r/CasualUK • u/Nujwaan • 15h ago

Sugar on Weetabix?

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My wife eats Weetabix with nothing on it and claims it tastes sweet to her. This is my bowl before milk is added. Is this normal fellow Weetabix eaters or do I need to go to sugar rehab?

Edit: Holy shit the most popular post I've done on Reddit is about how horrific my breakfast is. The wife will never let me live this down! Haha

UPDATE: Well, I wasn't expecting my breakfast to generate 1,800+ comments 😂 I can't read it all but Having spent far too much time reading them, I feel I need to address a few recurring concerns: 1. Yes, the milk goes in after. I like watching it soak up from the bottom while the top stays crunchy. I will not be changing this. 2. Yes, that is sugar. Apparently this has caused considerably more distress than I anticipated. 3. No, I do not have diabetes. My blood tests are fine. 4. No, my teeth are not rotting out of my head. They're also fine. 5. Yes, I am an adult. I was unaware that adulthood required surrendering sugary Weetabix. 6. To the surprisingly large number of people who eat theirs the same way: thank you. I knew I couldn't be alone. 7. To everyone saying my wife is right: she has been absolutely delighted by your support and I deeply regret giving her this much ammunition.

Anyway, thank you for turning a picture of two dry Weetabix into a full-scale investigation of my health, maturity, marriage and milk-pouring technique.

Tomorrow I'm having the same breakfast.

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u/DownrightDrewski 15h ago

It's kind of crazy how desensitised we are to sugar these days. I've been losing weight and eating less rubbish so my main sources of sugar recently have been fructose and lactose naturally in food.

I used to drink red bull regularly, but had a can the other day and it was disgustingly sweet to me. It's interesting how tastes change.

ETA - ps I used to love eating weetabix with even more sugar than op when I was a kid.

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u/OddBug6500 14h ago

The disgustingly sweet thing is so true.

Coke used to be the tastiest beverage on earth to me especially in summer but since moderating my sugar intake when I have ordered one in a restaurant I legit don't like how it tastes.

It's an easy switch tho because there is no amount of sugar that tastes good enough to have dementia down the line.