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Why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why

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fryalot · 10/06/2007 14:55

Has she eaten ALL the biscuits again?

Are the rest of the family never allowed to have a biscuit? Ever?

Do I have to go back to hiding them in the freezer?

Why did I believe her when she said that she would ask before eating the biscuits?

Why why why why why?

Anyone want to buy a teenager? Comes with free diet regime (you'll never eat biscuits again!)

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Original poster
fryalot · 11/06/2007 09:38

bet it's nice when you find one unexpectedly though

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evenhope · 11/06/2007 10:00

I've just choked on toast reading fizzbuzz's 21:26 post

Since DS1 came home from uni 2 weeks ago he's eaten all the cake in the house and I'm . I will try some of these hiding places.

elesbells · 11/06/2007 14:49

i hide the goodies in my dd2 (16 yrs) bedroom...she never cleans it..its always a mess so she never finds them!!

mumblechum · 11/06/2007 14:59

Now that's what I'd call a high risk strategy!

elesbells · 11/06/2007 15:07

its brilliant mumble!! picture the scene: she's downstairs rooting through cupboards, draws the washing machine!! i 'pop' upstairs into her cupboard pick myself out a choc and grin to myself as i pop it in my mouth..i come back down (as she is still searching) and giggle to myself as she shouts 'i know you have hidden them somewhere!! to which i reply 'yes dear'

Original poster
fryalot · 11/06/2007 15:50

elesbells - that is such a fab idea!!!

Don't suppose you try too hard getting her to clean her room?

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fizzbuzz · 11/06/2007 20:24

What I want to know, is, how come they ALWAYS manage to leave wrappers behind?

Ditto empty milk bottles in fridge, also empty cereal boxes Why why?

mumblechum · 11/06/2007 20:26

Because it;s in their job spec.

What I don't understand is why my dh is exactly the same, the messy bugger.

fizzbuzz · 11/06/2007 20:30

Another option we employ is to buy crappest biscuits we can find, eg Tesco basics, or any other like that.

We find they last a long time, if you employ this method Also anything with Netto or Kwiksave label tend to get ignored, or complained about, so buy lots of those

Loshad · 12/06/2007 21:58

mumblechum, another ironing basket hider - it's a top spot yea
why do they eat all the treats though, my poorlittlies never get a sniff of anything.

RubberDuck · 12/06/2007 22:00

Locked box, and keep the key down your bra. Problem solved

stleger · 12/06/2007 22:10

If there are no biscuits they mutter about no food in the house. Pouring milk on cereal or washing an apple is very hard work.

wheniamqueen · 13/06/2007 11:32

My mum would have killed me if i'd eaten all the biscuits! we were only allowed fruit without asking! You could always get one of those mini fridges and put it in your room, thats what i ended up doing at uni other I would have no hobnobs left whenever i went into the kitchen.....

fizzbuzz · 13/06/2007 17:39

We often get moaned at that there is nothing to eat in the house only "ingredients"

fizzbuzz · 13/06/2007 17:42

Have to say these teenage threads always make me feel loads better, to know we are not the only ones suffering.

And I used to think toddlers were hard work.......

lou33 · 13/06/2007 17:44

i have padlocked that particular cupboard now

TheDaVinciCod · 13/06/2007 17:44

really?

Carmenere · 13/06/2007 17:51

I think you are all mad, I go mental when dss eats the last of the biscuits ergo he doesn't do it very often anymore. He needs boundaries and to learn to consider others and gets lectured into the ground when he is greedy. This is what you are supposed to do. Not just hide stuff, how are they going to learn?

BreeVanDerCamp · 13/06/2007 17:55

Squonk

Was it you that had the daughter MIA last night ?
If so is this the same daughter, I thought she was going to be on lock down, no friends around etc.,

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fryalot · 13/06/2007 17:57

yes, bree, same girl.

That's one reason I was worried and angry - she wasn't allowed to go, but she went anyway

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mumblechum · 13/06/2007 18:33

Carmanere, cam I take a wild guess that uyou don't have a 6 foot neanderthal teen in your hosu?

Carmenere · 13/06/2007 18:51

I most certainly do, I wouldn't dream of commenting on this situation if I didn't have any experience of it.

sugarfree · 13/06/2007 18:52

Oh Fizzbuzz.Empties! Drives me fecking mental.
How am I supposed to know that we need another 100 tonnes of cereal if the empty boxes are in the cupboard and no-one tells me.

lou33 · 13/06/2007 19:01

really, i got fed up with her raiding it when she thought i wouldnt notice

fizzbuzz · 13/06/2007 20:54

Sugarfree, you are supposed to gently shake boxes to ascertain whether there is any cereal left, as obivously you have nothing better to do with your time.

If this doesn't work you are supposed to just know telepathically that they need replacing.

Have just slung 4 empty cereal boxes in mad screaming frenzy Dp has gone to buy some more, and so the cycle begins ALL over again.....

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