AIBU to think most people have something sweet after dinner daily?

[QuickPearlFox]

To have something sweet/ pudding every day after dinner?
kind of thought the majority did this but after talking to friends maybe not. So for example after dinner every night will have something sweet eg bar of chocolate, biscuits

I do, usually a yoghurt. DH doesn't.

You've asked at the wrong place here @QuickPearlFox Many on Mumsnet are part of the 'I'm stuffed after half a grape' brigade, and the thought of a little bowl of ice cream, or a 2 finger kitkat with a coffee after their evening meal sends them searching furiously for their pearls to clutch.

I think many people have a 'sweet tooth' after a meal, and often will have a bit of something, even if it's a couple of chocolate eclair toffees, or a penguin bar, or a couple of custard cremes. DH and I (after our evening meal) have an ice cream (like on an ice cream stick,) or a yogurt, or a couple of biscuits with a coffee.

'I don't have anything sweet after dinner - and neither does anyone I know' as someone said earlier made me laugh. No-one is telling these 'nothing sweet after a meal' people because they know how judgy they are. 😆Of course some people you know have something sweet after dinner, and it's not a fecking apple! 😆

And the people saying 'I would be so fat if I had a little something sweet' after dinner most evenings - of course you wouldn't, what a silly thing to say! Everything in moderation!!!

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I often have a fun-size kitkat, club or similar was a cup of tea about 8pm. Not directly after dinner though.

I always do, sometimes fruit or a biscuit or ice cream

Would love to if my body didn't gain a pound just from sniffing chocolate.

A handful of strawberries is dessert, sadly. Except at parties, etc.

We always do! Strawberries/grapes, yogurts mainly

Yes but I try to keep it really snall if it's just going to be a sugary treat - I love the tiny bite-sized icecream morsels - or if I'm actually still a bit hungry and it's been at least half an hour since dinner I'll have something a bit more satisfying like some dried apricots and a few nuts with a square of chocolate.

It's interesting how many people are saying they do and are not overweight. I come from a really slim family where pudding after dinner every day was standard, as well as sliced bread to start. Whereas I am the size of a small hippo as someone put it and I never have pudding, I'd be so embarrassed to order a pudding in a restaurant as a very large person I never have pudding or chocolate or biscuits, yet I remain huge. Perhaps there is something in it. Maybe the pudding eaters have smaller main portions to leave room for a pudding that is not a high calorie as it seems, whereas savoury things are not necessarily lower calorie and I know my main portions are too big. Perhaps I should half my main and start adding in a small pud instead?

depends on how I feel.

The fuck? It's September!

I have a small main course then a bigger pud. In the winter, homemade fruit crumble and custard or sticky toffee pud and ice cream. In the summer fresh fruit and cream or homemade trifle. If I can’t be bothered preparing, then a bag of maltesers hits the spot all year round.

We rarely have anything after dinner , on occasion maybe we will have a small dessert / ice cream but that’s rare
We have just finished eating dinner now so I am not hungry and won’t be hungry till tomorrow morning.

I'd be so embarrassed to order a pudding in a restaurant as a very large person I never have pudding or chocolate or biscuits

Please don't be embarrassed, anyone who judges someone for having a pudding in a restaurant is not worth the air they breathe.

I'm a slim with a sweet tooth. I sometimes think it's the crisp fans that put the weight on more.

And fruit isn't pudding. It's what you have if there's absolutely burning sweet left in the house.

Yeah I was a bit like 'whaaaa? Mince pies?!!!' I never touch them til December,

No never unless we have friends around. Even then it's more likely to be cheese.

Only when I visit my parents for dinner, or when I cook for them. Never alone or with friends.

I agree. Fruit is not pudding. An ice cream, a few biscuits, a few chocolates (or a chocolate bar like a penguin or club bar,) or a slice of cake is pudding. Fruit is not. Unless you're on you're on a diet. I do like strawberries with ice cream though.

I agree. Fruit is not pudding. An ice cream, a few biscuits, a few chocolates (or a chocolate bar like a penguin or club bar,) or a slice of cake is pudding. Fruit is not. Unless you're on you're on a diet. I do like strawberries with ice cream though.

I love something sweet after dinner. Usually something super dull like a muller light yoghurt but always like something

I’ve swapped to dark chocolate. I don’t eat much of it but it gives me that sweet hit and treat that I look forward to

Every day for me, lunch and dinner! Lunch may be fruit or a yoghurt, but then something like chocolate, cake or biscuits after dinner.

I always do. About an hour after dinner. Everything in moderation

I'll have something - a portion of fruit or a yoghurt usually. Doughnuts tonight because YOLO.

No I don't...my kids will ofter have a chocolate bar later though.