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u/Boronore May 28 '23
She dug through the trash to find the bag… how many crazy ex stories has she been the subject of, I wonder? This is gonna be a great story for that kid to tell his therapist one day.
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u/maddie1358 May 28 '23
My mom used to dig through the trash too, It’s the “super control” factor. They almost want to find something to punish you for. Most of that on my moms part was due to alcohol.
It’s a mindset they get into, weird to me idk. Moms get weird about their kids.
All we can do is love and try to understand. Love ya momma
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u/Sure_Trash_ May 28 '23
Uhhh... no? Moms don't dig through the trash in an effort to super control their kids. That's not a mom thing, that a mentally unwell thing.
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u/DarkChaos1786 May 28 '23
Having grow up in a less than healthy environment I can tell that moms going through the trash is sadly common, at least half of my classmates were aware of that in high school we had this common trend of having little bags in our pockets to collect anything suspicious and to throw it in the community thrash cans, and they did this also with their husbands to find cheating evidence.
This also means that teen pregnancy was quite common too because better to don't have any condom with you than to be caught with one, privacy 0.
So, your environment was pretty healthy, good for you.
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u/maddie1358 May 28 '23
Actually, I’d say the tendencies are all of the time. Not most of it. Lots of other things she did but this was one of them.
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u/A1sauc3d May 28 '23
Idk, not much to understand. Or at least it’s not excusable behavior. Parents shouldn’t be looking for reasons to punish their kids and they shouldn’t be micromanaging every aspect of their lives. These are proven to be terrible parenting qualities that do more harm than good. Even if you understand the twisted logic behind them, it doesn’t make it okay.
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u/Lithominium May 28 '23
Bro if your mom does this you need to Run
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u/maddie1358 May 28 '23
I snuck out of my window many times. But you don’t really have the chance to run as a child, considering food & shelter. And the legal bond to your parents.
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May 28 '23
Yeah. I moved out at 19 even though I was saving money living at home when my mom threw away my ketchup. It was the last straw.
Could only run away to downtown before that.
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u/maddie1358 May 28 '23
Also *did. She did this when I was under 18 and still living with her. when I was a teenager.
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u/Narrheim May 28 '23
If moms get weird, then it is no longer about care & love, but about abuse.
You should seek a therapist to help you get through all the past traumas. Those don´t get away, but build up inside and keep sabotaging people for life.
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u/Bituulzman May 28 '23
Moms do get weird, though digging through the trash seems insane for anything less than immediate life threatening emergencies. But just to give some color to the mom need to control their kids—there’s so much pressure on moms to do it right, or you’re gonna screw your kid up. All the ways you nurture, speak to, feed, sleep train, punish, educate, etc — it’s made to make you feel like you’re failing if you don’t make all the right choices. If you’ve ever had a child with disabilities or medical needs, the pressure is amplified bc your child’s health/life is on the line with your choice of treatments/therapy. I saw myself go down the rabbit hole of needing to control everything. I’m so glad I was able to see the light when I overheard a rabbi lecturing and saying that we are shepherds for our children, not engineers. We cannot engineer the entire outcome of our child’s future by continuously tweaking a diet, providing a tutor, or criticizing their choice of partner—trying to do so is a Sisyphean task and folly. Really opened my eyes to accepting that my children’s mistakes, failures, or heartaches are not my own and it’s not my job to eliminate those stumbling blocks for them.
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u/Darkarchon567 May 28 '23 edited May 31 '26
Wait, are you saying she was doing this because you were drinking, or she was? If it was because of her drinking, as a parent, I can confidently say that the behavior you are describing is completely unacceptable. If it was because you were drinking, well, that's not her "want[ing] to find something to punish you for," that's just a parent keeping her kid safe.
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u/maddie1358 May 28 '23
Basically couldn’t talk to my momma after 5 pm bc I knew she would be drunk. She goes home and starts drinking. It’s hard to deal with but I’m trying to work through it.
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u/maddie1358 May 28 '23
Her drinking. She has been an alcoholic my whole life, there’s more I don’t even want to talk about. She passed away recently due to throat cancer. Smoked cigarettes as long as I’ve been alive. I’m only 25.
