Reddit post found in the wild:
"AITA for confronting my son's (16M) football coach for literally fattening him up?"
"For some background, my son is 16 and has always been pretty athletic. He plays football and swims competitively, and heβs been doing both for years.
This past offseason, his coach told him he needed to gain weightβa lotΒ of weightβlike 40 pounds. The idea was to get him up to 200 pounds for this season. Now, my son, being the rule-follower and total team player that he is (plus, he can eat like no one else), didnβt question it and just went for it. The problem is, I had no idea this was happening, and it wasnβt until recently that I realized just how extreme the coachβs advice actually was.
Apparently, the coach gave him a whole list of βrulesβ to follow to pack on the weight quickly. We're talking calorie goals every day, specific fast food orders to hit those numbers (hello, McDonald's), drinking more soda (which we don't usually keep much of in the house), and even ordering supplements online. Now it makes sense why boxes of Boost started showing up on our doorstep out of nowhere! And to top it all off, the coach told him to cut back on cardioβincluding swimming, which is something heβs always loved.
I didnβt really put all the pieces together until later, but now, looking back at this summer, itβs so obvious. He wasn't running as much, and his swimming practically stopped, which was strange for him. And the foodβ¦ it went from the usual healthy stuff to fast food galore. But honestly, I didnβt think much of it at the time. I just thought it was him being a lazy teenager.
Fast forward to now, and I canΒ definitelyΒ see the difference. Heβs already put on 35 pounds, and it shows. I hate to say this, but his stomach is starting to look like his dadβs. And heβs never had a weight problem before! Heβs always been fit and active, so this feels like wrong. And I canβt help but worry this is setting him up for bigger problems later on.
I asked him what was going on, and to his credit, he was pretty upfront about it. He explained the coachβs plan, and he doesnβt seem to think itβs a big deal. Meanwhile, Iβm sitting here feelingΒ soΒ guilty for not catching on sooner, and also furious at his coach for encouraging this. Both my son and my husband acted like I was overreacting. Apparently, my husband knew about it all along and was quietly supporting it! They both say I donβt βget itβ because Iβm more into swimming than football.
I requested a meeting with his head coach one-on-one, but husband and son both say I'm majorly overreacting, don't understand how football works these days, and that intervening made me a "Karen." But Iβm worried about his health in the long run. AITAH for contacting his coach?
TL;DR:Β My sonβs coach is pushing him to gain a ton of weight, and Iβm not sure if I'm the asshole for requesting to meet with his coach about it"
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