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Advent calendars (lighthearted)

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SephrinaX · 30/11/2023 20:30

At the ripe old ages of 38 and 36, my mum has decided that my sister and I are 'too old' for her to buy us advent calendars.

Our argument is that we are her children and it is her parental duty to provide us with them still.

Who is BU?

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SephrinaX · 30/11/2023 20:36

fishfingersandchipsagain · 30/11/2023 20:35

Maybe she is hinting that you should get her one 😉

She's actually intolerant to chocolate. Perhaps spite is the reason she won't buy me one?

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SephrinaX · 30/11/2023 20:36

StarlightLime · 30/11/2023 20:33

She's been buying you one for the past 38 years?

Of course!

Although she said something the other day about advent calendars (chocolate ones) not actually being a thing until the mid 90s. I could have sworn they were about when I was little.

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fishfingersandchipsagain · 30/11/2023 20:35

Maybe she is hinting that you should get her one 😉

SpongeBobJudgeyPants · 30/11/2023 20:34

Beyond unreasonable. Ltb.

StarlightLime · 30/11/2023 20:33

She's been buying you one for the past 38 years?

WashItTomorrow · 30/11/2023 20:33

I get an advent calendar for my mum. She doesn’t get me one, and hasn’t since I was a child/ teen. Just the traditional cardboard ones.

Deathwillbebutapause · 30/11/2023 20:32

Your mother hates you.

FloofCloud · 30/11/2023 20:32

I want a wine bottle one! ... alas I doubt my DH will get me one 😣
DS has a Lego one - he's going to explode with joy when he sees it tomorrow 🥰🤩

PurBal · 30/11/2023 20:31

Sorry OP, I had to ask mum to stop after I got married. It just became weird. ETA because you can’t share one chocolate between 2.

My dad bought me a rum advent calendar last year and a cheese one this year. Both shareable. 😉

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 30/11/2023 20:31

Clearly your mum is! I'm 47 and my mum still gets me one 😂

Sk8erboi · 30/11/2023 20:31

Your mum is being unreasonable. Massively

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