I left my 16 year old at home for 24 hours and he ate...

[mrsm43s]

A ready meal (mac & cheese)
A pot noodle
A family sized pizza
A full tub of 40 cocktail sausages
At least 2 big buckets full of buttered popcorn (maybe more, but only evidence of two pots where he melted the butter).
4 and half bags of crisps
Several bowls of cereal (I'd guess about 3 or 4 from the number of bowls left)
Multiple rounds of toast/sandwiches- about half a loaf worth, with a mix of fillings - choc spread, jam, cheese, soft cheese
A block of feta
A 2 person packet of fresh tortellini
and something chocolately that came in a plastic tub that I can't remember what would have been in there, but there was definitely cocoa powder residue in the bottom of the container.

He did not eat the cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, hummus, apples, grapes, bananas or yoghurts.

He's as skinny as a rake!

I'm not complaining as we were away on a Uni visit with eldest, and he was alone overnight for the first time and the house was still standing, the cats and dogs were fed and let out appropriately (the dog wasn't actually walked, but we went early evening to early evening, so we've walked her early Friday then late Saturday and she's only a Chi cross that doesn't need hours of walking), but no poo, so he def did garden runs with her. The house was pretty tidy apart from the stack of dirty crockery and empty food packaging.

How would your 16 year old son have fared?

Totally agree

When my ds1 was that age he would have starved! 🙄

Theres been plenty of times I'd been out for the day and he'd phone asking when I'd be back and what there was to eat. When I'd get home, as soon as I walked through the door he'd be asking what's to eat because "I'm starving I've had nothing all day"

@LuckySantangelo35 surely pp's 50 year old husband buys the food in the house (or of course at least his share) so can eat what he wants. Why shouldn't he?

@NerrSnerr

well what’s his wife gonna eat if he clears all the food from the fridge?

Boys definitely do. They're the ones that do all the heavy lifting whilst we sit at home preparing a feast for them.

I just don't think he could've eaten all that himself, he must have had people round

Could be worse he could have had the munchies ,he'd have ate more then

@Roo4u

I don’t think that would be possible without vomiting

@custardbear

”boys need food”

do they? What about girls? Do they live off fresh air?

Youngest son was working 200+ miles away from home when he was 15 and 2 months as he had a job offer so didn't sit exams and it was sanctioned by education officials. He bought his first house at 17.5 year old and a second aged 20.
Still in the world of sport and loving it. Married and been all over the world.
Learned to cook (had to) and even sent money home to 'help with bills' which brought me to tears.
All four of the others have been working full time since 16 and all moved away from home to get their job of choice. All in fairly high salaried jobs and same career path they started on.
The boys did paper rounds at 13 then supermarket jobs at weekends aged 14. Girls delivered magazines every 2 weeks.
We, as parents, were never asked to help out as they know the value of self-earned money and how to budget.
They'd never dream of leaving dishes unwashed or clothes lying around.
I'm really proud of them for the way they've worked hard and are decent, well rounded individuals with lots of nice friends.
I'm a lucky mum.

Cool story Bro, you forgot the bit where they cured cancer and brokered world peace.

Too busy to do any of that malarky. I just don't get families who pander (or appear to pander) to the 'men' in the family. 'They need feeding up, boys need more food than girls'. That's baloney.
I bet the OP's son had people in. If he really ate that lot he'd have done nothing but gorge for the whole 24 hours...which I doubt.
If he doesn't eat that amount of food normally, then it stands to reason that the OP has been starving him if he suddenly eats the amount she says he did, otherwise, why would his eating habits suddenly change.

Oh calm your tits and get a sense of humour ffs. Your posts are getting so boringly indignant as I read down. And the teeth marks in cheese was a JOKE, duh.

It was a one-off, of course he ate loads when his parents weren't there to say "get out of the fridge" or "have some fruit first". Most kids would. Doesn't mean he'll eat like that every day, of course it doesn't. Ffs.

Agreed MushyPeas. Is like Sunday School on here sometimes "Repent ye, repent ye, the hour is at hand, sinners all"