Just wanted to share a quick-hitter with the group.

SS24 lives with his grandfather, and due to his life-long video game addiction, rarely leaves the grand-father's house. DW has to ply him with either money or food to get him to disconnect from the PS4, and last night it was food.

For those who have not read any of my prior entries, SS24 is morbidly obese. He is about 5'10", and weighs well over 300 pounds. His diet consists entirely of fast food and Hungry Man microwave meals. You would think that DW would fix at least a somewhat healthy meal, but hell no, this is SS24, and he should get to eat whatever he wants. So she prepares a casserole-dish sized portion of baked ziti. As you might guess, it is crammed with cheese and carbs.

I excused myself from the meal, as ziti is not really my thing, and went to another area of the house while SS and DW ate and watched a Disney movie. After a while, DW came and told me that she was taking SS back to his grandfathers. Once they left, I looked in the kitchen and saw that DW and SS had finished off the whole bowl full of ziti.

I've seen DW eat this dish before, and have trouble believing that she ate any more than 1/4 of the total amount of food. That means that SS24, in *****one sitting****, ate 3/4s of a huge dish of ziti. I didn't add up the exact calories, but he had to have slammed ****at least**** 3000 calories in one meal.

I know better than to say anything to DW, who is of course very defensive of SS, but it is just really alarming to see someone eat so much. Due to DW and bio-dad's "no standards" upbringing, SS never learned how to eat healthy, or even in moderation. He is still really young, but I know that he will have major health issues in the near future.

I've been very clear with DW that we will not be supporting adult step-children, but I still worry that SS24 will come scratching around when he needs money for health care down the road. Has anyone faced this situation before? If so, how did you handle it?