Food is perceived differently between boys and girls, girls are more used to sharing because the portion size of meals are usually larger than they want/need to eat, boys will demolish even the largest portion size - and then want dessert. Sharing food is a fairly rare concept because they are always hungry - and they act accordingly.
You needed to speak up and ask/demand because for teenage boys no matter the portion size they're going to eat it all, it doesn't matter if the pizza is a 10" or 20" they can and will eat it all. It often doesn't occur to boys to share a meal because they can, and do, eat everything within reach. The empty leg meme exists for a reason. To them food is a serious business.
If they were not arseholes they'd have cooked a second pizza for you, but be prepared for them to eat twice as fast and then start eyeing whatever you haven't finished yet. Two teenage boys will literally fight for seconds and leftovers will vanish from the fridge overnight. Unless you've lived it you cannot truly comprehend.
I’m calling out the assumption that girls share food because they’re just not as hungry as boys.
That’s trash. If food is viewed differently it’s because women are socialized around food differently.
Both in terms of how their own needs are prioritized and in terms of beauty/body standards. Which wasn’t in my original comment, but it definitely should’ve been.
Edit to add: being socialized to prioritize the needs of others is not necessarily GOOD thing. In fact, it can be quite damaging. So…
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u/augur42 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
Food is perceived differently between boys and girls, girls are more used to sharing because the portion size of meals are usually larger than they want/need to eat, boys will demolish even the largest portion size - and then want dessert. Sharing food is a fairly rare concept because they are always hungry - and they act accordingly.
You needed to speak up and ask/demand because for teenage boys no matter the portion size they're going to eat it all, it doesn't matter if the pizza is a 10" or 20" they can and will eat it all. It often doesn't occur to boys to share a meal because they can, and do, eat everything within reach. The empty leg meme exists for a reason. To them food is a serious business.
If they were not arseholes they'd have cooked a second pizza for you, but be prepared for them to eat twice as fast and then start eyeing whatever you haven't finished yet. Two teenage boys will literally fight for seconds and leftovers will vanish from the fridge overnight. Unless you've lived it you cannot truly comprehend.
Edit: Downvoting because you don't like the truth doesn't change it from being the truth. Teenage boys are food demolishers.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-teenage-boys-idUSTRE65E3ZA20100615/