Mini eggs for Mother's Day.

We always tend to share chocolate gifts, whatever the occasion. Even if it’s just the first offer round.

Not sharing one or two before putting them away for later seems tight, was it one of the really teeny bags?

Why does buying them make a difference if they still won't be alone?

I just don't see what is wrong with someone wanting to have something to themselves, especially when it is a gift.

This is really sad. If my 6 year old son bought me a bag of mini eggs, I would have taken great pleasure in snuggling up on the sofa and sharing the bag with him and us eating them all in one go. What a happy memory that would make.

There's plenty of people on here who think it's fine to refuse a six year old a mini egg because you want them all, so I am sure you could find plenty of people on here saying the most idiotic and unlikely things. I'm more concerned with what sensible people would consider to be correct, not what a bunch of unspecified idiots might or might not have said at some point.

There's something wrong with anyone who will deliberately wait until they are alone so they don't have to share a bag of mini eggs, yes. If they are so desperate for mini eggs, again, just buy some.

However that's their problem. If you don't open it, people shouldn't expect it to be offered to them, so the question of rudeness is sidestepped.

I've seen plenty of times when it isn't. Especially on here.

Of course it is expected of everyone, ffs.

Is there something wrong with them if they wait to be alone to eat them? Or is it just if they start eating them in front of others?

I'll be eating my mothers day chocolate tonight after bedtime.

Because I've noticed that it is usually mothers that are expected to share their gifts.

If the same is expected for all family members when they get gifts too, fair enough.

There's absolutely something wrong with anyone who doesn't want to share a bag of mini eggs in the presence of other people, whether it is a gift or not. Something seriously wrong.

Oh come on, what mother wouldn’t gladly share her mini eggs!

Offering to share is fine but there's also nothing wrong with not wanting to share gifts.

Yes, you teach them it isn't good manners to ask.

Then you teach them it is good manners to offer.

Why is this hard?

You can act incredibly excited, thank them, make them feel good etc whilst also still teaching them, especially at 6, that it isn't good manners to ask for some of the gift because it won't always be a packet of mini eggs and they won't always be 6.

I love chocolate and don’t like to share, but I would. I’d probably end up buying more though!

And that warrants telling them they shouldn't ask, but should wait until things are offered, as pretty much everyone agrees. Not refusing and running off to stuff your face with the whole bag.
Or do you think nobody should ever offer to share gifts? Is that only gifts? if I buy something myself, should I never offer it around? It's just as much mine.

It is just a packet of mini eggs. As such, can you please answer why you think anyone in their right mind would think "I want this all to myself, it's mine, mine,mine!" rather than "Oh, some mini eggs." and trying to make the six year old feel good about getting someone a present that seems exciting to them, although is absolutely nothing to any adult.

A 6 year old is old enough to start understanding that when you give a gift to someone, it is theirs.

It's important for children to understand that mothers are allowed to have things to themselves, especially when it is a gift.

It isn't just a packet of mini eggs though, is it? It's a gift that OP can't even have to herself without being called ''cold'' or ''mean'' on Mothers Day of all days.

1. It's a gift from a six year old
2. Why would she want to have it all to herself if anyone, let alone her six year old daughter, is in the vicinity when she can get another one any time she likes for £1.50?

Absolutely. My kids know that when you give a gift to someone, you don't ask them to share it with you. You give the gift and allow the gift receiver to decide if they want to open it and share it, or not. Of course, this afternoon I did open my box of Mother's Day chocolates, and displaying good manners, I offered them to the kids and DH too. We all ate them together.

How else do children learn good manners if you don't help them learn while at home? This is part of my role as a parent. When we give or receive gifts it allows us the opportunity to model good manners as well as gently teach our children how to behave.

Of course she's "allowed". But it's just a packet of mini-eggs. Most people's instincts would be to share it with their kids because it's fun.

This bag is a gift. Why isn't she allowed to have a gift, that is hers, to herself?

Is a bag of mini eggs really something she can't have to herself any time she wants it by, you know, just buying one?

For a start, shes not concerned about the quality of the gift, just that she can't eat all the sweet, sweet mini eggs herself.

Secondly, why do you think the partner got the gift? Maybe the child picked it out herself.