Cooking late at night

[midnightpopcorn]

I've been getting increasingly pissed off with my teen having friends over and cooking late at night. We live in a small flat and from my bedroom I can hear pretty much everything. Additionally we have elderly neighbors downstairs.

So last night at about 9.30 I said, I'm going to bed in about an hour can you do any cooking you want to do now so you're not doing it late as I have work tomorrow and the neighbors will be asleep too.

Then 1.30am I'm awake, there they are cooking popcorn in the microwave, boiling the kettle for something and slamming the cutlery draw. I didn't lose it, I was relatively calm but basically said what do you think you're doing and why do you think this is okay?? No reply other than that what do I expect them to do - starve!!?

There are snacks that can be accessed quickly and quietly. So no, I don't expect them to starve.

So, is the request for no kitchen noise after 10.30 unreasonable? Am I being weird and over the top?

They're just turned 16.

30yo here, living back with my mum as she needs assistance. I wfh and my job has non conventional hours. She also does not have a kitchen doir (her choice many years ago)

So when I'm cooking my dinner at 10pm, there will be food smells, especially since she chooses not to close her bedroom door.

So yeah, she was pissed off earlier but I have to eat dinner. Thew it away in an act of rebellion and I will not eat for a few days until she understands that I have to eat. I've done extended fasts previously, so even though I haven't prepared for this I will survive without food.

Teenagers are going through a lot of changes and growing, it may be annoying to you ad a parent but they actually need to eat when their body tells them to.

Just let the teens cook/eat. Close the doors and ask them to be quiet and clean up.

My mum just sprayed air freshener all over the house. Much more offensive than the fragrance of garlic that was cooking in the meal that I cooked and much more toxic to breath in than eating the dish I ended up throwing away instead of actually owning or using doors