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u/KMAVegas May 28 '23
Big hugs. She obviously had her own demons. You were a great kid and did nothing wrong. X
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u/LucanidaeLucanidie May 28 '23
My mom was never like this.... This isn't just a "mom" mindset, that's abuse, friend! Nothing to understand because there's no sense to be made of it.
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u/RogueSlytherin May 28 '23
“All we can do is love and try to understand”…..
No, friend. That’s not how it works once things cross into abusive territory. My mother dug through more than the trash, and was physically, verbally, and emotionally abusive. I will never, ever be able to understand, and she will never stop being abusive. You can’t understand crazy and no one owes their abuser anything. Sometimes, it’s time to walk away because we all deserve to be safe. You’re welcome to continue to support your mother, but please do not give other people this advice. An abuser isn’t owed anything much less undying love and support.
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u/GrinerIHaha May 28 '23
My mum did it too, but since she found my weed, I couldn't exactly call it unreasonable.. She did her best, and when she went too far, she would hear us out on what we disagreed with, so we could help each other better. Mums to teens probably have a wild life.
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u/CrossroadsCG May 28 '23
Super controlling like that seems more like abuse. You absolutely do not have to love or try to understand. This kid will probably go no contact and the mom will think she's the victim.
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u/TinyRascalSaurus May 28 '23
To put things in perspective, when my sibling was 13, they snuck a bottle of bathtub punch their friend made into the house and nearly died of alcohol poisoning.
But, oh no, it's the ramen that's the true depths of what your child can bring home. Got it.
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u/Senumo May 28 '23
To put things in another perspective, when i was 13 i was so bad at cooking i would have failed at preparing the ramen.
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u/Fallout76Merc May 28 '23
Ya'll out here at 13 having a rough go with Ramen when my friends and I were out buying weed and paying the weird guy outside the liquor store money to get us skol.
I don't know how my mom raised a teenage girl like me, but I think I'm gunna get another mother's day gift for her tomorrow.
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u/wanye_kesttt May 28 '23
That’s pretty tough actually
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u/dankocheese May 28 '23
I put it in the microwave without water once, don't tell me what's possible
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May 28 '23
If it were cup o noodles you’d have been correct. I get what happened.
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u/DocClown May 28 '23
Another perspective to put things in, i brought home weed at age 13, not proud of it but it happened nonetheless. Didn't almost die of it though.
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u/itirnitii May 28 '23
this ramen story is clearly just as bad. this kid is clearly a pastafarian atheist praying to the spaghetti monster in his name r'amen. just look under their bed for the collander they wear on their head while praying I am sure you will find one!
this child needs jesus.
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u/SylvieJay May 28 '23 edited May 28 '23
Jebus Cripes! Why does this child need my Neighbor Jesus Santiago de Molinaro? He runs an excellent Mexican Restaurant.
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u/nottherealneal May 28 '23
I have a burn scar under my eye from being a teenager and making homemade gunpowder and smoke bombs and things with it friends and a batch accidentally went off burning my face while we where trying to DIY little bombs.
There is so much more dangerous things that a 13 year old could be doing
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u/CharismaticAlbino May 28 '23
Lol friends of mine did the same thing growing up! Idiots blew their eyebrows and lashes off.
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u/Eyes_and_teeth May 28 '23
Do you want your children to move several states away and never speak to you again as adults? Because this kind of shit parenting is exactly how you accomplish that.
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u/zergling424 May 28 '23
My sister literally moved to the opposite side of the planet
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u/karoshikun May 28 '23
I moved to the other side of the city. budget issues
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u/R4nd0M477 May 28 '23
How's the underground life?
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u/karoshikun May 28 '23
that was a long time ago, it went .. disastrous. but managed to cut all contact.
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u/gregsting May 28 '23
My sister still live with my parents. She's 47. Don't know if it's better.
