Woke up and there was no milk. I lost the plot.

[steppemum]

Just that really.
Bit of a last straw moment.

Ds is 18, his gf is also living here during lockdown, they tend to come downstairs at 2 am and have meals.
Last night they had cereal, and used up all the milk.
Shopping arrived this morning at 10 am, so we just needed enough milk for my morning tea. I get up at 6:30. He usually surfaces at 10-11 am.

I was furious. I acknowledge unreasonably so. So at 8am I went up and told him to get up and go to the shop and buy milk. I might have shouted. He said no, calm down mum, it's only milk, which obviously made it much better
dd2 then got up and went ot the shop for milk, in order to restore calm!

not sure why I am posting really, just fed up of holding it all together, and the bloody selfishness of teenagers.

yes they do help around the house etc etc. as does dh.

Just -
lockdown
home schooling
no head space
no me time
no coffee with friends
bloody meals, just bloody meals and shopping, x 6 x 3 times a day (and I don't do all the cooking and they get their own breakfast etc, but still somehow it is such a production line)

rant over, thanks for listening.

First cuppa at 6.30am is sacrosanct. (Well, it's later here, but same principle).

DH and I now take oat milk in coffee and DD takes almond milk in lots of things, as I was experimenting with long life options this time last year.

But we easily get through 10 litres of regular cows milk a week (well, low fat organic cow's milk, but YKWIM). DH and DD drink large glasses. There's morning cereal. I drink a lot in tea. There are plenty of hot chocolates in winter......etc.

And as the person who stocks the cupboards, books the online shopping, does most of the in-person shopping necessary to restock in between deliveries etc - I need to be sure that there is enough milk for that first tea of the morning.

Teens do eventually learn, but there is so much "stuff" in their heads, that it can take time for it to sink in. And they just don't notice things the same way as an adult does - in our case, DD will put her dirty clothes into the small hamper in her room, but not bring them down until that is well overfull and she has no clean things to wear....putting pressure on DH to get it all cleaned straight away. Especially because the jumper she wants to wear today went INTO the hamper a whole week ago so should be clean by now.....when she lives in the attic and knows it's up to her to bring it down as she hates us in her room.

At least you all have people to blame! I live on my own and if I have been too lazy to get milk the night before I damn well have to give myself a good speaking to, get dressed and bloody well get some!

Yep me too, only me to blame if milk goes sour.

@Deathraystare

At least you all have people to blame! I live on my own and if I have been too lazy to get milk the night before I damn well have to give myself a good speaking to, get dressed and bloody well get some!

I am just going to say, our weekly milk consumption is
24 pints.

we have a large fridge, and the bottom shelf is just milk.

Said large fridge died this morning, so all themilk is now in the shed! (-2 degrees in the shed) so anyone wanting late night cereal is going to have to do a late night flit down the garden.

Answer to all of you: keep a couple of cartons of long life milk in the store cupboard! I live alone and can only blame myself if I run out of things, but this is one problem I can solve. Apropos teenagers, don't tell them about the store cupboard.

@grannieali

Answer to all of you: keep a couple of cartons of long life milk in the store cupboard! I live alone and can only blame myself if I run out of things, but this is one problem I can solve. Apropos teenagers, don't tell them about the store cupboard.

Longlife milk is grim. The problem is inconsiderate people drinking the fresh stuff, not the availability of millac.

Long life milk can be for the 2am teen cereal raids. First tea beds real milk.

Needs not beds (teen bashing into me as I typed 😡)

I must be the only person that doesn't mind long-life milk! I use semi-skimmed, so I don't know how grim full-fat might be.

Longlife milk is grim

It does depend on the brand.

I find milk grim in general, at least in it's natural state, anyway, but have drunk some with a burnt taste.

I've drunk fresh pasteurised milk and UHT milk, always with coffee, and if the UHT isn't a cheap brand I can't spot the difference.

These days I buy long life milk from field reared cows, full fat or semi-skimmed, and it's fine.
I can't be arsed going to the shop every few days just for milk.

I can't be arsed going to the shop every few days just for milk.

Ours comes with the shopping once a week and the use by date is over a week.
Only have to uy more if it is all used up....

That is the problem. Less flexibility.

But, as pointed out, the long life milk would be for the 2 am feeds. No interference with your preferred milk. And no reason for them not to have milk.