'AITA for poisoning my roommate after he kept stealing my food despite warnings?'

Finding a good roommate is nothing short of a blessing today, especially when people are not trustworthy anymore. Many times, we come across people who tend to make drastic decisions for some minor reasons and it ends up affecting people.

Recently, a woman on Reddit's popular 'Am I the A*****e' forum shared that she snapped and poisoned her roommate after he kept stealing her food despite many warnings.

Woman finds out her roommate is stealing her food

The 25-year-old woman wrote in the AITA forum that she lives with her roommate (M27). She added that she originally lived alone, but due to some financial difficulties, she invited him to live with her.

She said one of her friends told her about him when she told everyone she was searching for a roommate. "He was fine at first. He didn’t smoke and didn’t do drugs, so I let him live with me. He pays half of the rent and utilities," she wrote.

She added, "But we’ve had some serious issues lately. I work full-time (late into the night), so I cook for myself before leaving for work. It was all good for a few months, until recently. Whenever I came home, I noticed that my food was missing. I’d ask him about it, and he would deny it, over and over again. Every single time. I even started to label everything I made with my name, but my food still kept disappearing, whcih p****d me off."

She gave more context and wrote that she is not a huge fan of nuts but her roommate is severely allergic. He told her when he came to live with her that he could not consume anything with nuts, so she avoided nuts in their shared space completely for the sake of his allergy.

She wrote in the post, "But after weeks of my food going missing and him always denying it, I just snapped. The thing is, literally no one lives here other than me and him, and he doesn’t really have a lot of friends that I do not know, since he joined my friend group after moving here. I know for a fact that he doesn’t have anyone staying over, so it was him. Plus, I even caught him eating my food a few times, so that just shows that he’s a sly pig."

Woman poisons her roommate for stealing her food

The woman mentioned that she remembers preparing some cooked ribs for herself to reheat after she returned home from work. It was going to be an especially tiring day, so as usual, she labeled the container with the ribs and left for work.

She added that she sent him a message telling him not to eat it, with a picture of the container. However, she wrote, the food was gone.

"At this point, I was so pissed that I decided that I was going to mess with him. I went out of my way to buy almond powder and put it in my trap meal of mac and cheese. I gave this guy a chance to spare his life, I told him not to eat it," she wrote.

She added, "I even made sure to tell him, 'Hey, that mac and cheese is mine. Don’t touch it.' I even sent a message with a picture of it as usual. I was being extra clear, and just to make sure everything went according to plan, I secretly set up a camera to record the kitchen."

She went on to write that later that night, she came back and saw that he'd eaten the entire batch. She added that he just left the reheated container on the table. She then decided to take the camera with her and decided to head out to a bar.

"If he hadn’t eaten the mac and cheese, I would’ve stayed home and binged Netflix but he ate it, so I might as well enjoy myself while he struggles with his allergy," she mentioned.

The woman wrote, "So, as expected, a few hours later, I found out he was in the hospital with an allergic reaction. His mom used his phone to call me, being furious. She was screaming at me, accusing me of being a monster and poisoning her son by feeding him nuts. I told her that it was food not meant for him, and sent her proof. I told her to read the messages I sent him, which showed the container and my reminder that he shouldn’t eat it."

She concluded the post, "But everyone is calling me a psycho, but I don’t get why I’m the bad guy. I specifically told him not to eat the food. His family clearly raised him to think it was okay to take things that weren’t his, and now I’m the one being vilified. But at the same time, I know that he’s kind of broke, and he can’t afford hospital bills right now so I do feel guilty about that. So, AITAH? Or was I justified in teaching him a lesson about respecting my food?"

Internet slams woman for poisoning her roommate

Several internet users slammed the woman who wrote the AITA post and mentioned that she poisoned her roommate after he kept stealing her food despite many warnings.

A user commented on the post, "You purposely put someone into anaphylactic shock. What if you put too much in? What if that was the time his allergy responded in a bigger way or he couldn't get to his epi pen? You literally could have killed him. Knowingly putting someone into anaphylaxis is pretty messed up."

A person also commented, "U should feel guilty. U put someone’s health at risk. Even if he’s okay now, it could’ve been way worse."

Another person added, "Yes. Better to move out or kick him out. I know it’s irritating but you don’t try to kill someone."

A user also wrote, "YTA. Attempted murder is bad, even when someone steals your Mac and cheese."

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