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Milk or Cereal first?

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KatyHarrison · 01/05/2019 20:11

Hi, my 13 year old son keeps arguing with me when I make his breakfast saying you put the cereal in first and then milk after but I put the milk in first followed by the cereal.
How do you do it?
Milk first or Cereal first?

OP posts:
MustardScreams · 01/05/2019 20:12

Cereal first obviously!

LickYouLikeACrispPacket · 01/05/2019 20:12

Cereal first!

SneakyGremlins · 01/05/2019 20:12

Cereal first, obviously Confused

chipsandpeas · 01/05/2019 20:12

Cereal first

Sirzy · 01/05/2019 20:12

Tell him to make his own!

But he is right. Cereal first

OneBiscuitAtATime · 01/05/2019 20:13

I’m 100% with your son on this one! Milk first?? I’ve never encountered such a thing.

ImNotHappyaboutitPauline · 01/05/2019 20:13

Um, cereal then milk. I've honestly never seen anyone pour the milk first!

hendal · 01/05/2019 20:13

Cereal first!
I’ve never heard of milk first.. guess you learn something new every day Smile

ASnowballsChance · 01/05/2019 20:14

Cereal first, definitely, had even considered filling a bowl with milk then sprinkling it with cereal!

LucyAutumn · 01/05/2019 20:14

Cereal! Confused

BackforGood · 01/05/2019 20:14

Cereal first, obviously.

but why are you doing it for a 13 yr old ? Confused

ASnowballsChance · 01/05/2019 20:14

*hadn't

chemenger · 01/05/2019 20:15

Cereal first

RezCowgirl · 01/05/2019 20:15

Cereal

Original poster
KatyHarrison · 01/05/2019 20:15

I do it for my 13 year old son because he always tells me he can't be bothered.
That's teenagers for you though!!

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lottiegarbanzo · 01/05/2019 20:15

He's right! How can you know how much milk is needed, until you've poured the cereal?

lottiegarbanzo · 01/05/2019 20:16

But yes, he could do it himself - or what? Not eat?

avocuddl · 01/05/2019 20:17

What kind of animals put milk first?!

Original poster
KatyHarrison · 01/05/2019 20:18

I will try and persuade him too somehow but it can be hard as I have another young girl to get ready for school too!

OP posts:
FadedRed · 01/05/2019 20:18

Allow your 13year old to prepare his breakfast his way, and do your own in your own (very strange and bizarre) fashion. Both of you will be happier.

AnotherEmma · 01/05/2019 20:20

Wtf? You do his cereal because he says he can't be bothered?!

YABVVVVVU

Let him do his own cereal. And don't wait on him hand and foot, if you do that he will expect future partners to do it too.

(PS Cereal in first but that's not the point!)

Sirzy · 01/05/2019 20:21

He is 13. If he can’t be bothered then he goes hungry. He will soon realise that it’s best to bother or that he doesn’t need breakfast

AnotherEmma · 01/05/2019 20:21

"I will try and persuade him"

Wtf?

Just don't do it, if he doesn't do it himself that's his problem, he'll skip breakfast and be hungry, maybe he'll do it himself after that.

Begging/nagging him to eat breakfast is almost as bad as preparing it for him.

lottiegarbanzo · 01/05/2019 20:22

'There's the cereal, there's the milk. Eat up or go to school hungry' surely?

Serenity45 · 01/05/2019 20:22

Cereal first you big weirdo Grin

Found out a while ago that a close friend (for nearly 30 years) does the milk first and I felt like I didn't know her any more!

What's next? Bra on before pants??

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