Mini eggs for Mother's Day.

One of my sons has diarrhea so we're staying home today, plans cancelled. The other kids have picked their own gifts, and got me a hot wheels car and a bar of chocolate. I'm sat on the floor playing and we will all eat the chocolate later whilst watching BGT (a family TV choice). Get a grip OP it's mothers day, so maybe act like one (and not the child)

So the present isn’t from the child but from their dad? Why can’t a 6 year old choose a gift?

Are you always such a ray of sunshine? Poor kid has gone out of their way to get you a present and you are throwing it back in their face! My mother used to do this and even when I was older it was awful.

Much of the fun for me when I receive chocolates/sweets is immediately sharing them. I love chocolates, but I always found it so funny when my children were younger and looked at me as soon as I opened them, as if to say ‘You know what happens next mummy’🤣 To be fair, I always got first choice!

I'm just catching up on the rest of the posts. The vast majority seem sensible but some posters seriously are mad. Of course a 6 year old thinks a bag of mini eggs is a great gift because THEY would love it. I honestly think some people are inflicting such painful existences on themselves that they can't see the joy around them. My LO was straight in with my 'presents' this morning. DH helped her get a tray ready with coffee then we stayed in bed and all ate the treats.

OP I think there is a wider problem here. You obviously feel overlooked. Whether that is a symptom of your relationship or simply how you view the world is impossible to say.

Ffs you're acting like you're 5

I got a box of chocolates in bed. My 2 year old opened them and snaffled one immediately. 8 year old asked nicely and I said he could take one. I have not had any yet, because I would rather have them later after dinner. Everyone is perfectly happy. Why would I not share?

I’m on a diet. Much as I love MiniEggs (and trust me, I love them!) I avoid buying them! (Mostly because like OP I won’t want to share lol).

At 6 years old I would be pasting on the biggest smile and making them feel like they did the best job ever at making me happy. Share the mini eggs and if you want more go and buy some...

Grow up, you sound pathetic.

share them with the child and you go treat yourself to something special later!

The point is though that the child chose the gift. That should be enough. Maybe the child didn't want to buy flowers, maybe they have a very definite idea of what they would like to buy mummy. I can imagine my own children at that age would have been very proud to have chosen a gift for me without any input from another adult. It is a token gift.

I think there must be a lot more going on here. Not sharing chocolate is a bit strange, and you seem very invested in getting a gift. Did your birthday get forgotten or something?

Really need to question why some of you bothered having children if you’re going to be so miserable, self absorbed and fucking mean

The DC was probably excited to
give mummy their present and was looking forward to sharing it with her. Now mummy’s thrown her toys out the pram over mini eggs and DC will be wondering why mummy is upset with their gift.

Get a grip, share the eggs, and have a happy Mother’s Day.

@AliasGrape EXACTLY.
the husband stomping off in a huff tells me all I need to know!

Meh, I’m on the fence.

DD is 4 and (with her dad’s help) chose a big bar of chocolate for me. As I was getting it out of the little gift bag (plain paper bag she’d drawn love hearts all over) she was already announcing ‘and I’ve got a good idea mummy, when grandma and grandpa get here we open it and then we can all share it together!’ It did make me laugh, because I also know who will want the first and biggest piece, but it’s also very sweet and of course that’s what we will do.

But I also had breakfast made for me by DH, with DD’s help, and got a nice bunch of my favourite flowers (which again she picked as they were HER favourite flowers) and a seashell hair clip which she also chose and I probably won’t use and will end up being hers anyway but she said ‘because we like mermaids don't we mummy?’, and most importantly of all I had a nice long lie in this morning so am feeling fairly at peace with the world anyway!

So it kind of depends - if I’d had a bag of mini eggs lobbed at me as an afterthought and then was expected to share them with everyone else I might be a bit peed off. But it if was with a hug and your DH took your DC to choose something and that’s what they chose for you because they thought you’d like it, and you got a nice card or a picture your DC had drawn or something then yeah, I think just suck it up and share the mini eggs with a smile!

I assumed the first post was a joke but with the follow up I'm not sure. Are you genuinely annoyed that your six year old wants a mini egg? That is pathetic on your part.

No, it is.
My husband would have gone “brilliant, mummy loves mini eggs! She loves flowers too, shall we go and choose a bunch for her?” Or similar.

You shouldn't "have" to share and your husband should stop modelling pathetic behaviour

Kids being grabby isn't a new thing but handing over a gift and then asking for some of it is unacceptable and by age six I would think they should know that

I reckon your family wouldn't have dared got you anything less...

Calling something a 6 year old child chose their mum a 'cheap thoughtless gift' makes you sound unpleasant, as does telling a poster to fuck off.

Well at least everyone isn't also huffing as you're not sharing!

Your six year old bought you mini eggs and you're so miserable about it that you've had to come and post on here about what an awful present it is?

I hope you've given yourself a kick up the arse and apologised.

I've received cards from my DDs, and one of them gave me a small bag of chocolate raisins. No flowers or anything. I'm a bit disappointed, considering how much I spend on them. They're early 20s!!

It's not a shit, cheap thoughtless gift if that is what the child chose. What horrible thing to say
My OH used to take the kids to pick me a gift and never told them that the gift they chose wasn't good enough and that I would need something else as well. One year I got a bag of malteasers and a 6 pack of quavers from my 5 year old as they knew they were my favourite. I saw it as a lovely thoughtful gift and yes I did share.

So really a bit more thought than a bag of something that your child would be asking to have some of whilst handing it over?