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there is nothing in they want for dinner? Teenagers arghhhhhhhhhhhhh

Tell them to buy and cook their own lol
They won't moan then
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do a Gail Platt off Corrie - give em baked beans

mine r all having chicken burgers in a bun quick n easy and somthing they all like also got eldests friend for tea

stray
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Dawn, we told our 17-y-o to write down a list of what she likes and after several months(!) she did just that. She's been told that if what we have for tea isn't on her list, she'll have to sort herself out. I usually text her in the morning to tell her if that's the case, and it works OK. I can't say I'm happy with that situation, because she doesn't eat properly if she does it herself (e.g. peas and gravy in a soup dish as her main meal of the day ...........), but she's wasted so much food in the past we don't know what else to do.
Er, any suggestions would be welcome!
Good luck, hon. Sorry I can't be more constructive!
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doesnt help she limits herself to a few dishes and she had the cheek to say when I asked what her boyfriend wanted for tea 'I dont know hes a fussy eater'

Taking esy way out and going to chippy Im too tired to cook

I well remember those days Dawnie......I had the female equivalent of Harry Enfield's KEVIN.....it went something like this....

Mum.....hello Tracy, good day at school?
T.....grunt..
Mum....what did you do today, what did you have for dinner?
T.......grunt, mumble....

T......opens fridge......what's for dinner...
Mum.....well .... I'm doing pie, potatoes and veg tonight....
T......that's not fair, that's out of order, you know I don't like veg......what's the pie?
Mum......steak and kidney/chicken and mushroom/shepherds.....any variation.....
T....noooo.....don't like that....

Dinnertime she pushes her food around her plate, looks at me as if I have just murdered the family cat and generally grunts at everyone....

I decide I'm fed up with throwing away good food (btw I am a good cook)......so I change tactics....

Scenario......as previous weeks.....but....
T......checking cupboards fridge etc......wots for dinner.....
Mum.....tells her what we are having....
T.....dont like this, dont like that.....

Mum......well thats OK then Tracy because I won't be making you any....
T.....howls of indignation, and 'well out of orders' and 'not fairs'
Mum......I got fed up with emptying your dinner into the bin, so now I am saving myself the trouble of cooking it for you to waste.....etc. etc......she soon came back to eating dinner....

btw.....she is lovely now.....and she loves my cooking.....

Sally - that gave me a laugh!
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Dawnie, I never had that trouble with my kids.
Honestly, I cooked, I set the meal in front of them,...... they ate.

Deanna X

Hi Dawnie,


Its so weird you put this up. Me and OH got back from our anniversary meal, grumpy lass of 14 and a half says ' you need to go shopping, there is never anything decent to eat in this house'



Grrrrrrrrrrrr no rubbish she means


Btw how is Tiddler?


Caz xxx

Yes Marion, its amazing how their taste buds change, they seem to remember as adults their tasty dinners as teenagers...

My lot are so appreciative when we invite them round for dinner......my boys always loved their food, but my Tracy was such a mardy little moo as a teenager.......she is great now....

tell me about it
i just got in from work at 615, said to hubby
what you want for tea,
shrugs shoulders,
son what you want for tea,
well ill have the bit of scampy thats left!!!!!
yeh and what,

so now i doing breaded chicken fro hubby and scampy for son, and some fritters that i had in fridge

did they think of doing it for me !!!!!!!!!!!! huh do pigs fly

We never got asked, what we wanted for tea when we were young... just ate what was put in front of us.....there was always plenty to eat. and stuff in cupboards if we wanted to cook ourselves..

I used to ask my lot ''what do you want to eat''' and it was always... ''what ya got?'' or dont want/like that
so then I just put it front of them. like my mom did.... and you know what.....they ate it... and always said .thanks mom. that was lovely etc....

asking them what they wanted was a big mistake.
unless its something you know they really dont like of course....
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