Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:47     Subject: “No food in this house!”
I always ask “What is it exactly, that you would like to eat?”

Response is some variation of “I don’t know.”

To which I say, “Well if you don’t know, how am I supposed to know?”
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:36     Subject: “No food in this house!”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She's probably saying she wants you to make something. I get this all the time from my 14 yr old. He suffers from fridge blindness and only knows how to cook a couple things, but I'm working on that. In the meantime I make sure there are some snacks I always have on hand that are reasonably healthy:
- homemade hummus ingredients
- carrots, cucumbers, and apples
- pita and tortilla chips + salsa
- cheese and crackers
- box mac n cheese and frozen peas
- protein bars, yogurt smoothies

I've also noticed that while he acts really picky about food he won't complain about any meal where I have fresh bread - it's so worth it for me to be able to cook what I want that I usually buy baguettes or have frozen rolls I can pop in the oven. Then magically he'll eat meals that don't include chicken nuggets without complaints haha.



Fridge blindness?

🙄🙄🙄🙄


NP. It's a thing with a lot of guys.


Men evolutionary were the hunters scanning the horizon for animals to hunt. They don’t see what’s right in front of them. We joke about it at home. Women notice details because we were the gatherers.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:35     Subject: Re:“No food in this house!”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have 4 adults in the family right now. I am no longer trying to make meal-times happen.

What I do is make lots of food that I like to eat - everyday. In the past few days - I have cooked Thai, Italian, Indian (North Indian) and Mexican. When the food cools down, I put it in the fridge. Family is welcome to eat it when and if they want to eat. Or they can cook themselves.

Done. They are devouring the food.

Oh, I am a-ok with folks ordering in. We pay. So we got Chinese day before.


This sounds awful. Dinner time is important


DP here. Actually, it's brilliant. I also have four adults at home now and this would allow me to be productive and not have to stop everything to make a family meal.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:34     Subject: “No food in this house!”
My teen isn’t like this, my spouse is lol. There will literally be so much food in the house but because it won’t be ready to eat in 30 secs she doesnt want it.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:32     Subject: “No food in this house!”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She's probably saying she wants you to make something. I get this all the time from my 14 yr old. He suffers from fridge blindness and only knows how to cook a couple things, but I'm working on that. In the meantime I make sure there are some snacks I always have on hand that are reasonably healthy:
- homemade hummus ingredients
- carrots, cucumbers, and apples
- pita and tortilla chips + salsa
- cheese and crackers
- box mac n cheese and frozen peas
- protein bars, yogurt smoothies

I've also noticed that while he acts really picky about food he won't complain about any meal where I have fresh bread - it's so worth it for me to be able to cook what I want that I usually buy baguettes or have frozen rolls I can pop in the oven. Then magically he'll eat meals that don't include chicken nuggets without complaints haha.



Fridge blindness?

🙄🙄🙄🙄


NP. It's a thing with a lot of guys.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:29     Subject: Re:“No food in this house!”
Anonymous wrote:I have 4 adults in the family right now. I am no longer trying to make meal-times happen.

What I do is make lots of food that I like to eat - everyday. In the past few days - I have cooked Thai, Italian, Indian (North Indian) and Mexican. When the food cools down, I put it in the fridge. Family is welcome to eat it when and if they want to eat. Or they can cook themselves.

Done. They are devouring the food.

Oh, I am a-ok with folks ordering in. We pay. So we got Chinese day before.


This sounds awful. Dinner time is important
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:23     Subject: “No food in this house!”
I feel you. Last night I made chicken Caesar salad for dinner and my teenager asked why we aren’t having a real meal.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 16:19     Subject: Re:“No food in this house!”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have 4 adults in the family right now. I am no longer trying to make meal-times happen.

What I do is make lots of food that I like to eat - everyday. In the past few days - I have cooked Thai, Italian, Indian (North Indian) and Mexican. When the food cools down, I put it in the fridge. Family is welcome to eat it when and if they want to eat. Or they can cook themselves.

Done. They are devouring the food.

Oh, I am a-ok with folks ordering in. We pay. So we got Chinese day before.


You had food delivered day before yesterday? When everything was covered in ice?


I think that PP meant they ordered food for pick up. But who knows, maybe some Chinese restaurants were doing delivery.

I went out that evening to pick up something from the grocery store and the roads near me were cleaned up.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 15:40     Subject: “No food in this house!”
Parents need to cook or hire a cook. Otherwise cps will get involved.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 15:00     Subject: “No food in this house!”
I have been making breakfast for everyone (only 1 teen plus DH) but if my child says something, I simply tell her to look in the fridge for leftovers or make something herself. At 14, she can make eggs, grilled cheese, ramen/pasta and we have stuff from TJs she can heat. She can also put on her boots and walk to the grocery store if she wants something we don't have. We also are having her walk the dog and go meet a friend who lives 3-4 blocks away because sidewalks are passable and coffee shop etc are open.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 13:53     Subject: Re:“No food in this house!”
Anonymous wrote:I have 4 adults in the family right now. I am no longer trying to make meal-times happen.

What I do is make lots of food that I like to eat - everyday. In the past few days - I have cooked Thai, Italian, Indian (North Indian) and Mexican. When the food cools down, I put it in the fridge. Family is welcome to eat it when and if they want to eat. Or they can cook themselves.

Done. They are devouring the food.

Oh, I am a-ok with folks ordering in. We pay. So we got Chinese day before.


You had food delivered day before yesterday? When everything was covered in ice?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 12:30     Subject: “No food in this house!”
When I hear that from my teen, it usually means "there's no food that is ready for me to pick up and eat that I'm interested in eating right now." Which usually means he's not actually hungry, he's looking to eat out of boredom - i.e. looking for chips or cookies (which we may have, but not the specify variety that he wants at that particular moment). Nothing looks appetizing to him because he's not really hungry, just bored. When he's actually hungry, he's perfectly willing to heat up the leftovers in the fridge or make a sandwich, or even pop a frozen pizza in the toaster oven.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 12:29     Subject: “No food in this house!”
My DS never wanted snacks. That’s around the age he learned how to cook for himself.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 12:26     Subject: “No food in this house!”
My teen gave me the biggest compliment this week: that his girlfriend lives in an "ingredients house" where there are no snacks but that I do a good job balancing being an ingredients house AND a snack house.

Sounds like you're an ingredients house. Teach them to make snacks with those ingredients!
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 12:25     Subject: “No food in this house!”
Tell them to make something - bread, whatever. Gives them a project