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...

If he is diabetic then I'd worry, otherwise I would just start worrying about the dental bill.

She said she'd feel ill, not full.
Not wanting to eat because you feel sick.

She said,

‘Honestly, if I eat one sweet, I feel like I couldn't eat for the rest of the day.’

@DanglyThings

Late to the party so to speak but my husband could easily do this. I could never.

The only reason I mention this and why it triggered me is that my husband is an overeater, in therapy for disordered eating and on a waiting list for bariactric surgery.

Finding an empty tub like that would really upset me because I would be so worried he was relapsing / harming himself.

I guess you have to consider the overall eating pattern.

for me YANBU at all.

"Honestly, if I eat one sweet, I feel like I couldn't eat for the rest of the day. They make me feel ill. Even the smell of them. Maybe I've just got some kind of intolerance...."

Is the full quote.

People are being harsh. HALF A KILO of nothing but sugar and e numbers is not a normal thing to eat. Most people would be able to predict feeling sick after that and would therefore stop. Even 100g of sweets is enough to make lots of people a bit sugar sick.

You couldn’t eat ONE WHOLE SWEET?

Peak mumsnet.

Yes I know what she said but she never said she was full, she clarified it later saying that they made her feel sick

Not RTFT

Peak mumsnet

I have thanks.

Are you the OP? You’re weirdly defensive of her.

I had one sweet on Halloween night and couldn't even manage that, it was so sickly.

Never mind that, how much of a tin of soup can you get through?

Halloween was 9 days ago, so i don't see why you are are bothered.

I can do that easily! I can't eat smelly cheese, maybe I should start a thread? 🙄

So if you aren't eating them and your kids aren't eating them - why were you checking how full the tub was?

YABU to not say what sort of sweets they are. If they are haribo I'd eat a couple and then be satisfied, as I'm not keen. If they are love hearts/refreshers I would eat a ton of them, same with drumstick lollies. If they were Parma violets then they should be made illegal and sent to hell.

I'm here to defend the OP.

If I ate one of those sweets I'd be buggered all day because yes, @DanglyThings, it probably IS an intolerance. You can buy 'free from everything' sweets at health stores and similar bohemian shops but be warned - they don't all taste great.

OTOH if no-one else wanted the tub of crap then why not let your DP use his body as a dustbin? It's his choice really.

Oops, I see you say they are jelly sweets. Depends on the type - fruit pastilles or wine gums, yay. Haribo, no.

I'm sure someone did once. Something about eating bishop's knobstink at Xmas with the in-laws.

I can't eat sweets either. If it was chocolate different story

YABU.

That reminds me of the poster who ate 48 creme eggs. I can't remember who it was.

Some people got genuinely angry about it. It was hilarious!

Why do people cherry pick posts?

Honestly, if I eat one sweet, I feel like I couldn't eat for the rest of the day. They make me feel ill.

It makes you look like you don’t have any basic comprehension skills, or are grasping at straws to pile on to OP.

OP has already said: I do agree I'm a weirdo for not being able to eat a whole one of those sugary pair of cherries things

I think she's being a good sport tbh.

Was your the chicken shaped one though op?

Half a kilo of sweets would not do my insides much good.
You’ve all guts made of iron.
It does seem odd for anyone to eat so many to me, I can understand eating for the flavour but not to actually fill you up with a big glob of gelatine and chemicals for your body to digest. Makes me queasy to think about. But each to their own!