There's nothing to eat....

I am usually the one that complains there's nothing to eat.. and I am the one who does the grocery shopping. Because I'm on a budget I get basic essentials and figure I'll eat leftovers.. but then I never eat them. I just can't really afford to get myself the stuff I really want.. and I don't like to prepare the things I really want.

Strange i still do that, Dawny. Seems there are a few of us, whether teens or not who just cannot decide what we want to eat. You should see the tantrums and faces this side of the world on those days when i decide to be that "i don't know" kind for a while. It is fun you know. TATA.

This is why I am not a mother . The moment she said I don't know to the simple question What do you want to eat , I wuld say well I can't get I don't know at the store ! So until you figure out what you want , You either have to starve or tell me What you want!I am not a mind reader! When I was a teen we had a set dinner I believe. I remember I loved whatever my mom made because she made Only What I loved.back then I was too busy with homework and practicing to moan about what eas for dinner.I don't remember if I went food shopping as a teen but I do remember the last years living with my mom, I Loved food shopping! And now It is Still fun! The hard part? Trying to figure out What I Want . So I can understand the dilemma! And I can understanding not having a answer for what for dinner. But to Not take time to think about it? That's lazy and Stupid. And I would call out anyone who does that! So I wouldn't be a good wife either. I Would say The same exact thing to a husband!

What she's really saying is that there's nothing saying "Eat me!" to her.

I'll bet I'll be having that same conversation a few years down the line! My little one already wakes up starving and complaining she wants breakfast NOW. Well, I ask, what do you want? She says, I don't know. Then I tell her I'll get her some eggs and some toast. She yells, but I don't want eggs and toast. So I say, well then what do you want? Of course she says, I don't know. Sigh.

hey, i have nothing to eat. Can i come with u too? lol yeah, that teenager has a problem i guess, but hey...me? i have no problem, i just have nothing to eat so invite me to come to grocery shopping with you lol your showing the act of kindness, can you just adopt me? lol

Lol I think they are all like that My 2 are Adults and when I go to stay with them and ask what they want I still get that answer lol

The complaining is basically a symptom, of being a teenager, I guess. Mine were not so hard to please. Good luck on shopping and have a wonderful time.

That's what teenagers seem to do these days... I ate whatever my mom fixed for me...

Oh Dawn, That is so so typical. I spent a lot of money every week on "garbage" according to my girls when they were teens. If they went with me, we spent a lot of money on snacks and junk food. Even if I succeeded in buying all they wanted, well then it was my fault for letting them get flub even though they really had none. You are right, she will find something to complain about.

Hey dawny! I have to say that this discussion definitely made me smile! She reminded me of, well..me! I am always opening up the refrigerator and thinking the very same thing...there's nothing to eat even though there is a freezer full of food to cook, cabinets fully loaded and well, ya know! So what should I say? I'm the one that does most of the grocery shopping?

I get the same thing when I am making our evening meals. Everyone likes to complain about what is being fixed, yet they refuse to fix any meals themselves. I often ask them what they want for dinner and they always come up with the same thing. So...the fact that we eat the same things over and over is their fault and not mine.

You are the best mom - you know that. So practical and logical. Out here. I think she will be ok - she has your genes. :)

Spending time in grocery shopping was boring when I was a teenager. Now I think it is better to take her for shopping, so that she can pick what ever she like.

I think you are right....when my oldest daughter moved out of the house to college I was telling her how much money it saved me now that she wasn't there....She said...I never ate there...I said...well you might have not sat at the table with us...but while you were on the phone you ate a bag of chips and a couple of hot dogs...I think when they are teens they do like to complain....or maybe they don't notice it. My little story probably isn't relevant but in a way your delimma reminded me of that little memory.

I think alot of times food actually tastes better the second time around. The flavors have had time to marinate and seem to become tastier. Grocery shopping is really interesting if you take it so. Reading those labels and checking for those nasty chemicals and such. Yes, it can be interesting. Hehehe

OMG!! That is all I hear at my house too. Of course I just went to the grocery store, the refrig. is full and so is the pantry, but of course, we will have nothing to eat. I don't understand, I find stuff to eat, my husband finds stuff to eat, my daughter finds stuff to eat...but the boys, oh no, there is nothing ever to eat.

I'd like to hope that she was able to find something that she likes to eat. That said, I also think that complaining about everything (even the food that they picked out themselves) is something that comes with the territory of being a teenager. I remember when I was about sixteen years old I used to go to the grocery store with my mother and I would pick out all kinds of things that I liked, but then the next day I would complain that there wasn't anything to eat in the house.

she will shopping fast and go eating :P

This discussion reminds me of my kids. Where after we have dinner, they would usually find their way to the cupboard and look around for sweet to eat. And of course if they don't find anything, they would complain that, there's nothing to eat. But unlike yours, mine love going grocery shopping. So, they could get all the sweet stuff that they want.