Do you think it is wrong to hide food?

I don't think it's wrong. Heck, it can even be fun!

If I have a plan for a certain food, I ask my husband not to touch it.....no problems

I might talk to my housemate about the situation, indicating there are some foods that I will buy for myself and I will store them separate from the shared food. I would also offer to buy them the same food if they liked - it would be better for me if we both had our own.

It is perfectly okay. I can't stand when I buy something special and it is all gone by the time I want to use it.

Sometimes it is neccesary, I am on a diet and my kids eat all of my diet food and drinks so, I hide them in my bedroom.

I understand this situation - it's not wrong to hide food! I hate buying something special, that is obviously for myself, only to find a nempty wrapper when I go to eat it.

I know that hiding food is something that is linked to eating disorders. Though, I'm sure that's not always the case. Still, it seems like it may also indicate a failure in the relationships you have with the person or people you live with if you can't trust them not to gobble your food down. So, I guess I see it as a bad sign, though also really not a big deal compared to most other problems people have.

I don't hide my food for the most part. Though, I know I sometimes feel possessive about certain foods that we get. I try not to be like that and will offer it freely if there's an indication that someone else wants some, despite my possessive feelings. It's just food.

True... what about chocolate Easter egg hunts?! not wrong, fun.

Not wrong. I have to do that with any junk food I bring in the house. Otherwise my wife finds it and binges out and kills the whole package. Also have to do that with whiskey.

Only thing I'm safe with luckily is milk. My wife only drinks soy milk and since I love milk and can't hide it outside the fridge that's a good thing.

Yum. Whiskey.

I know what it's like to live with a glutton. In fact, I'm living with two. I have to hide food, if I want any.

> I understand this situation - it's not wrong to hide food! I hate
> buying something special, that is obviously for myself, only to find
> a nempty wrapper when I go to eat it.

Somehow, I have never had this problem. When I buy something special, just for myself, for some strange reason no one wants to touch it. When I find a jar of pickled lamb's tongues at the store, for example, I end up eating the whole jar all by myself....

I ticked most of them. We have issues over here. ( )

> True... what about chocolate Easter egg hunts?!
> not wrong, fun.

Yeah, cuz if you hide real eggs and don't find them all, it can be a stinky endeavor.

not fun

I hide food, among other things, and I have no qualms about it.

The best thing about Easter: Finding brightly colored eggs on a crisp spring morning.
The worst thing about Easter: Finding brightly colored eggs on a hot midsummer afternoon.

Yeah, I do this all the time. More often I do it because I like to be able to hide things in my room, so if I get hungry in there I won't have to go downstairs in the middle of the night.

I think it depends on who bought the food and why. I also think that if you can't trust someone you're living with (I'm assuming your SO/family) to not save you a share of whatever it is, then there are deeper problems than simply hiding food can solve.

If you count gluttony as a deeper problem.

I totally hide food from my SO if it's something he'll eat before I have a chance. He doesn't mind. In fact, he's fully aware of his lack of self control and likes that I hide things if I want some of them, since he actually wants me to be able to have some, too.

It's perfectly all right to hide food, but much easier just to lock it up if there's a security issue about it.

Good thing yogurt is on sale right now. whoof.

Heck no... if you don't hide it, other people eat it...

I have to hide my cheetos and chocolate chips if my friend cheryl comes over. lol

Nope.

I expect you to hide your food actually. If you want some.

I work at home, so people that live with me tend to view me as the person that eats everything around the house. I don't think this is fair, because I'm always here. Everyone else eats lunch and snacks while at work or school. It would stand to reason that I would lunch and snack during work hours also.

I mowed over a couple the other day in my back yard. Mary hid her decorated eggs in the yard after Easter...... and you'd be amazed how they stay intact for months.

When I was a kid, an easter egg ended up in the bottom of a toybox.... found later, crushed and rotten.

That was when I learned to always count your eggs.

Sounds like a stinky situation.

Luckily, I'm allergic to grass, it was VERY tall, and I was all stuffed up.

were they stinky?

Not that I know of.

That's kind of disturbing. Food that doesn't go bad, makes me nervous. If even bacteria don't want it...

> Sounds like a stinky situation.
>


If you think that sounds stinky, get a load of this; when we lived in Puerto Rico back around 1966 or so, we all went to the beach. My youngest brother dug up a bunch of teeny tiny clams. Unknown to anyone else, he brought a lot of them home and stashed them in the toy chest in his room. After a couple of days...

Have you seen the videos online of the Mcdonald's Cheeseburgers that don't age?

I agree, scary.

I was just hoping the eggs remained intact due to the shells being uncracked. When I think about it though, most of the eggs were cracked by the time she was done with them.... So yeah, a little weird.

EEEEEEWwwwwwww. Sounds like the makings of a new survey. What's the stinkiest situation you've ever been in?