nothing better than gangly 15yo tucking into 5 weetabix straight after huge dinner?

[lightlypoached]

AIBU as a mother to think there is nothing better than watching your 15 yo gangly, long-legged lovely boy tucking into a giant bowl of cereal just after demolishing a giant dinner of pasta?

They'd be better off eating eggs and beans for breakfast rather than a ton of carbs. Cereals are not particularly healthy or filling..

This was an after dinner snack, it was also weetabix or a generic version of. Not much in weetabix but wholegrain wheat. Plus teens are not well known for waiting while food cooks. They are hungry right now.
I used to watch mine stand in front of the fridge and demolish contents while the beans and toast were cooking. It passes.

@yayhamlet

The way the OP talks about her son is a bit off. I can't be the only one thinking this.

No, you're not. It is weird. I have never (in real life,) heard any mother call her son a 'lovely scrumptious boy' or say they love to see their 'lovely long legged gangly boy tucking into a bowl of FIVE weetabix after having his dinner!' Bizarre!

@Curlyhairedassassin

A massively long post from you defending the OP (previous page.)

You seem hugely invested in this. I do wonder why......

The way the OP talks about her son is a bit off. I can't be the only one thinking this. hmm

I'm so glad someone else has said this. I found it really uncomfortable to read.

The competitive overeating is also baffling

Utterly utterly bizarre. I sense trouble ahead when this boy has a partner.

What else could you expect from AIBU?!

I think some people seek out threads to come and whinge on

Utterly utterly bizarre. I sense trouble ahead when this boy has a partner

Thats what I was thinking - God help the girlfriends!!

There is nothing quite as amazing (and expensive) as a teenage boys appetite! Mothers of little boys, start saving now for your future grocery bills!

@streetwisehercules

Utterly utterly bizarre. I sense trouble ahead when this boy has a partner.

Yep, same here. I feel sorry for any future wife of his to be honest. The mummy of the boy will definitely be the boss in THAT relationship.

I find all these posts saying that it's 'creepy' and 'bizarre' for OP to be vocal and sentimental about her affection for her teenage son really sad. I think it's one of the reasons that the pregnancy board has a million 'help me get over the TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT of having a boy' - if you have a girl it's fine and normal for you to be 'best friends' and for you to think she's gorgeous and lovely. If you have a boy then you should regard them with studied detachment, lest you become a nightmare MIL...

Oooh. So I’m preficted to be the MIL from hell because I like watching my growing son eating (Waitrose) weetabix after dinner? That’s quite a leap even for MN. Risible.

And for the record (older) DDs long term bf loves our house and spends loads of time here. We get on well and know our boundaries. It’s a respectful adult to adult relationship. I wouldn’t dream of interfering or dictating and I really don’t know where @newyork and @xci get that idea from. Fantastical to say the least. Maybe they’d like to think of a career in story telling or writing for the Daily Fail as they seem very good at making shit up?

Utterly utterly bizarre. I sense trouble ahead when this boy has a partner.

What utter utter wank !

I had a shock when DS (15) showed me back in the bathroom and asked what the marks on his back were. It looked like he’d been mauled by a tiger across the middle of his back

That's really interesting. On holiday last year I saw a very tall, slim teenage boy with striking red marks across his back. It really upset me, looked like he'd been flogged! Relieved 6 months later to find out they were probably stretch marks!

The rest of the thread's just got ridiculous. YANBU op. Lovely and very normal description of your boy.

had a shock when DS (15) showed me back in the bathroom and asked what the marks on his back were. It looked like he’d been mauled by a tiger across the middle of his back
This is my 19 year old son!! I was amazed when i first saw them.

He's 6' 4", has size 13 feet, is athletic in nature and as fit as a fiddle. He eats huge amounts and has done since he was about 15, there's not an ounce of fat on him. Anyone who thinks the OP is weird definitely doesn't have teenage boys

I don't think that at all! I'm fully aware of the fact I have the best ever boy and I tell him he's lovely and beautiful every day! I can't put my finger on why it just sounds so odd written down in a AIBU ?

Maybe because it's not actually an AIBU?

OP I have 2 teenage sons and reading your post made me smile, lovely thread. Anyone who thinks any of it is weird, wants to take a short walk off a long pier!

You sound like a lovely mum to me OP and not too far off my own very nice MIL.

Some posters here need to get a massive massive grip back on reality!

I don't get the attitude to sons on MN. Or teens.

well you learn something new every day, my 15 year old has stretch marks all across his back and I was actually considering taking him to the doctor this week because I was worried.

Also - when did AIBU turn into "any post whatsoever here is open for a thorough fucking beating, because AIBU". It wasn't intended to be that way, I'm sure. It wasn't always vile.

I adore my 15 year old. He still cuddles me and puts his arm round me when we are out and walking along. He's a gorgeous, sweet, kind, thoughtful boy and want to cry with how much I love him sometimes.

Weird? No.

Some people are so weird about food. So what if he ate 5 weetabix after dinner? Is being hungry a crime? It's not unhealthy like biscuits.
And those worrying about OP as a MIL you seriously need to stop. I'm more worried about you.

But he’d just eaten (in the Ops words) a giant dinner. Then ‘needs’ 5 weetabix. Really? Did he really, really need them or was he being a tad greedy, is it now the thing to let our kids basically eat everything they want. Surely he wasn’t on the verge of collapse from hunger.

Teenaged boys are always hungry

Hungry often means 'hangry'

I've learnt not to engage with DS1 when he is hangry until he has eaten. Then he is sweet as anything .