26-year-old woman puts vegetables in all her meals to stop her roommate’s 6-year-old kid from eating all her food behind her back: ‘The mom is UPSET!’

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jan 7, 2026 4:00 PM EST

Adulting involves a ton of unexpected curveballs, but having to deal with your roommate's kid stealing your food should not be one of those issues. 

This 26-year-old had only been living with her roommate, a 30-year-old single mother, and her roommate's 6-year-old son for less than a year. The young twenty-something previously had been living with someone else, who seemed to be a closer friend, until that person had to leave. In other words, it sounds like her new roommate was a last-minute replacement and not someone she knew very well beforehand.

At first, there were no major issues. In fact, their work schedules were the complete opposite of one another, so there was not much opportunity for conflict. That all changed when the 26-year-old began to notice that her food was going missing. We're not just talking about the occasional ingredient; we're talking about entire Tupperware containers full of leftovers. 

After monitoring the situation for some time, the author figured out that the leftovers that would go missing would often be the meals she prepared that did not include any vegetables. This became the clue she needed to confirm that her roommate was feeding the author's leftovers to her 6-year-old son, who abhorred vegetables.

So this year, the author decided to combat this problem by eating healthier… and forcing her roommate to find a more appropriate solution for feeding her own kid.

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  • We hope that this woman’s roommate learned her lesson and stopped relying on a 26-year-old’s meal prep. Still, something tells us that this is not going to be the end of their problems together. If it took less than a year for the mother to start stealing the author’s food, who knows where this will go, especially given the fact that they are rarely home at the same time? 

    We understand if the author needs to stick it out for the rest of their lease, but we recommend that she get out of that apartment as soon as she can and find another roommate who is in a similar stage of life… ideally, someone she knows a bit better as well. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of this online community!

  • 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.
    via veggieevengeance
  • 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.
    via veggieevengeance
  • 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 ride. 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_l.
    via veggieevengeance
  • 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.
    via veggieevengeance
  • SnooWords4839 Keep eating the veggies! Granddaughter loves peas with her mac and cheese.
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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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