But he wanted it.

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Just been away with another family consisted of mum, dad and 16 year old son.
We cooked breakfast each morning before going out for the day. (Me, dp, my 2 year old)

Im the only one who doesn’t eat meat. So I bought some hash browns, potato cakes, beans & toast . Heaven!

last day, sausages, bacon, fried bread, beans and toast for everyone. I had one potato cake left.
i was busy making coffee for everyone, put cups in front of everyone then sat down for my breakfast.

They left me a spoonful of beans, all toast was gone and my last remaining potato cake was upon the 16 year olds plate under 3 sausages, 5 rashers of bacon, 2 slices of toast and a pile of beans.

One spoonful of fucking beans. No bread left for toast.

So! WWYD?

I'm sure we're getting more trivial, pointless posts on here.

This isn’t a mistake, it’s greed and selfishness.

I’d be sending a message to the parents or Greedy Gary saying that you are so upset that “Oh He wanted it” was an answer they thought would be okay when you were left with no fucking breakfast and you are hurt that they allowed their son to stuff it into his mouth in front of you rather than hand it over.

Self centred ? Because she’s a veggie ? She was cooking breakfast for everyone else and was actually in the room making coffee. It’s not like they couldn’t see there was nothing left for her.

Oh my god, how do people get that greedy?!

I bet they are the kind of parents who think teenage boys deserve more food than anyone else.

You can't just fork it off the boy's plate cos it would have been touching the meat. 😆
But obviously the pps who said that were being tongue in cheek.

I would've taken myself out for a nice veggie fry-up somewhere

I would’ve been fuming. No way would I have let my child take all the food if I knew someone else hadn’t got theirs yet, especially if it’s someone who cooked it all! The parents should have had your back. Not being drips after, when challenged, and said ‘but he wanted it’, tough, there’s not enough for everyone then! Next time plate yours up secretly on the side, with all the things you want on it first!

Yeah horrible but lesson is to keep Ur food set aside in a stash. Not for general grabbing.

Too many real long lasting problems in life.
I wouldn't be wasting my reserves on this

Hmmm…

the last day might mean that everyone is freacking tired and ready to go home 🤣 so less vigilance and more whatever.

Not nice but maybe, some of the things you thought were pretty standard, did bug them indeed and so all in all it is fair and square.

I will tell you what I wouldn’t do. I wouldn’t say something because maybe the mum didn’t see it. I wouldn’t take another sec to think of it because maybe the dad slept horribly for the last nights and have a shithead instead…especially before his third coffee. I wouldn’t take offence because the 16years old is…a freaking teenager and they are annoyingly self centered.

I would…buy something else for me and eat it later. If money is tight. I would wait to be home and get into my fridge. If you are, of course, not “needing” energy…as in, you don’t need to drive back 3h or hike back for 1h. In any of the latest…buy something you do it OR I hope you jumped on that teenager plate and blamed your time of the month LOL

Good luck 🌺

16 year old boys eat like there’s no tomorrow but that’s just inconsiderate and greedy and his parents are also pathetic. No way would I have let one of my sons have done that. Good on you for making your feelings known

I really admire everybody's delicate reactions (save@DustyDood 😅) and including yours OP, as I know I would have reached over to his plate, forked the potato cake (excuse me that's my breakfast) and placed it on my plate. Oh yeah.
But also I would have claimed to potato cake before it got to the table as I don't trust teenagers to show potato restraint.

You should have put the potato cake to one side for yourself. Agreed though, very selfish and greedy of your friends - never again!

Well, I would have been really pissed off, told him and his parents how rude and thoughtless it was, then I would have gone out for breakfast. Why did they all start eating without you anyway? Were they that rude every morning?

Hi OP, why were you with this family? Are they friends or relatives of your DP

She probably couldn't have taken the food back as it was with bacon and sausage fat. As a veggie I'd not fancy it then either.

These people are not your friends.

Yeah, this. Tbh I'm not sure I'd have had the presence of mind at 16 to fully realise what each person could/couldn't eat. As long as there was food left, I'd have thought it was fine.

This, 100%.

I have learned over the years that unfortunately this is the only way, due to dh’s family members utter greed and lack of consideration.

I am so angry on your behalf!

Of course they should have thought that you would want your potato cake!

They was obviously some subtext going on about him wanting your potato cakes all week but that doesn’t matter. The adults should have realised that there wasn’t anything left for you to eat and made sure you had enough once you sat down.

sounds like you went on holiday with my in-laws who have 2 more kids much younger than my husband. when something similar happened to me my FIL gave me the equivalent of a lecture on why I should eat meat and how disruptive it is that I don't. If I ate meat, then this wouldn't have happened etc. They are absolutely unable to take responsibility for anything; they only know how to divert the conversation to something irrelevant that allows them to make it my fault.

If it was my 16 year old I would be telling him to make the teas and coffees whilst the adults sit down. I expect he was on his phone right up until the food hit the table?

I wouldn't bother with these cunts in future. It doesn't seem like they care about you.

This is the entitled selfish world we live in. But you have to call it out and shame them at the time. It’s liberating (for you), and highly embarrassing (for them). Own it. Take power from it. It’s a good thing if you want it to be.

16 is selfish but the parents really should have said “hang on, there’s nothing left for Brand”

”Let’s make sure there’s some veggie stuff left for Brand” etc

You shouldn’t really have to be keeping you eye on your food like a hawk to make sure it wasn’t snaffled!