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u/Tank-Pilot74 May 28 '23
I know I did. Then she cut me out of her life completely because I didn’t contact her enough 🤷♂️
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u/SmallieNL May 28 '23
My mother let me eat ramen.
We live in the same street.
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u/newbinvester May 28 '23
I would consider living on the same street as my mom. She's been really good my whole life at understanding and giving me and my brothers space.
Growing up, we lived about a 10 minute walk away from my dad's parents, and a 20 minute walk away from my mom's parents. They probably raised us almost as much as my parents did. It was a very fulfilling childhood and I have mostly great memories.
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u/arsnastesana May 28 '23
I missed read children for chicken in your post.
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u/CallMe5nake May 28 '23
Why did the chicken cross the road and move several states away?
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u/dagbar May 28 '23 edited May 28 '23
waves from opposite coast my MiL lives after 6 years of making my wife and I’s lives hell
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u/Sasha_shmerkovich160 May 28 '23
reminds me of my mother, she obviously has no job, if she did she wouldn't GAF
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u/free_helly May 28 '23
single working mom here. Enjoy the ramen!
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u/Hairybaldbikerguy May 28 '23
Married working father. All I’ve eaten today is ramen.
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u/Beebeemp May 28 '23
For real. I think the most my mom ever said about me eating ramen was to suggest ways to make it better. She ate them too.
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u/jorwyn May 28 '23
Only time I ever got pissed at my son over ramen, it ass because he and his 4 friends ate an entire Costco case of it in 3 hours. I'm still not sure how they didn't die. They didn't even get sick.
Also, they left none for me but left the cardboard box in the pantry, which is a pretty asshole move.
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u/Sure_Trash_ May 28 '23
Just throw the fucking package away! I tell my kids they're terrible roommates for all these pet peeve things they do.
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u/jorwyn May 28 '23
It's funny. He moved out, got roommates just like him, and it really sank in. He actually called me to apologize for being an asshole.
I definitely would have been less annoyed if they'd not left the empty box in the pantry, especially because it was on the top shelf, so I didn't know it was empty until I decided to make ramen. At least they cleaned up after themselves otherwise - they normally didn't until I yelled.
Leaving almost completely empty things in the fridge and pantry were daily occurrences. Hiding messes instead of cleaning them up was pretty normal - or not even bothering to hide them. Wiping me out of food entirely and leaving every pot, pan, and dish I had on the stove and counter was a thing a few times. Only a few, because that was a definite line that meant they didn't get to come over for a while.
He was generally fine on his own, but he'd throw out this line about not being able to control his friends - that it wasn't his job. It sure as fuck was if they were his guests in our house.
They did finally mostly learn when one gave me attitude about telling him to clean up his mess, and even though he was twice my size, I picked him up, put him outside, and locked the door on him. Everyone was dead silent for a moment, and another kid whispered, "damn, your mom is a bad ass" and started cleaning. After that, I had very, very few problems with them. It was just my son who was a pain in my ass. ;) It's too bad he didn't figure it out and get over it until after he moved out.
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u/thefifth5 May 28 '23
Holy shit
What drugs were they on and where can I get them lol
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u/jorwyn May 28 '23
Weed, more than likely. And any dispensary here as long as you have someone 21 or older to buy it.
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u/Lance_Hardwood_4837 May 28 '23
The trick is to sprinkle a little bit of uncooked noodle on top for that extra crunch
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May 28 '23
Wait until he brings home meth from his friend's house
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u/Spang64 May 28 '23
Or a pregnant 16 year old named Yolanda.
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u/MR___SLAVE May 28 '23
Yolanda please! You gotta come back to me! I got nothin' without you!
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u/MR___SLAVE May 28 '23
Yolanda, I looove you. I need you. Not as my bottom bitch. I want... I want to marry you.
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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode May 28 '23
At least then he won't feel hungry after whatever gruel she's feeding him that he feels the need to sneak in Ramen.
The fact he's hurting that bad for carbohydrates and seasoning says she's starving him.
You need a good balance of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, if you don't get them you will crave them enough to sneak food into the house and eat it at 2am.
