That saying "Happy Easter" is out of place?

You're being ridiculous.

Do you think they had ill intent? That they were deliberately trying to offend you?
if not I wouldn’t give it any further consideration. It was merely an attempt to wish you a pleasant time.

If you believe they were deliberately trying to upset you then they weren’t friends to begin with and don’t require further thought.

Now that is totally ridiculous! And a bloody mouthful 🙄

I grew up in a Jewish neighbourhood and we didn’t take offence at each other’s religious (or secular) holidays and even made a point to join in where appropriate.

I would wish my friends a Happy Passover and they would wish me a Happy Easter but they also would have an Easter Bunny and join in the Easter Egg Hunt at school. They even took part in the Easter bonnet parade.

YANBU at being a bit puzzled why they insist on wishing you a happy Easter but pretty ridiculous at referring to seasonal spring chocolate eggs 😂

More on topic, I’ve coincidentally just had this conversation with dd(9).

A sentiment given to you in kindness should be taken as such. It really doesn’t matter if you share the background belief or not, someone has shared something important to them to illustrate their wish to you.

it can be used passive aggressively (in which case I’ve advised dd to just comment it’s their own time they’re wasting) but unless you’re weirdly competitive about Passover vs Easter you’re massively over thinking this @Ethicaldebacle and introducing an element of conflict where there is no need for it.

They are clearly anti semetic.

I used to think "yOu CaN't SaY mErRy ChRiStMaS aNy MoRe WiThOuT gEtTiNg ArReStEd FoR uPsEtTiNg SoMeOnE's FeElInGs" was just right-wing dickheads pretending to be outraged about left-wing dickheads imagining that people might actually be offended.

The world doesn't revolve around you dear.
I like Sadiq Kahn's take on multi culturism, he celebrates everything.

This. ^ People will fly around the moon and back to try to find offence in something these days. 🙄

We don't even call Easter eggs Easter eggs at home, we call them "seasonal spring chocolate eggs

huh? What’s the seasonal in there for? Spring is the season. As bad as irregardless.

Wow, people nowadays take offense at anything and everything. I'm not sure what age you are, but I'm finding more and more that people of a certain (younger) generation almost seek out being offended. It's actually very sad.

I'm not at all religious but decorate for Easter and send Happy Easter messages to friends, same as I would at Christmas - Merry Christmas NOT Happy Holidays.

So much of what we do is rooted in religion but much of it now is just down to heritage and customs so unless they were trying to convert you (unlikely), I'd just take it for what it is - a friendly gesture. Why make life more complicated than it needs to be?

Bloody hell, what bastards. Obviously the only option is to block these imaginary friends OP.

You probably caused confusion by celebrating Christmas even though you’re Jewish. Why would someone think Easter is offensive to you if you celebrate Christmas? YABU

Yeah, I'm with those saying it's just a way of spreading joy.
Like if someone said to me Happy Eid/Eid Mubarak for example, I'd just say it back.
Doesn't mean I'm celebrating it myself.
It's just joy spreading imo.

The bank holiday is called Easter Monday. The school holidays are called Easter holidays. Happy Easter to me just refers to that period in time and yes it does have a religious origin, but so do the days of the week and no one gets offended by Happy Friday because they don't follow the Anglo Saxon goddess Frig.

For context, though I not religious, I do come from a Muslim family background and no one I know would be offended by "Happy Easter". That doesn't mean you are not allowed to feel offended - that's up to you - but I would say you are an outlier in terms of sensitivity.

I've been saying that all weekend. I'm all about the chocolate 😬

Agree!

Hope you have a nice break.

Doing anything for the long weekend?

I hope you enjoy the enjoy bank holiday!

This isn't tricky.

I'm from a Hindu background (and an atheist). I wish everyone happy Easter or whatever other occasion it is and I would expect people who are in the habit of wishing other people happy Easter to wish me as well. It's just something people to say to be friendly and possibly inclusive. As I said most of my family are Hindus and dh and me are atheists but we celebrate everything (that we are familiar with) and wish people for every occasion we are aware of. All my Hindu family members, including the extremely religious and traditional ones were wishing happy Easter yesterday and lots of them have updated their profile to include Easter wishes. I think that's nice and a more pleasant way to live with others.

I don't see what is there to be offended about unless there is some sort of backstory of them being racist or prejudiced or something.

(I thought you were going to say it's inappropriate because it wasn't a super happy occasion for Jesus. Though I guess people who believe he was resurrected might rejoice because otherwise how would they have known he's the son of God.)

“Seasonal spring chocolate eggs”? Really? 🤔 🥴 I mean, you can be as offended as you like by “Happy Easter” but leave the eggs out of it! 🤣

Seriously OP, unclench a little and just accept that someone is hoping you enjoy the weekend! I’m as atheist as they come, and still wish people a Happy Easter…it IS Easter and I hope they are having a great weekend, that’s all it means.

As a Christian I find that offensive.

However, I am not offended at being wished a Happy Eid/Hanukkah/Diwali.

At least name the relevant festival!

Bollocks would a Jewish family celebrate Christmas
and as for the seasonal eggs comment 🤦‍♀️

Would you say 'happy holidays' to a Muslim friend instead of 'Eid Mubarak'?

I think it's really rude to reduce every religious or cultural celebration to 'happy holidays' and not acknowledge a day or period of significance for that culture.

What if someone isn’t having an extra long weekend because they work at the weekends or on a Friday night in a second job?

YABU. It's a festival that's an important part of British culture, even if the majority don't celebrate its Christian meaning.

I'm Jewish, but my neighbours and I wish each other happy Easter in the same way we wish each other happy Christmas. Those of us with different religions will send good wishes to each other on those occasions too (e.g. Eid, Pesach, Diwali). It's just spreading goodwill.