to think my babysitter is a greedy pig?

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So I went out with DH on Saturday night and my friends 15 year old babysat for us.

Came back about 1am and thanked her and DH drove her home. Decided to make a cup of tea how rock n' roll and noticed that she had eaten half of a victoria sponge cake, a whole block of cheddar had gone and she had drunk half a litre of diet coke.

I did say help yourself to food. But surely this is taking the piss?

At least if she was eating all this food she was too busy to root around in your stuff which is my huge fear of babysitters hehe

Also take it as a compliment that your cake was amazing

Always looking on the bright side

What did you pay her for saturday night?

Maybe she had her boyfriend round...?

all the above, plus, you kept a 15 year old up until 1am?

Oh I'm joking about the greedy pig comment and I mean it light heartedly. I am be a greedy pig too - but with my own food.

She arrived at 8 and we came back at 1 so we gave her £40.

£7 an hour before midnight and then £10 afterwards and then we just rounded it up.

*I can be ..

I don't think 1am is too late as it wasn't a school night and both her and her mum were fine with it and my husband drove her home too.

Also take it as a compliment that your cake was amazing

Haha thanks, I do try.

Have you checked the fridge for the cheese? If I whole block has gone, I wonder if it's hidden.

If it was one of those small victoria sponges, then it's fairly easy to eat half of it.

YABU. Half a litre of diet coke, a whole 500mls, over the course of an evening?

Ok so half a cake is more than a portion, but I bet it was rather dull babysitting alone until 1am. I've overindulged when bored, easy done.

By a whole block of cheddar do you mean one of those really small ones and not the half kilo size?

Half a Victoria sponge isn't much - according to Call the Midwife last night it's mostly air.

I could quite easily eat half a cake and a whole block of cheese and I am a greedy pig!

I would have made her a sandwich or something as maybe she didn't want to root around in the kitchen.

YABU teenagers eat a lot of food. That will have just been a light snack for her.

That does seem like a lot for one person to eat in an evening.

Maybe she had a midnight feast with the children?

Don't say help yourself and then complain about it.

Maybe she was bored and cold. Did you leave the heating on?

I could easily eat half a vicoroia sponge and drink half a litre of coke, but are you sure she ate a block of cheddar?

Leave her a tray out next time with food she is 'allowed.' and makes it easier for you to see exactly what she has eaten

My 15 yr old would think nothing of eating that in a course of an evening. I'd say it was normal for teens, always hungry & probably a bit bored/ tired too.

I made her a spaghetti dish before she arrived, and there was also a bag of malteasers for her (she does like spaghetti and the malteasers were not a tiny bag btw)

And nope the cheese had definitely gone, I saw the wrapper in the bin.

If I had babysat for you when I was 15 and eaten that, you would have got off lightly. I would probably have eaten a couple of sandwiches, some packets of crisps and any biscuits you had.