How do you and your roommate deal with food/common household supplies?

Posted on time April 6th, 2009 by user pcgumban

aud asked:

Are foods like cereal and foods like shortening or flour different? Do you share? How is it paid for?
What about cleaning supplies? Are mops different from windex? Do you share? How is it paid for?
Please help me out here?

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6 Responses to “How do you and your roommate deal with food/common household supplies?”

walksbetweenworlds Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

My roommate would make them pay half it may be few cents different but at least you are not be waiting on when we would go shopping.

Cookie Says:
April 11th, 2009 at 2:14 am

The roommates that person should make shopping list together the cost of one of household supplies and general pantry items should be split among the roommates that individual if one of one of one of household supplies and general pantry.
For by that would include items like dish soap paper towels cleaning supplies and general pantry items like.

David Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

We’re pretty whatever in our house and in general we buy our own food, if someone wants to buy something with someone else than they talk about it and it happens. I eat out more than my roommates and so buy less food. A couple of my roommates buy and eat a lot more food than I do. So in our situation, we wouldn’t share in paying for it, though it’s fine if a roommate grabs something from another roommate -and just get them back later with paying for a meal, giving a couple beers or dollars or whatever.

Cleaning supplies we share turns buying it. Toilet paper, cleaner, paper towels, etc - stuff that is totally shared, its not always easy to split the cost every time we buy something like that, and sometimes a roommate may be straight up low on cash - so one will buy it and someone else will buy it the next time.

Conflict between roommates is unavoidable, but I think it should be prevented at all costs. It’s great to live with people you can be nice to and who are nice to you, who like and respect each other and look out for each other too. If that means letting it slide when a roommate eats my icecream, and just asking them to spot me for Wendys later, than it’s worth it.

Really its something you should discuss with your roommate and come to a decision you both agree. It’s not a big deal, the more important thing is that you are both responsible for yourselves, and also to each other. It’’s very advantageous to live with people you like living with. Go shopping together at Cosco or Target or something for stuff you want to share - cleaning supplies, mutual furniture/appliances, food basics you are willing to share on (I think popcorn, that kind of stuff); split the cost. For food and personal items, pay for yourself. If a roommate shows interest in food you have, strike a deal - ask them for some food of theirs in return in the future, or just give it and hope they will be friendlyin the same way.

Old Mister Happy Says:
April 16th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

For some reason we had one of us needed our share back and dime things to death.

schneidmanbabe 09 Says:
April 16th, 2009 at 8:51 pm

The middle since both clean with the buy or can do the products.

? || Brown Eyed Girl || ? Says:
April 19th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

My own food and mops brooms etc.
The same would share things such as the cleaning supplies windex and with all of them it was pretty much the cleaning supplies windex and mops brooms etc.