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...

Yes, the sweets make me feel sick as opposed to full. I could eat a Sunday dinner for breakfast dinner and tea every day.

For more context, he was asking me to get him paracetamol for his toothache just at the weekend. He's also lost a couple of teeth over the past few years. Also, more importantly, he's been told to eat more healthily following a dvt a few years ago.

Thank you everyone, I am really enjoying your answers! A quick ask around the office is very much 50/50 on this.

Jumped the shark a bit there OP.

It's completely normal to me.
That's why I never buy anything like that anymore. if there's anything 'nice' somewhere in the house and I get upset/annoyed by something, I remember it and will hunt it and kill it in one seating. Then I will wow; Never Again! Rinse and repeat. I'm just a pig. 🐷

That could be due to nausea or losing her appetite rather than "feeling full"

Gross. His poo will be gelatinous.

Is he your child?

I couldn't in jelly sweets but could probably smash a tin of roses in one go. But i don't like jellies except fizzy bubblegum bottles.

Actually scratch that, I could eat 500g of fizzy bubble gum bottles 🤣

It’s not cherry picking. I don’t eat sweets, as most seem to contain gelatine, but I do realise that not being able to eat for the rest of the day because of having one small piece of any food isn’t common or in any way normal. If one sweet makes you feel so sick that you can’t eat god the rest of the day, you should really find out what the issue is.

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At the time of eating the sweet, I feel sick almost straight away, and therefore really don't want any more. But once the feeling has gone, I'm fine, and I can get right back to the fish and chips, the sunday dinner, the sausage egg and beans, and maybe half a salad at a push 🤗

It's obviously a binge. Not sure why you think it's impossible?

It's not uncommon, lots of people binge-eat, but it's not healthy either.

On the loo brush one; I had a MN discussion with someone who proclaimed how awful a loo brush was and that a loo brush should not be necessary. Through the conversation we worked out that she was in a soft water area and I was in a very hard water area.

In a soft water area a loo brush may not be necessary because the porcelain remains shiny smooth. In a hard water area the water leaves a deposit making the porcelain less shiny smooth so loo brush may well be necessary.

It made me feel better about keeping a loo brush!

No I'm not the OP

substitute sweets with chocolate and I'm there!

Does he tend to binge eat sometimes @DanglyThings ? Has he been like it with other things? Or does he restrict what he eats and then sometimes have a food bender?

You don't know how long exactly it took him to eat 500g? I could eat that in 10 days or whatever very easily. I could probably polish them off in 2 days/sittings IDK.

But I have an eating disorder diagnosis.

This is such a non issue I don't understand why you posted it. Man likes sweets, man eats sweets nobody else seems to want. Woman doesn't have sweet tooth and is baffled by those that do.
People like different things. Shocking.

That's why I never buy anything like that anymore. if there's anything 'nice' somewhere in the house and I get upset/annoyed by something, I remember it and will hunt it and kill it in one seating.

@SleeplessinSouthwold Yep, my best friend has to try and keep weight on due to health problems. So he has a lot of treats in the house. We have a locked 'trough box' for them which I don't have the key to. But I do manage to get at stuff quite often if I get something out for him. 😂

I could probably smash 500grammes of sweets at one sitting, no problem - And then be on a mammoth sugar rush
😂

Aged 11 a friend’s parents used tobe gifted large boxesof luxury chocolates.
We were allowed free access.
After the first 5, they became less enjoyable.
We pigged ourselves almost sick on them.
It was horrible.
We both lay groaning, heads in arms, nauseated to hell.

all this thread has done is make me want some sweets

No, no, I could definitely scoff a whole tub of haribos in one sitting.

Is this actually for real?????

Well I misread the trending posts and thought OP was asking if she should call the police about him eating the sweets- probably a slight overreaction!

After the first 5, they became less enjoyable.

I wish I was this way.

No, no, I could definitely scoff a whole tub of haribos in one sitting.

The cherries in Tangfastics are my fav. Yep, definitely fancy some now.

I've got an intolerance to artificial sweeteners, so I often feel unwell after eating certain sweets and 'diet' drinks. I can eat haribo and pick and mix sweets, but often feel unwell after.

To answer your question, I think your DH sounds a bit greedy, did he know that the kids weren't keen on them? What if someone else wanted some?