to think my babysitter is a greedy pig?

[HeartsAreEveryWhere]

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?

[ApocalypseThen]

Actually, that's a thought. Plenty of teens are anorexic, maybe get one of them next time? No need to count the biscuits and give an Internet report then...

[ApocalypseCheeseToastie]

Check your bread, bet she scoffed the cheese on toast ! mmmm......cheesy toast

[MolehillAlchemy]

5 hours, 2 glasses of coke, cheese and half a cake? Slim pickin's!

[AuntieMaggie]

The thing is the dinner may have been enough for you but carbs do funny things to some people (I'm one of them) and an hour after a really carby meal I would be really hungry.

[SpicyPear]

I like your thinking Apocalypse. Get yourself over to the MSE boards with that tip on how to keep the cost of night out down.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

It is slightly laughable .... shock horror teenage babysitter eats lots of cheese, half a cake, and a bottle of diet coke before I get back at 1 am !

Sorry OP, but perhaps you could be more generous spirited ? - and remember what it was like to be a teenager ?! (smile is just to show it's meant very light-heartedly)

[LegoAcupuncture]

I used to babysit for a lady when she went to church for three hours. She locked the kitchen door so I couldn't even get in, never mind have cake and cheese.

How big was your block of cheese?

[ConfusedPixie]

I could've eaten much more than that at 15 in an evening! YABU I'm afraid, she probably didn't realise that it would seem a large amount to you as most teens I know eat a hell of a lot! One of my explorers could have polished off the cake, bolognaise, bottle of coke and more in one sitting I reckon Especially the girls

[HeartsAreEveryWhere]

5 hours, 2 glasses of coke, cheese and half a cake? Slim pickin's!

What?

I made her dinner and left her chocolate for afterwards too.

And then on top of that a whole block of cheese and half a cake?

The cake btw was one I made myself as I was experimenting for a friends birthday next week - so I made it with three layers, with cream and buttercream filling etc. It wasn't a tiny little shop bought cake.

And this is only the things I've noticed that she's eaten. But if you really consider that to be "slim pickin's" then wow.

[HeartsAreEveryWhere]

ApocalypseThen

Actually, that's a thought. Plenty of teens are anorexic, maybe get one of them next time? No need to count the biscuits and give an Internet report then.

I know this is AIBU and so I should expect harsh comments, but this one is really harsh.

It was a light hearted thread anyway. I'm just a little shocked that someone could eat that much in one sitting.

You should really read your comment back and see how harsh and unfair it is.

[AuntieMaggie]

How old are your dcs?

[RandallPinkFloyd]

A packet of crackers and I could see off a block of decent cheese without batting an eyelid!

Not sure I could manage half a cake but as a teenager I could probably munched my way through it absentmindedly.

I was skinny then too. Those were the days!

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

Maybe Apolcalypse's post was meant light-heartedly too ? Humour is a funny thing as they say ! (especially on t'internet) I'm sure she wasn't being entirely serious that's for sure

[ApocalypseThen]

You should really read your comment back and see how harsh and unfair it is.

Calling a teen a pig isn't really lighthearted, she'd be humiliated beyond belief if she knew about this. You might think it comes across as lighthearted, but I don't think it does.

[LadyMargolotta]

Seriously though, it could be that she has some sort of eating disorder.

[AmberLeaf]

But you said help yourself to food and she did.

YABU.

[ApocalypseThen]

You're right, I wasn't being entirely serious, but I do think the OP is being hard on this poor girl. Having a midnight feast whole babysitting is the done thing, it sounds quite sweet and innocent to me.

[MolehillAlchemy]

To be fair, you didn't mention the meal and Maltesers in your OP. But still, a teenager with a whole 5 hours to kill and with permission to help herself, I think YABU.

[Lavenderhoney]

Maybe she was eating to stay awake? If you say help yourself then she did, which is ok. Maybe she likes cheese- I could easily nibble a block of nice cheese. Cake - pudding and she might have thought you left it for her anyway. Sounds like a lovely cake.

With coke though? Yuck, but I hate fizzy drinks. Maybe she isn't allowed enough to eat at home or is supposed to be dieting and you left a fridge full of tempting things!

Next time, tell her if shes not to eat something special. Otherwise you are lucky to have a nice babysitter.

[TerraNotSoFirma]

So there were two cheese wrappers in the fridge then?
Are you sure she didnt give some of this food to DC? Or are they too small?

When we had babysitters we used to take the piss, saying we were hungry all the time, Used to get a row from Mum in the morning.

[TerraNotSoFirma]

In the BIN is what I meant.

[HeartsAreEveryWhere]

No. I emptied the bin before we left.