Living with family can be a balancing act, especially when it comes to personal space and sharing resources. For OP, a 21-year-old living at home with her parents and siblings, the struggle was about keeping the food she purchased for herself. Despite her stepmother preparing daily meals for the whole family, OP craved additional snacks and drinks like salads, spicy noodles, juices, and teas, which she bought with her own money.
Frustrated with her brothers for consistently eating her stash without permission, OP decided to keep her food in her room. However, this didn’t sit well with her parents, who felt it wasn’t appropriate. The situation highlighted a common issue in family living: balancing the communal nature of the household with personal boundaries, especially when it comes to items like food.
This story brings up a broader conversation about respecting personal possessions within a family unit and the challenges of living at home as a young adult. Should OP have the right to store her food where she pleases, or is it unreasonable to expect full control over her items while living under her parent’s roof?
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1. OP asks if it was wrong of her to keep the food she bought herself in her own room.
2. OP was 21 years old and lived with her dad and stepmother, along with her two brothers and one sister, who was seldom home due to her college.
3. OP’s mother cooked dinner each day, and that was enough for all the family, but OP sometimes brought specific food from her own money to satisfy her craving.
4. OP brought cake pops for her and her brother, but he had eaten both, which irritated her little. OP also brought spicy noodles, which were specially shipped worldwide, and stored them in the pantry.
5. OP’s younger brother wanted to taste the hot noodles, but she told him he couldn’t handle the spices and that he could have a bite when she made them for herself.
6. OP came home and discovered that her last packet of spicy noodles was made by her younger brother and had been thrown in the trash as he could not bear the spices.
7. OP brought some juices and teas for herself and put the stuff in the fridge. She permitted her brother to drink some of the lemonade, but he drank all of her juice, which upset OP, and she decided to put her stuff locked in her own room.
8. OP’s parents disapproved of OP’s behavior and wanted her to share her food with everyone.
Comments on this Story:
9. Yes, OP was the only one who had to share since others never bothered to share.
10. Redditor criticizes OP’s brothers to behave selfishly as they were eating OP’s food without her consent.
11. Redditor appreciates OP buying her food with her own money instead of forcing her parents to buy it.
12. As a parent, Redditor wants a little fridge to keep some food items safe from others.
13. Redditor has a good idea.
14. Indeed! It was not sharing if they ate it all.
15. Yes, OP’s parents should make new rules in this situation.
16. Redditor feels that OP’s parents would also hide their snacks from their children if they ate without their knowledge.
17. Redditor suggests that instead of OP, parents teach their boys to share because they had eaten her share as well.
18. Redditor supports OP to keep her stuff in her locked room.
19. Redditor disapproves this type of sharing.
20. Redditor advises OP to add her food requests to her mom’s grocery list with an added number enough for the whole family.