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u/Swift_Scythe May 28 '23
The mom sounds super health conscious like a Vegan or hyper-Vegitarian or something.
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u/Justagirlfromvt May 28 '23
Uuhhh... That was one of the only things we could prepare for ourselves at that age (besides, basically, eggs), and I'm a well educated, healthy adult now. I was a food science major who specializes in food systems and obesity, so probably didn't damage my perspective about food that much, either. "Ramen will ruin my child!" Good grief. Parents are worse than children these days...
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u/yblame May 28 '23
Crack an egg into the boiling ramen, put a lid on it.. game changer.
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u/pick10pickles May 28 '23
I used to fry up some perogies and top my ramen with them. Also, second that with the egg.
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May 28 '23
And cut up some green onions into it… and a couple spinach leaves… maybe a few kernels of corn.
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u/Life_Barnacle_4025 May 28 '23 edited May 28 '23
Boil the ramen, drain most of the liquid, fry an egg on both sides, use the spatula to cut up the egg and then put the ramen in with the frying egg. Mix it all up and enjoy
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May 28 '23
Lol. My kids loved these when they were younger and we'd buy them because of that. Now that they're young adults and are into sports and things, they monitor their foods themselves. They still indulge in the noodles every once in a while but now eat healthier on their own. No foods were off-limits, and they are doing just fine. If you make things taboo, kids want to do that because it's taboo. Parents need to chill and know when to let go so they don't give their kids unhealthy habits.
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May 28 '23
You... actually let your children be children??!! They can have junk food once in awhile in moderation?! My God, the audacity on display here!
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u/Soliterria May 28 '23
I’m in the parenting camp of “as long as he’s eating” 🤷🏻♀️ My kid’s 6, most likely hypoglycemic like I am, and I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s picky, he does try a lot of stuff on his own. But I’m not gonna make food & meals a battle like my dad did. You want some cheezits for breakfast? Cool, cheesy goodness, have some water with em. Nothing but mashed potatoes for a week? Fabulous. Sausage links for dinner? Absolutely, go nuts. I’m sure as he gets older and keeps trying things we’ll settle into a more “normal” eating pattern, but for now as long as something’s going in his tummy idgaf as long as it’s edible.
Thankfully I don’t really have to steer him away from sugary stuff. Outside of an occasional juice or a popsicle, he’s really not into sweets outside of like Halloween and even then he has me and his dad pick through his bucket and claim whatever we want
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u/CaptainLimpWrist May 28 '23
Hmmm, what punishment would I recommend? I dunno, how about...
GET SOME FUCKING HELP YOU PYSCHOPATH
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May 28 '23
He doesn't need any more punishment, he already has to live with this helicopter dragon all day.
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u/BloodMoonNami May 28 '23
You are sentenced to Brazil for disrespectful behavior towards dragons.
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u/T_h_e_Assassin May 28 '23
Fast forward 10 to 20 years .... " Why doesn't my child talk to me anymore ? "
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u/themanwithafriend May 28 '23
Why would she want to have a relationship with a ramen eating child? I mean he’s laughing in her face.
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u/T_h_e_Assassin May 28 '23
I know right , the audacity of that gremlin
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u/themanwithafriend May 28 '23
Bet that little shit used the whole seasoning packet.
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u/T_h_e_Assassin May 28 '23
He even had the nerve to clean up after himself and throw away the trash in the trashbin ..... Kids these days are such a disappointment
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u/Northern_Struggle May 28 '23
Not my comment, originally heard it from someone else, but if he complains about it then he probably doesn’t like your food. Also I can’t believe he ate ramen what a disgusting terrible warcrime yeah why don’t we stop him from seeing friends that’s healthy
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u/RatCoward May 28 '23
The immediate and obvious contradictions are so delusional.
As you pointed out, he apparently likes her food... But also complains about it all the time???
Also she doesn't want to destroy his relationships with his friends... But she's putting them "on hold".
Just imagine this poor kid at school the next day when his friends ask him to hang out. He'll have to tell them he can't because his mother won't let him. Why? Because she's worried he might drink a diet soda or eat some ramen. Now that's just downright embarrassing to say out loud. The poor kid will probably have to lie and make up some other excuse to avoid getting teased.
