This Redditor Spent The Day Sick, Then Faced A Breaking Point When Their Household Ate Their Only Meal

A Redditor recently shared a frustrating experience with their household that left them feeling completely unheard. They came home from work sick and spent hours vomiting, hoping to finally settle down.

When dinner rolled around, the Redditor was told to just take a tiny bite—a single tablespoon—so they wouldn’t waste food if they couldn’t stomach it, with the promise that they could come back for a full portion later. Two hours later, feeling slightly better and finally ready to eat more, they discovered the unthinkable.

Their “reserved” portion was gone. Not only had the rest of the household eaten it, but they also packaged up the few bites that remained and declared them off-limits as one of their own lunches.

The Redditor tried to argue that it wasn’t a leftover—they hadn’t touched it all day because they were sick—and the tears started to flow. This was the only quick, allergy-safe meal left in the house, and after a full day of puking, cooking wasn’t an option.

Instead of sympathy, they were called names and told to eat “other things,” which were either unsafe for their allergies or already gone. It felt like a complete disregard for being sick and for the portion they had already paid for.

All they wanted was a little consideration—just a heads-up that there wasn’t enough food, or at least saving the portion they were promised. Instead, they ended the day hungry, exhausted, and crying, wondering if it was unreasonable to be upset over what felt like basic decency.

This was the only quick, allergy-safe meal left in the house.

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Here’s the original post by Reddit user ‘Old-Welder-3660’.

Posting here because my household is calling me a bitch and worse names. Basically, my entire family and some of their partners live together (all adults over 22). We all pay rent and bills, etc., and we do communal meals. I was working today but came home sick and puking.Proceeded to puke and bile for hours and hours as it slowly calmed down. Dinner comes around and I’m told to only take a bite or two (a single tablespoon was used) so that I don’t waste if I can’t stomach it and that I can come back for my full portion later if I feel better. Two hours pass and the puking has stopped, and after not keeping anything down all day, I’m stoked to eat more than a tablespoon of food. I go to get it and nope. They’ve not only eaten my portion of food but they’ve had the nerve to package up the “leftovers” and say I can’t touch it as it’s one of their lunches.I argue it can’t be a leftover lunch as there was no food leftover, just a few bites left of what was supposed to be my dinner portion. I start to cry and complain as this is the only food leftover that’s in the house that doesn’t require at least 30-45 minutes of cooking, and I’ve been puking all day, so it’s unrealistic. I’m called all sorts of names and told to eat other things, except they’ve helped themselves to pretty much everything that’s safe to eat with my allergies.I wouldn’t have minded if I was given a heads up this morning that whoever was cooking hadn’t actually bought enough ingredients to comfortably feed everyone. I mind that it’s 8 pm at night and I’m sick expecting a meal, and they ate it. I have to go to bed hungry after puking my guts out all day. So am I the Asshole for complaining and crying about the lack of dinner? Should I just have accepted that I can’t tonight and have to wait until tomorrow to eat? Or should I have expected this to be the situation?I’ve always left a plate of food for anyone who’s been sick because they paid for it, and maybe they will eat later or want to eat it in the morning. Or am I justified in being upset and crying (embarrassingly intensely) over this situation? I’m so tired and sick that I don’t even know if I can think straight, so this is overwhelmingly emotional for me.

Here’s how the Reddit community reacted.

Wild_Wolverine9526

They had no consideration for you at all.

Pretend-Gap9156

You should’ve eaten the leftovers.

MorganFreemanCoPilot

They should be taking care of you.

pexches_and_crexm

You need to stand up for yourself.

10-0Nylon

Let them get their own lunch.

A_little_more_left

There are no words.

nextstoq

They should be ashamed of themselves.

Outrageous-Kick-7864

NTA.

Alfredthegiraffe20

“Just eat your dinner.”

LadyBAudacious

“Your family sucks.”

FierceFemme77

There are no leftovers.

catsandscience242

“Your family are horrible.”

moonyflamingo

At the end of the day, the Redditor’s story is a reminder that a little empathy goes a long way—especially when someone’s sick and relying on the kindness of those around them. Sometimes it’s not about the food itself, but about being seen, heard, and treated with basic decency.