the world through the lens of Dante Algieri, and know that these people suffer in the most tormenting circles of the inferno. 

In the story below, the betrayal isn't a white lie, a big lie, or something that can be excused as malice. It's negligence, and it's in the form of being a disrespectful and entitled roommate. 

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    AITA for putting a lock on our freezer?

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    My (28F) partner (31M) and I live with his brother "Alex" (29M). We split rent and bills three ways. For the most part it works fine. The issue is food.
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    Alex is a really picky eater, but he also eats a lot of what he does like. Specifically, he will go through any and all frozen snack
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    foods. Things like pizza rolls, chicken nuggets, ice cream, that kind of stuff. My partner and I buy our own groceries, and Alex
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    buys his. The problem is Alex will eat all of his frozen stuff in a couple of days and then start eating ours.
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    We've talked to him about it countless times. He always apologizes, says he was really hungry, and promises to replace it but he rarely does. Last week I
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    bought a specific brand of frozen veggie pies I love that are a bit expensive. I was looking forward to having one after work and I
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    came home to find the box empty in the bin.
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    I was so ped off. I had a bit of a row with Alex, who gave the usual excuses. The next day, my partner and I went out and bought a small hasp lock for the chest
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    freezer we keep in the utility room. We moved all our frozen stuff into it and locked it.
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    When Alex realised he couldnt get into the freezer he lost it. He said we were treating him like a child and being incredibly petty
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    and hostile. He says its humiliating. My partner says Alex is just mad he got caught out, but now I feel a bit guilty. We do live
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    together, and maybe locking up food is a step too far. AITAH?
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    Negative-Cat7268 • 16h ago NTA. He can eat the food he pays for, not the food YOU pay for. He acts like a child, therefore he deserves to be treated as such.
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    Syd Lexia • 16h ago NTA. It is not your responsibility to feed any roommate, regardless of whether it's your boyfriend's
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    brother. He is not entitled to your food. He has been specifically and repeatedly asked not to eat your food.
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    He does it anyway. Your solution is completely reasonable.
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    Alarming-Pop-5379 • 16h ago As long as he has another freezer to put his stuff in then you're definitely NTA
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    unknown-guy-90 • 16h ago I like how earlier you were a mom and wanted to put a lock on the fridge cause the
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    kids were taking your husbands coffee cool fake story tho
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    bellegroves ⚫ 15h ago Good fences make good neighbors; separate freezers make good housemates. NTA, he's just embarrassed because he knows he caused this.
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