What Would You Do?
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Anonymous
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If your spouse let your 14 year old son drink 7 Cokes a day?
You've gone on and on and on about the dangers of that amount of sugar and they continue to buy Coke by the case for the kid. You actually intercept as much as you can but your spouse buys more despite your pleas to stop. |
Anonymous
| that is not a healthy amount of soda/sugar intake for anybody. But I sense that bigger issues are going on. |
Anonymous
| Wow. Your spouse needs to go. |
Anonymous
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Well, if you divorce then he'll just do it during his 50% of the time with the kid.
Why don't you address it with your child if your husband isn't capable of rational, adult conversations? How old is the kid? |
Anonymous
| Why don't you change your tactics? Obviously nagging doesn't work or your spouse may just be a baby and resist being told what to do. Who buys the coke? Maybe bring home some other beverage he likes like juice? |
Anonymous
You think OP buys the Coke? The same OP that came here to ask how to stop her DH from letting her so drink 88 tablespoons of sugar every single day? The same OP that has resorted to 'intercepting' Coke to keep her son from basically killing themselves via sugar consumption? OP- I'd talk to your pediatrician. You son likely is prediabetic already and the damage to his kidneys will seriously harm his life. If the husband won't stop I'd start by shaming him on social media. If that didn't work I'd file for divorce. Your spouse is a control freak that doesn't care about harming your child. |
Anonymous
| Caffeine. |
Anonymous
Didn't you read the whole post? It says how old the kid is. |
Anonymous
Didn't you read the OP? It says right in there who's buying it. |
Anonymous
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What is wrong with you dh do you need to have a doctor talk to his stupid...?
What is his rationale? |
Anonymous
| Encourage your kid to drink water |
Anonymous
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Show your kid how coke dissolves substances, then show him pics of nasty old teeth. Show your kid what ulcers look like. Show your kid what happens to diabetics who are losing their toes.
The husband sounds like a lost cause. Either he's too stupid to understand, or too belligerent to cooperate and work with you for your kid's health. The kid is 14, which is plenty old to learn why 7 sodas a day is a bad plan. Teach who's teachable. Your spouse sounds like a total loser, btw. Have you considered dumping him? |
Anonymous
The OP said “spouse”. I didn’t see where it was specified that the spouse is a husband. |
Anonymous
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I'd talk to your pediatrician - by yourself - and then proceed from there.
While I agree that this is, in a word, bad, your ped may offer a different perspective. Or not. If your ped is similarly concerned about then they should help set up an appointment where this concern can be discussed. |
Anonymous
| Wow I can’t even imagine this. Are they both obese? |