Missing forks: what could DS be up to?

[EloiseintheSun]

This is the third time it's happened. DS back from Uni and, eventually, forks go missing. He sees a rather itinerant friend when he's here - but it would be bizarre if he was giving this friend our cutlery.

Odd though this must sound, does anyone know of any possible reason why DS could be pinching forks. He used to take weed and maybe harder stuff and we were hoping against hope that this had all stopped. (He has a gf now who we think wouldn't tolerate it and he seems to be doing well at Uni.) Could there be some connection - drugs/forks? I know spoons are sometimes used but forks? He goes into the garden very late at night and now my mind is racing. Is he using them to dig up the ground and hide his contraband?

I haven't touched the Christmas wine yet! This is a sane question and apart from it being very irritating that the cutlery drawer gets depleted like this, I am worried about DS and what he may be up to. Have of course asked him and he simply laughs, denying any knowledge.

I'd like to think that I've simply mislaid these forks - but I haven't. Thanks for any thoughts.

[Jenko74]

Hi read this post i know why my forks are missing. I have one left at the minute.My son is a bad ketamin Victim i call him a victim as thats what these kids are, groomed into ketamin from gangs from Salford ect.I am a HGV driver with many nights away.My son lives with me due to his mother not being fit to be one.My son im pretty sure uses forks to break down ketamin from chrystal shards to powder the microwaves it this stops the bladder damage but powder or chrystal Ketamin cant stop kidney damage.I have never witnessed this mind but' i did the drugs game hot knives ect ect in my youth.Also MDNA comes in chrystal form a fork or spoon can be used in same way.He could be using it to crush resin if he can get it.Or he may not be on drugs at all if you suspect foul play or something doesnt sit right get a small camera and put an app on your phone.At least you wont have it rattling through your mind all the time.Like i said he may just be throwing them down side of bed or something hope this helps.

[MrsBright]

Plastic forks.

We kept loosing home forks from their inclusion in lunchboxes and from 'bin dumping'. Bright orange plastic forks are now the only things used in plastic pots, along with all home microwaved stuff or noodle pots etc.

[stillenacht]

I use forks to take lids off my elite cigarettes and put different flavoured liquids in them... Is this a possibility?

[thornrose]

I have extensive knowledge of a wide range of drugs and none of them require use of a fork

[youbethemummylion]

Our office forks always disappear as well so not just teenagers, dont know where they go though

[MedusaIsHavingaBadHairday]

Having had a son who smoked weed for a while (now stopped thankfully ) I can guarantee it won't be ground down with a fork! Most weed smokers have a little grinder like a pencil sharpener or use scissors. It would be hard work to crind what is basically shredded leaves with a fork!

On the other hand, said DS1 disposed of virtually every fork we owned.. Pot Noodles again. He'd skate in (literally) boile a kettle, grab a potnoodle, couple of slices of bread and a fork and skate off. Never saw the forks again. I actually bought plastic forks for a while....

He's nearly 21 now and still consuming large numbers of the vile things!!

[lottie82]

and I don't think forks could be used in absence of a weed grinder. you don't just "crush" weed, you need to shred it. a pair of scissors would be a lot more obvious and ten times more effective than a fork or two!

can you tell I was a bit wild when I was younger?! :D

[lottie82]

I wouldn't worry about it. when I lived in a student flat the forks used to vanish all the time and there was no real reason!

[Frozennortherner]

I've never crushed drugs but why can't the handle of a fork be used like the back of a spoon to grind things down? Missing Spoons may be too obvious, he might have thought. Forks=safer bet?

[EloiseintheSun]

Thanks all for the many, varied and helpful replies. I hope it's snacks - though there's little evidence of them in his room (as you say, though, there are such things as bins ...) and nothing at all to do with drugs. Yes, I guess he's smoking in the garden at night. Hoped he'd stopped but smelling it on clothes or so I think.

Plastic forks - yes, great idea. Thanks!

[Wibble1999]

A. Forks go in bin. B he knows it winds you up and is taking them.
I suspect smoking in garden at night.

[Patilla]

Buy really flimsy cheap plastic forks so they can't be used for much other than eating noodles.

[Claybury]

Eloise. It doesn't sound like it's anything to worry about ( drug wise) , just annoying for you . Though why he won't admit what it is makes it a little mysterious.

I would buy a bag of plastic forks and leave in drawer.

[flow4]

My DS1 does the same. When we moved house (so I was packing cutlery!) we had 22 spoons and 7 forks. I bought a new set - 4 of everything - and we now have so many spoons they won't fit in the drawer and 8 forks - so 3 more have vanished!

My money is on the noodle/bin theory... When Clay planted the idea of using them as improvised grinders, it set me wondering, but DS just laughed when I asked!

Is it possible that he's just going out into the garden late at night to smoke? That's what my DS does...

[Claybury]

Total guess here - using forks to grind cannabis ? I'm always finding crushers in DS bedroom, hidden under his bed, am wondering in the absence of a crusher would a fork work? It would be pretty normal to his stash in garden.
No first hand experience here but I can understand how you might be feeling !

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Loving the fork conspiracy theories. Maybe he is hiding an alien and they need all the forks to build a makeshift communication satellite so that ET can phone home.

[tiddleypompom]

Could DH be in cahoots with DS - or even quite independently - in a mission to get you sectioned? DS comes home, DH starts pilfering forks & pulling innocently concerned faces. You go slightly mad.

Can't think of a motive as yet however.

[rockybalboa]

Given that you've already said something about it I reckon he's taking them for a laugh.

[Patilla]

Bother phone jumped so I hit post instead of a letter.

Anyway, if he is hiding things in the flowerbed would a quick boxing day garden stroll reveal this?

As an aside if he is using the forks to dig rather than burying them for some bizarre reason you clearly have far better soil
Than our heavy clay which would destroy a fork. But surely he would use a spoon instead for that purpose?

[Patilla]

If he is

[MrsPnut]

I never have enough forks or teaspoons but we have millions of knives and dessert spoons.
It's the teenager throwing them in the bin by accident after takeaways etc.

[CaractacusPotts]

Hide the forks xx

[EloiseintheSun]

Hi MrsN and Caractacus - I do and I have - many times! He just laughs, in facts it's become a bit of a running joke of him, and of course denies anything at all. Of course, it does all sound ludicrous but there is no getting away from the fact that they disappear at a rate of knots when he's back home ....

[CaractacusPotts]

Was just about to post the same as MrsBright

I know in my house I'd be saying "for the love of god DS - what so you do with my damn forks?"