My boyfriend, M/28, keeps eating my, F/27, leftovers, even when he has his own, or I made him his own food. He doesn't cook, so I cook for him any time he asks or says he's hungry. If I can't, for whatever reason, we order out. The last time this happened, (last night), it was a meal that he ate his entire portion of and I couldn't so I saved mine for later. This particular food is my favorite food, and even though I split the meal with him, I paid for it fully. He did ask me if he could eat it.. while I was at work and busy. He even said, as I'm in the middle of a huge rush and can't answer, "if you don't respond soon enough, I'm just going to eat it". Mind you, this isn't the only leftovers in the fridge. We went out with his family the other day and brought home at least 5 containers of leftovers, yet of all the food, he specifically ate mine. If this was a one time incident, I would still be upset, but not like this. He has done this other times, and with food that I got while out with friends and was VERY expensive, or even food that I made for myself because he was at work and VERY often gets treated to lunch by his employer. At this point I am just baffled because even roommates I've had do not do this. I've tried being nice and understanding about it every other time before, but this was the last straw and I actually yelled at him this time. This was like my favorite menu item of my favorite type of food, which I was so excited to have for dinner after I just got off work at 12:30 am. It's not really even the food I'm mad about at this point, it's the blatant disrespect and disregard for my things and for my feelings. Even if we dont break up, im seriously considering making him get his own separate fridge or something. Is there an overreaction here on my part? I feel torn on if I'm even right for being this angry. I truly need you to understand, this was the straw; I know it's small, but there were too many times beforehand.
UPDATE: Thank you guys for all the advice and support. I will think hard on how exactly I need to have this conversation and see if it's even possible to fix this. I will try to update ehen i figure out the game plan. ✌🏽❤️