to think if it wasn't a big deal, it wouldn't be?

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Petty story coming up!

I live in a shared house. My DP comes over and puts his beers in the fridge (on "my shelf"). A couple of weeks back, one of the housemates decided to drink said beers. I decided to say something at an appropriate time but not go in all guns blazing, besides, it's only beers, yes?

I mentioned it lightly last night in the kitchen to the housemate, and the reaction was massively overblown: i.e. "well I took one because he said I could, and then I gave him two and then I gave him £40 worth of blah blah blah..." ending in "So I'm never going to touch his beers, I couldn't care less, etc".

The housemate is also one of these people who gives away a lot of stuff to make friends, which makes it a bit tricky now as this is obviously being used to validate behaviour that is not really ok.

I'm a bit confused and wondering what the next step is. I don't think I was being unreasonable to mention, and I think that this guy's reaction was out of proportion.

What do you think?

It does seem to be a bit of an overreaction - maybe that's how he deals with situations when he knows he's in the wrong.

...and this is why I'd live in a wheelie bin before I'd ever live in a shared house again. It ALWAYS ends like this

Oh no, i am having flashbacks of living in flat shares.

Yes, i would say he did overreact a bit. But now he knows he can't just take things from your shelf he probaly won't do it again.

I would just not mention it and wait untill it blows over.

Or you could start labelling everything

fridge & food cupboard in your bedroom?
Move into a bedsit?

Living in a shared house is bloody awful!

Aah, it was a couple of weeks ago, you should have said something at the time or not at all. After a couple of weeks it could look very petty to bring it up?

Didn't want to make so much of a deal of it, so put it off.

Was suprised at his suprisingly accurate recount of everything he's given DP in the past..

Brilliant, he "replaced" two beers, and has since taken them off my shelf and drunk them.

Twat. (see cross post about putting chilli on the top of the cans)