Apartment Food Arrangement

Hi guys, 

Recently i moved into the new apartments at my school and they are extremely nice! However, i have one main concern- Food. 

I am the frugal person when it comes to food or anything that needs to be shared. This is a big problem right now, because for me i think that living in an apartment, we should all buy our own food and then ask other people if we can use or eat their things. Thing is, we went to the market and my old roommates and i decided that we should buy groceries individually, but did not know how to tell our other apartment mates.


In the end we did, but one of the apartment mate just shrugged it off, and the other i think was okay with the individual food buying method. 


To me, i think that it is unfair to share between six guys for groceries, because we though we eat a lot, everyone eats different amounts, and all of us have our own preferences of what we like and dislike for food. From experience and hearing what other people say, paying for your own food to me is the best way when living with people, because this way everyone has the freedom to eat however much they want or what they want without thinking about splitting the costs or worrying about how its unfair another person ate all of a certain item in the fridge. 


I think that unless your in a relationship, or a family, sharing food is not the best idea. 


As for me, this is what i am thinking about doing the next time we decide to have our food talk:


Everyone buys their food individually, and we can ask each other to have some of the other persons food if we want.

Other than that i am open to sharing staple foods like (spices, sauces, milk, butter, eggs). 


If we want "family dinners" (once a week) we can split that cost. 

Update: I now have my own fridge so i can eat my own stuff now without it being gone the next day!


Sorry about the rant, but i just wanted to get that out of my mind. 


Have a nice day, :)
-Jake