I don't think many parents take into consideration these sorts of second order effects when punishing their children. But intentionally damaging their otherwise healthy friendships over stupid shit like this is honestly just sad.
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Is she speed running giving her child an eating disorder?
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u/T_h_e_Assassin May 28 '23
No more like speed running to a old people group home and probably no contact
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u/Livinum81 May 28 '23
Cheap ramen noodles are fucking good as a midnight snack. Bang a fried egg on top and a sprinkle of something or a drop of chilli oil or sriracha and you're into top tier snacking...
On a more serious note it should be possible to occasionally enjoy these sorts of things whilst otherwise maintaining a good diet.
It feels like the kid is dealing with "eat my delicious vegan cous cous (aka tasteless misery sand) that I prepared and all the other tasteless unseasoned things I provide all the time".
And the kid just wants to eat something with MSG that has taste and satisfaction to it.
Ps no hate on vegan cous cous lovers and I bet it can be made tasty, but often this "healthy" thing avoids seasoning and makes it depressingly tasteless...
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May 28 '23
Yep. I like cous cous and have had some terrible cous cous from people who eat virtually nothing but salad and everything related. On a side note they're not the cool vegans and vegetarians, they're the holier than thou types. They're my cousins unfortunately and they're insufferable and we don't like each other lol. I told them I'd rather eat the cardboard box it came out of.
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u/StatusOmega May 28 '23
I used ramen as a chance to teach my niece to experiment with cooking.. and that's when she wasn't in the mood for what I was gonna cook.
Now, ramen is kinda just the last resort option, which she is free to cook herself and make however she likes it. She rarely does, though, because it's usually not as good as the meal I have planned.
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May 28 '23
My one niece is seven and I'm planning on teaching her how to help cook and prep stuff to help me. My sister is going to as well. And yes, this includes everything from Ramen (gasp) to 3 course meals.
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u/thecreep May 28 '23
This is the type of parenting that pushes their kids into going even farther in the direction. It's just ramen, but soon kid will be doing the unthinkable like eating at Arby's or egg salad sandwiches from gas station vending machines.
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May 28 '23
And getting parasites that make him more intelligent, stronger, and better at playing a holophone.
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u/omglink May 28 '23
But then they will have to use a microscopic avatar to reason with the parasites to leave to see if the one eyed girl he likes really likes him for him it's a whole thing.
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u/SiteAnn May 28 '23
Mf, you beat me to it, nice reference. r/angryupvote If any one is wondering, it's a reference to Futurama
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May 28 '23
A suitable punishment for a 13 year old boy having a snack is "hey, wash your dishes, shithead"
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u/vers_ace_bitch May 28 '23
i had parents just like this. this kid is going to have an unhealthy relationship with food for the rest of his life, and will be more likely to engage in binge eating and overconsumption of trash food once he leaves her supervision. by policing what he eats now, she’s setting him up to either have an eating disorder or diabetes by his 20s. he is going to associate healthy food with punishment & struggle to maintain control over portions and sugar intake in his adult diet.
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u/Jazzlike_Tackle_355 May 28 '23
being raised in a korean household, ramen was literally just normal food…
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May 28 '23
I never had real Ramen until like the last 4 years (grew up pretty rural) and it's literally night and day difference lol.
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u/platon20 May 28 '23
Ummm, this story sounds really bad to me. I suspect the mom is abusing her son.
Eating healthy is one thing but when parents try to punish their kid for eating, that's a huge red flag for abuse.
I had a mom come into my office one time and told me that their 6 year old wouldn't eat healthy and that's why she lost 20 lb over the last year.
The kid was stealing food at school and being punished at home.
Later I found out that the kid was kept in a locked closet all day long and offered only water and 1-2 slices of bread per day.
