Humans, as you know, need food to survive and many humans, as you may also know, have a lengthy, complicated relationship with food, which might help explain why sharing it can be so incredibly frustrating.
But when you share a home with someone be it a roommate, a romantic partner or both learning how to share food is a good way to keep the peace. Sharing food with a good friend or a romantic partner might actually strengthen that relationship.
Some couples work out the cost of food differences by compensating in other areas e.g one person pays for all the groceries, and the other pays for all meals eaten out. The model is a collaboration, where the decisions are made freely and jointly, and where each person feels there’s a commitment to equality and fairness.
But alas, if you haven’t had the food discussion yet, know that it can be heated, people have strong feelings about food, especially in relationships.