The internet has sided with an angry mother who took to Mumsnet to vent about her teenage daughter's boyfriend stealing food from her fridge, including their family dinner.
In a post shared on Saturday, the woman, who goes by the username FlamingGalar, explained that her 14-year-old daughter's boyfriend has a great relationship with the family, but he's gotten so comfortable with them that he just goes through their fridge, freezer and cupboards and eats whatever he likes without even asking if it's OK.
"I have asked him not to eat certain things he's pulled out of the fridge as it's earmarked for dinner etc, but to be honest I would rather he just ask before rifling through the food stores!"
The mother says that as much as he is a lovely guy and has become part of the family, she is irritated by the fact that he just "helps himself to whatever he fancies" without ever asking first.
"For example, on the weekly shop I buy a few pizzas for standby teas if one of the kids needs something on the hop or I can't be bothered to cook. For the past few weeks he's eaten every one of these 'standby' pizzas!"
According to recent studies, kids' and teenagers' consumption of junk food has increased a lot in the past two decades. About two-thirds, or 67 percent, of calories consumed by children and adolescents in 2018 came from ultra-processed foods, a jump from 61 percent in 1999.
The greatest increase in calories came from ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat meals such as pizza, sandwiches and hamburgers, rising to 11.2 percent of calories from 2.2 percent.
At the same time, packaged sweet snacks and treats such as cakes and ice cream made up 12.9 percent of calorie consumption in 2018, compared with 10.6 percent in 1999.
Most users took the mother's side and thought the teenage boy was being rude. One user, Cherrysoup, said: "I'd find that incredibly rude. No doubt other people will say you want him to feel at home, but he isn't part of your household, he's not your responsibility and he's being fed at home. Just tell him to stop."
Skyla01 added: "[YouAreNotBeingUnreasonable]. Helping himself to entire pizzas from the fridge? I think that's very rude. I would put some ground rules in place if I were you."
Another user, brighterthanaluckypenny, asked: "Is it just irritating, or is it an increased expense you can't afford?" And WeAreBob said: "They're teenagers. They're selfish. They don't always think. Tell them. Just tell him he can't do that. If he goes into the kitchen, go and ask what he is doing and offer him some toast."
HaveringWavering asked: "But where is your DD when he is doing this? Is she eating with him? In which case it's really her taking the food, for them both to eat, isn't it?
"Even if he's the one physically getting it out, she's the one giving permission. If he's in your kitchen chomping pizza while she is elsewhere, that's very odd indeed."
And Bonjovispjs commented: "Bloody hell, I had to ask if I even wanted a piece of fruit as a teenager, that was in my own home, no one else's, so rude."
Another user, KvotheTheBloodless, suggested: "I bet your DD has said to help himself. Tell her she needs to direct him towards snacks rather than whole meals, or you'll be speaking to him yourself. She'll be [so] mortified at the idea of you talking to him about it that she'll put a stop to it herself."
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