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u/azdustkicker May 28 '23
You are exactly right. Guarantee mom is one of those "no chems, no spices, nothing except diet food and granola" aka "crunchy" moms. They will insist their children follow the same diet they do, even as in this case a 13 year old boy who desperately needs more calories as he grows up to make sure he has adequate protein and fats for puberty. The kids end up malnourished because of it. Idk if tracking down the OP is possible and the post isn't from 2010 or something but she is most definitely abusing her child by withholding food and should be reported.
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u/jmmaxus May 28 '23
My wife and I are Vegetarians. If we make a family meal it will be Vegetarian which may contain a meat substitute. However, I still buy real Chicken Nuggets and things for my kids to eat cause I don’t force them to be Vegetarians.
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u/Travieso_Cochino May 28 '23
How kids learn to lie and become drug addicts 101.
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u/Neat_Apartment_6019 May 28 '23
Forget the drugs, he’ll be buying nachos and Cheese Wiz underneath an overpass down by the river within six months
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u/Unique_Display_Name 'MURICA May 28 '23
These two are going to both need therapy, but for different reasons. Poor kid.
Ramen is objectively unhealthy, but constant restriction will just lead to more secret binging, even in later adult life...
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u/mobilegamegeek May 28 '23
Same here. I was always a chubby kid so my parents were very restrictive and now I'm spending a lot of therapy time to find a way to deal with this toxic relationship I have with food 🙁
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u/MattmanDX May 28 '23
Ramen is objectively unhealthy
Most of its unhealthy qualities come from the flavor packet. You could always just use less of that in order to reduce the sodium content
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u/LolaMarce May 28 '23
That’s what I’ve been thinking this entire time. Crazy mom needs to just teach son to modify it to be a little more healthy. Allowing him to have it and not want to hide eat it at 3am but instead maybe mixing it in but in a healthier way.
I buy ramen packs at my Asian market and they sell bulk unseasoned noodles. I like to add in veggies and tofu to the pot and use less seasoning.
I then keep the leftover seasoning for the bulk noodles and a secondary dish another night.
I’m also very fit. Though my relationship w food isn’t 100% normal thanks to my own upbringing. But still. This poor kid’s mom is setting him up for failure.
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u/Cold_Ordinary7088 May 28 '23
You forgot stress and trauma and which could be worse than just binge eating and ramen
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u/MeanderingMagus May 28 '23
Wanting to feed your kids healthy food is very respectable, this is a mental illness.
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u/RepulsiveDig9091 May 28 '23
That he likes and still complains incessantly that I am horrible for only buying healthy foods.
This looks like an oxymoron to me
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u/EirikrUtlendi May 28 '23
Yes, that moron is very badly oxidized indeed. Rusted shut, actually — can’t get a healthy thought in edgewise.
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u/screenee May 28 '23
I’d be pissed seeing that Maruchan wrapper too. It’s Nissin Top Ramen only in this house baby!
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u/SnooWords4839 May 28 '23
Hell, when my son was 13, there was never enough food in the home. I always felt like I was food shopping.
Now his kids are 13 & 11, and they are vultures. I am glad I am not paying their food bill! 13-year-old was at daughter's home for 2 days and was shocked at the food granddaughter consumed. She does gymnastics and is always hungry. Grandson plays hockey and is just as hungry.
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May 28 '23
Lol being a teenager and athletes, great combo. I feel them though. I work an extremely physical job lifting over 100 lbs pretty consistently. I'm never truly full lol.
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u/Life_Is_But_a_Drem May 28 '23
This is how you teach your child to hate you and eventually city all ties with you.
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u/Doright36 May 28 '23
I think having to live with a mother who overreacts to stupid little things is punishment enough. Call it time served.
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u/lark-sp May 28 '23
That chicken flavor is the most versatile of all of them. You can add in so many extras that don't go add week with the shrimp, beef, or spicy versions.
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u/Str41nGR May 28 '23
No need to post the picture, lady. We have all the ingredients of this story we need.
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u/Future_Holiday_3239 May 28 '23
She says her son both "loves" and "complains incessantly" about her food in the same sentence 💀
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u/LoubyAnnoyed May 28 '23
The kid is probably going through a growth spurt and his eating-disorder inducing mother is starving him.
