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Original poster

Settle an absurdly heated family dispute for me!

164 replies

sadpapercourtesan · 30/12/2021 19:45

My 19yo son insists that trifle should be eaten with a fork Shock

He's sitting here right now, eating a big bowl of sloppy trifle with a fucking FORK. He rolled his eyes and said "I knew you guys would be weird about this".

It's him, right? He's the weird one. Not the rest of us, who are using spoons.

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Harpydragon · 30/12/2021 19:55

He needs a spoon, weirdo😁

I once ditched a boyfriend for eating cake with a spoon, he would also have been ditched if he ate trifle with a fork. Just warn your ds he is likely scaring off a future partner!

CaptainPovey · 30/12/2021 19:58

I have to eat sandwiches with a knife and fork (don't want to) so rarely do. Also burgers

I have veneers and a fear of them pinging of when I bite into something - it happened a few times

The taste experience is not the same, but I do get fed up so its stops me eating so much

Not quite the same obviously, but I can understand the fork thing.

Its more controlled/delicate

1forAll74 · 30/12/2021 20:00

You can't eat trifle with a fork, as you don't get enough of a big dollop in your mouth, as with a dessert spoon.. but maybe you need a knife and a fork, if the trifle is thick and stodgy.

FreezerBird · 30/12/2021 20:05

I'm eating the last of our Yule Log, and DH brought it to me with a teaspoon because he claims this will make it last longer.

Maniac.

100problems · 30/12/2021 20:07

Let him crack on. You will have the last laugh because you can eat more trifle, more quickly with a spoon so he's going to miss out. Teen logic always fails at the cocky fucker I'm so different to my parents stage.

That said, trifle below the custard part is Envy with all that blergh soggy Swiss roll shite.

starlingsintheslipstream · 30/12/2021 20:07

I blame the parents Hmm

Original poster
sadpapercourtesan · 30/12/2021 20:07

It's not even a firm, stodgy trifle. Even if it was, he would be WRONG, but with a sloppy, creamy trifle it's just unconscionable.

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KatherineJaneway · 30/12/2021 20:09

Don't care how he eats it as long as there are no sponge fingers in the jelly

JackieCollinshasnoauthority · 30/12/2021 20:10

He's high.

RowsOfHolly · 30/12/2021 20:11

Bless him, he thinks he is in an Edwardian costume drama and must eat any dessert with cake in it with a cake fork.

Buy him a cravat.

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sadpapercourtesan · 30/12/2021 20:12

I'm afraid there are sponge fingers in the jelly Grin I wanted DH to use leftover Victoria Sponge, but he insisted on using the sponge fingers.

DS1 also puts salt on ice cream, btw. He's a wrong-un, isn't he?

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PumpkinPie2016 · 30/12/2021 20:12

He's weird.

The rest of you are correct!

I can't even fathom how one could successfully eat a trifle with a fork Xmas Hmm

Original poster
sadpapercourtesan · 30/12/2021 20:12

@RowsOfHolly he does go all unnecessary over proper cake forks (I don't have any)

I think he might already have a cravat somewhere

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MrsBouquet5678 · 30/12/2021 20:13

It's only a trifling matter...🤣...I use chop sticks to eat mine...tell him to forket about it and enjoy himself😁

TurquoiseDragon · 30/12/2021 20:16

Spoon for trifle and other soft desserts, fork for cake.

But you can all have my share of trifle, I can't stand it. Grin

AngelinaFibres · 30/12/2021 20:18

@sadpapercourtesan

He's a bloody changeling. It's the only explanation. His position remains that the rest of us are peasants. Xmas Angry
He is doing it to demonstrate that he is a rebel . He doesn't conform to society's norms and conventions , he blazes his own unique trail.By now he will also have realised that a spoon is a far better tool for the job. Next time he eats something similar he will use a spoon. He cannot lose face this time SmileSmileSmile
WednesdaysChildIsFullOfCake · 30/12/2021 20:18

I just put my hair up and faceplant......

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 30/12/2021 20:19

I feel your pain @sadpapercourtesan

My DD bites her sushi instead of popping it in her mouth in one go.
I honestly feel revulsion when I watch.
Where have I gone wrong?

Also trifle = spoon

LizzieVereker · 30/12/2021 20:19

My DH just said “With a STRAW???? Twats!”

The fork just made him raise an eyebrow. It’s the mist animated I’ve seen him in ages though, so thank you all.

ScrambledSmegs · 30/12/2021 20:20

@fourquenelles

Does he eat jelly with a fork? Does he eat custard with a fork? Does he eat cream with a fork?

The only element of trifle that is fork worthy is the cakey one.

He is an idiot. Sorry OP!

A university friend ate custard with a fork. Said it stopped it getting lumpy. We tried to explain that if it wasn't lumpy by the time it was in your bowl, it wasn't going to happen . She carried on.

It wasn't even the good stuff, it was non-branded powder-mixed-with-water.

TheVanguardSix · 30/12/2021 20:21

I think that good ol’ MN chestnut ‘are you on glue?’ applies majorly here. I actually think your DS is on glue.

WorraLiberty · 30/12/2021 20:23

Call him a lightweight and then settle down in front of him with a bowl of jelly and a pair of chopsticks.

We'll be rooting for you OP.

Doggydoodah123 · 30/12/2021 20:23

Spoons all the way.

ProperVexed · 30/12/2021 20:24

19 year old boys are utter twats!

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