The Bodybuilder Son

Is there anybody else out there who has a bodybuilding son?

Convinced that the body he has is all wrong he decided to do something about it. Now what you have to know to begin with is that this son is 6 feet 5 inches tall (no idea in centimetres etc as I am not metric, which gives you a clue as to how old I am) and stick thin just like myself and his dad was at his age.

Money was spent on converting the garage into a gym complete with everything that the next Mr Universe could possibly need. Next it was powders and potions from America which arrived by the box load. The parcel delivery man Stan got to know us very well as did we him (but thats another story). Gradually these things spread throughout the house, first his bedroom, next the kitchen, then the attic and the garden shed. Everywhere you looked boxes with pictures of oiled men with muscles on top of their muscles smiled back at you saying look at me wouldnt you like to look like this? Well obviously I would not but number one son was desperate to be like them and so it began.

Workout schedules were written, food plans were sorted and plastic tumblers of protein shakes were permanently attached to his hand. Weekly measurements had to take place with scales, tapes and fat pinchers? Of course there was never any fat to pinch but this was best not talked about.

Number one son was not the only person in our household who consumed the protein powder, oh no the mouse did too!( If you want to know about him you will have to read about 'Mighty Mouse').

At this present moment in time three years on and the schedule is eat every 2 hours either chicken and rice or tuna and rice. Sixteen eggs for breakfast(but just the whites. Can anyone give me any ideas as what we can do with egg yolks?) and porridge that is so thick that it dries like cement on the dishes. The eating seems to start at 8.00 in the morning and goes on into the middle of the night.

Any social life has to be between meals and visits to the gym. That is a gym a couple of miles away because he needs a partner to SPOT him and nobody in the home gym can manage this??
If anyone has any spare money out there Sainsbury shares would be a good bet because number one sons food bill will keep that shop going!
How long will this go on for? How long can he keep it up?(the routine I mean obviously) and can he ever achieve the perfect body. Lots of questions to which I have no answers.
I feel totally isolated in this as I dont know of any other parents who have a similar problem son, and trust me it is a problem!

Anyone out there know what I am putting up with?