Teen son ate an entire large container of Whole Foods smoked mozzarella pasta salad

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right?

You seem like you're desperate for this to be a problem, but it's a normal amount for a teenage boy to eat.

Yes, but not normal for one person to eat an entire container of something others may want too - he can have some pasta salad, some fruit, some ice cream, a sandwich, etc. to make a complete snack and still share with others.

There was a second container of the pasta salad. He didn't leave them pasta salad-less fhs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right?

You seem like you're desperate for this to be a problem, but it's a normal amount for a teenage boy to eat.

Yes, but not normal for one person to eat an entire container of something others may want too - he can have some pasta salad, some fruit, some ice cream, a sandwich, etc. to make a complete snack and still share with others.

Why? His family has money they can buy more pasta salad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right?

You seem like you're desperate for this to be a problem, but it's a normal amount for a teenage boy to eat.

Yes, but not normal for one person to eat an entire container of something others may want too - he can have some pasta salad, some fruit, some ice cream, a sandwich, etc. to make a complete snack and still share with others.

He’s a teenage boy, it is completely appropriate to be a bit selfish. It is OP’s job to civilize him by telling him not to eat all of the treats and move on. Not hold a grudge because a teen is teening.

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Why do people try to control what and how much other people eat? And why is it always people with average to very small appetites who cannot manage to understand that other people feel more hunger than they do, and need to eat differently/more to achieve satiety?

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people try to control what and how much other people eat? And why is it always people with average to very small appetites who cannot manage to understand that other people feel more hunger than they do, and need to eat differently/more to achieve satiety?

+1000
A middle-aged woman failing to understand why a teen boy feels hunger differently than she does is just a massive eye roll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

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In HS when I was still growing I routinely ate 4 meals per day. I would come home at 3:30pm and eat a full dinner (e.g., big plate of pasta with meat sauce) and then at 6pm I would eat another big plate of food, plus salad and bread. In college, I could eat an entire 14" pizza soli at one sitting. I did not gain wait eating like this, in fact ROTC said I was underweight for my height and so I was disqualified from joining.

After I left college, I naturally ate less simply because I was less hungry.

So I do not find it odd that a HS student would be as hungry as OP describes.

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Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

Jesus Christ. Just make more food when you make these amazing meals you doofus. Your doubling up on dishes excuse as to why you refuse to cook bigger portions is extremely lame and doesn’t make sense. (Cook the food in a bigger pot maybe?) Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

Jesus Christ. Just make more food when you make these amazing meals you doofus. Your doubling up on dishes excuse as to why you refuse to cook bigger portions is extremely lame and doesn’t make sense. (Cook the food in a bigger pot maybe?) Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?

Hahaha are you really writing here to tell me how to cook food?
Sorry everyone- thought we had a solution that works for us and might work for others. Clearly that isn’t you PP! Congrats on telling me off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

Jesus Christ. Just make more food when you make these amazing meals you doofus. Your doubling up on dishes excuse as to why you refuse to cook bigger portions is extremely lame and doesn’t make sense. (Cook the food in a bigger pot maybe?) Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?

Hahaha are you really writing here to tell me how to cook food?
Sorry everyone- thought we had a solution that works for us and might work for others. Clearly that isn’t you PP! Congrats on telling me off!

I mean, you’re either incompetent or you resent your own son. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, but I’m guessing you’ll be one of those confused women someday who doesn’t understand why your son spends most of his holidays with his in-laws. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

Jesus Christ. Just make more food when you make these amazing meals you doofus. Your doubling up on dishes excuse as to why you refuse to cook bigger portions is extremely lame and doesn’t make sense. (Cook the food in a bigger pot maybe?) Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?

Hahaha are you really writing here to tell me how to cook food?
Sorry everyone- thought we had a solution that works for us and might work for others. Clearly that isn’t you PP! Congrats on telling me off!

I mean, you’re either incompetent or you resent your own son. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, but I’m guessing you’ll be one of those confused women someday who doesn’t understand why your son spends most of his holidays with his in-laws. Enjoy!

NP. You sound insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

+1 this makes sense to me. We also make sure that everyone has a chance to eat a portion of leftovers. No one person gets to eat it all!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

Jesus Christ. Just make more food when you make these amazing meals you doofus. Your doubling up on dishes excuse as to why you refuse to cook bigger portions is extremely lame and doesn’t make sense. (Cook the food in a bigger pot maybe?) Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?

Hahaha are you really writing here to tell me how to cook food?
Sorry everyone- thought we had a solution that works for us and might work for others. Clearly that isn’t you PP! Congrats on telling me off!

I mean, you’re either incompetent or you resent your own son. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, but I’m guessing you’ll be one of those confused women someday who doesn’t understand why your son spends most of his holidays with his in-laws. Enjoy!

NP. You sound insane.

Also NP.People write the wildest fan fiction on here to work out their inner fears and demons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

Jesus Christ. Just make more food when you make these amazing meals you doofus. Your doubling up on dishes excuse as to why you refuse to cook bigger portions is extremely lame and doesn’t make sense. (Cook the food in a bigger pot maybe?) Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?

Hahaha are you really writing here to tell me how to cook food?
Sorry everyone- thought we had a solution that works for us and might work for others. Clearly that isn’t you PP! Congrats on telling me off!

I mean, you’re either incompetent or you resent your own son. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, but I’m guessing you’ll be one of those confused women someday who doesn’t understand why your son spends most of his holidays with his in-laws. Enjoy!

NP. You sound insane.

Also NP.People write the wildest fan fiction on here to work out their inner fears and demons.

Yeah, it’s super wild that a son might grow up and not be close to his miserly mother who thinks he’s an entitled glutton for eating more food than she does during one of the biggest growth periods of his life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started marking food in the fridge with tape when our teenage son needs to leave it alone. If it has tape on it, he can only take one small serving. A year in and so far, this is working.

This is so bizarre. Just buy more food.

I guess to you it is bizarre! He can have anything else in the fridge, but if we have leftovers of a meal I cooked that everyone loves, he gets one share of that and everyone else gets a share too. There is plenty of other stuff and he knows how to cook meals as well. It is working for us- he learns he can’t just take all of everyone’s favorite foods and should be aware others want it too. He is also able to eat when he is hungry, just not other people’s food they are also looking forward to.

We have plenty of food, but no I’m not doubling up on cooking meals and doing twice the dishes (some things only fit in certain pots/dishes) so he gets to eat whatever he wants.

Jesus Christ. Just make more food when you make these amazing meals you doofus. Your doubling up on dishes excuse as to why you refuse to cook bigger portions is extremely lame and doesn’t make sense. (Cook the food in a bigger pot maybe?) Why is this so difficult for you to grasp?

Hahaha are you really writing here to tell me how to cook food?
Sorry everyone- thought we had a solution that works for us and might work for others. Clearly that isn’t you PP! Congrats on telling me off!

I mean, you’re either incompetent or you resent your own son. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, but I’m guessing you’ll be one of those confused women someday who doesn’t understand why your son spends most of his holidays with his in-laws. Enjoy!

NP. You sound insane.

And you sound like a shitty mom