Eating an entire 500g tub of sweets

[DanglyThings]

Is that just weird? A man in his 50s, getting through a whole box of (really sickly) jelly sweets in one go? I had one sweet on Halloween night and couldn't even manage that, it was so sickly. The kids had a couple each and didn't go back to them, so they've been just left in the cupboard. Got up to find an empty box this morning, asked dh where he'd put them, thinking possibly he'd moved them to a different container... "I ate them," he said. What would you think? I mean, it's not the world's biggest problem, but I just think it's strange...

He probably got belly ache....but it's do-able 😕🤔

Not the greedy husband one again…

Meh maybe he just fancied it. A bit mean to eat them all of the kids wanted them but i wouldn't particularly give it any thought

"I didn't like the sweets so the fact that someone else ate the lot makes them a weirdo"

What's the AIBU?

That's not weird at all. I could do that no problem.

This.

If they belonged to the kids and they wanted them then he’s out of order. But the fact he likes something that you don’t? No, that’s doesn’t make him ‘weird’.

I had one sweet and could even manage that.. 😂only on mumsnet

I'm sure people could.
500g is about the weight of a dinner and people eat those.

If you've got a really sweet tooth then yeah. You could.

You couldn't manage one sweet? That's definitely unreasonable.

It's a good job we aren't just clones of each other isn't.

Good for you!

I love sweets and could eat them until I was sick.

So because you "couldnt possibly" eat more than one any other adult who does is what...odd? Greedy?

Hang on...were they Tangfastics or regular Haribo?
A whole tub of Tangfastics is quite a challenge.
Not that I've tried..... honestly 🙂

My husband could quite easily demolish a full tub of sweets. I on the other hand will have a couple and that's it as I'm not a massive fan of sweets. Neither of us are weird.
For all we know he's not had them all last night, he's probably been having some each day. What's strange about that?! Unless of course we're missing some vital info here like he's diabetic.

You couldn't even manage one sweet?

I'm a feast or famine type of person. I can eat the whole thing or nothing at all, I can't do inbetween.

You are the weirdo for not being able to manage to eat a single sweet.

Oh god you sound tedious. Your poor DH.

I’ve seen people eat far worse

Ok, it's me then. No problem, thanks for the replies. I do agree I'm a weirdo for not being able to eat a whole one of those sugary pair of cherries things 😅

Are you even sure he ate them all in 1 go? You say they were left in the cupboard and you noticd it empty this morning - I assuem you're not checking a box you don't care abotu all the time so surely he might have worked through them over a few days?

Even so I don't see it as so different from eating a tub of Ben and Jerrys and I've definitly been know to do that!

What people like, varies. I like Colin the Caterpillar cake, my adult children think that it's too rich. My youngest adult DD like sour sweets, I can't eat one. How have you not realised this by now? Is he a past weed smoker and you think that he has started again? I can't think of any other reason to overthink this.

I could easily do this..

You couldn't manage one sweet? Or you weren't that keen to eat more than one because they're not really your thing?