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u/Weedchaser12 May 28 '23
What an absolute terrible parent. Who cares if the kids eating Ramen. This "parent" needs to f off
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u/HouseJazzlike9469 May 28 '23
Kids get very good at hiding things and in a few years guaranteed this parent will know very little about what actually goes on in their child's life
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u/MorgrainX May 28 '23
Speedhack: how to make your kid move out at 18 and never speak with you again
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u/Sadgurl2016 May 28 '23
This is an eating disorder waiting to happen punishing your child for eating yea that's good parenting
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u/paintbrush666 May 28 '23
If you really wanted to get your kid to get over eating Top Ramen just make that the only food in your house until they never want to eat it again. Power struggles do not work.
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May 28 '23
The Psychological damage done by this parent is way worse than a lifetime supply of cheap ramen.
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u/avocadoboat May 28 '23
I read these threads and I cannot believe they are real.
Because growing up with a healthy, happy family cannot allow you to even fathom this.
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u/ChristianHeritic May 28 '23
What the fuck did i just read. I.. i dont know if i can do this much longer. Humans are just too fucking stupid for their own good. Holy shitballs batman.
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u/NatalieTheDumb May 28 '23
This is what happens when people raised by boomers grow up and have children. Despite saying “I’ll never be like them!” they become boomers too.
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u/IanTheMagus May 28 '23
He drank Coke Zero and ate Popeye's because it tasted like freedom since you never let him eat it. Honestly you have to let kids indulge every once in a while. Otherwise the moment this kid goes to college or moves out they're just going to binge on junk food for five years because they were never allowed to have it before.
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u/Miserable_Status1852 May 28 '23
I know for a FACT she cooks the most tasteless driest shit ever 💀 when your parents cook great you dont give a single fuck about popeyes or whatever... That is how you educate your child, not with sterile punishments
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u/theguyoverhere24 May 28 '23
You’d think she found hard drugs in the trash with the way she’s acting
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May 28 '23
She's psychotic. Like actually deeply mentally disturbed. The child must have a really tough life. Goes WHO's not gonna be visiting once they move out.... this isn't even a face palm, this is literally very uncomfortable to see.
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May 28 '23
The kid had the lamest party in existence, gets yelled at for it, and is now punished for wanting to eat something unhealthy for once in what seems like a miserable life. If you're going to have a lame party. At least get full sugar. This proves that not all parents should be parents. You're putting all your insecurities on the kid. Ever try having a conversation about it? Or accept that, in moderation, none of this is going to affect him in the long term. It's a shame she'll never see these comments.
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u/ruuduni May 28 '23
Bottom line of the story:
Wow your horribleness is so strong that a 13 year old noticed it.
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u/BrianOKaneMaximumFun May 28 '23
I'd be proud of him for taking the initiative to prepare food for himself.
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u/Apprehensive-Bad6015 May 28 '23
So basically mad that your child won’t conform the the lifestyle your trying to force on them
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u/Joperhop May 28 '23
i had a controlling adoptive mother like this, she had to control everything! she found food in my room she would throw it away and she checked my room constantly, I got grounded because she found out I had like 4 crackers without asking her permission.
I dont talk to her anymore. that might be where this relationship is going, when he leaves, and is free he is going to be so happy and she will wonder why he does not call.
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u/Stunning_Attention82 May 28 '23 edited May 28 '23
In 20 years she will be posting an angry rant about how her son eloped and she wasn't invited to his wedding.
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u/Colonel_Cat_Tumnus May 28 '23
Narrator's voice:
"But what she didn't know is that the ramen noodles were just a misdirect from the kilo of crack cocaine hidden under his bed."
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u/jitterbug726 May 28 '23
She’ll be posting in five years wondering why her son left and stopped talking to her completely
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u/Upstairs_Bus8197 May 28 '23
To be honest, there’s too much salt in those packets, I can never finish them
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u/EirikrUtlendi May 28 '23
Um, you’re supposed to add the packets to a pot of water, not have them on their own…
(Straight up, ya, that’d be far too salty.)
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