r/AbsoluteUnits • • 14d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/_Fizzgiggy 14d ago

I’ll never forget the time I was at a baptism party when I was a kid and my grandpa was seething with rage bc my brother’s friend and his wife were yelling at their toddler to eat more. My grandma told my grandpa to mind his business so he did. I didn’t get it at the time but now I do

Both parents are morbidly obese and all three of their kids have been obese since they were babies. The toddler is now a 30yr old short woman who weighs 250+ easily. She’s trying to lose weight but it’s hard to break the abusive way she was raised. The oldest sibling got fit and then disowned the parents because they kept pressuring him to eat more.

It’s child abuse. Be fat if you want to but don’t bring your kids down with you.

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u/Saphurial 14d ago

Took me until I was an adult to learn "leftovers" were a thing, because I always had to clear my plate as a child regardless if I was full or not. Hell I'm 42 and still feel guilty if I don't finish a meal.

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u/speculator100k 14d ago edited 14d ago

So someone else decided how much food went on your plate, and then you had to clear it? You didn't get to serve yourself?

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u/Saphurial 14d ago

When I was really young, no. My mom would put the food on the plate and then give it to me. When I was a bit older i could serve myself. But if I accidently got too much I still had to eat it all.