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Easter egg hunt at 6.30am

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AliceAbsolum · 05/04/2026 06:45

Both the parents outside with the kids, several kids running around screaming at 6.30am. Do people have no shame?

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AliceAbsolum · 05/04/2026 08:14

iamtryingtobecivil · 05/04/2026 08:14

OMG YABU it was once for 5-10 minutes

I hope you have moved on

I have not

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Flamingojune · 05/04/2026 08:14

AliceAbsolum · 05/04/2026 06:45

Both the parents outside with the kids, several kids running around screaming at 6.30am. Do people have no shame?

Easter egg c**ts more like

benten54 · 05/04/2026 08:14

And no screaming ever. Why the need to scream? I was never allowed to scream outdoors. My parents called it ‘crying wolf’. What if you needed to alert someone? Grin

youalright · 05/04/2026 08:14

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

🤣🤣🤣

iamtryingtobecivil · 05/04/2026 08:14

OMG YABU it was once for 5-10 minutes

I hope you have moved on

purpleroses2 · 05/04/2026 08:13

Hunting at 6:30am for chocolate is ridiculous.

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AliceAbsolum · 05/04/2026 08:13

Sparkles1212 · 05/04/2026 07:29

Pop round and ask if any of your surmises apply to them. Let us know what they say

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Seriously I'd love to

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grlwhowrites · 05/04/2026 08:12

Really rude and inconsiderate. Doesn't matter if it's "only once a year", there's absolutely no need to be disrupting your neighbours at 6.30am with an activity that would be just as "fun" two or three hours later.

My birthday is only "once a year" but I'm sure that excuse wouldn't wash if I held a raging party until 3am and kept my neighbours up till then. Bet all the arrogant "morning people" would certainly have something to say about that.

If you live near other people then you need to be considerate. I work shifts so I'm working today and tomorrow, so it being a Sunday/bank holiday isn't an acceptable reason to abandon basic human decency either bc not everyone is forced to be off work and able to catch up on their sleep.

CoheedandCambria · 05/04/2026 08:11

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

I doubt even Jesus had risen by 6.30am on Easter Sunday

BarMonaco · 05/04/2026 08:11

"Daddy I want to scream in the garden NOW!!"
"Of course darling. Anything you say darling."

MotherofPufflings · 05/04/2026 08:10

DappledThings · 05/04/2026 07:51

This is a thing now? Children waking up at the crack of dawn looking for the chocolate the Easter Bunny has brought? The whole EB thing passed me by but even for those that do do it I didn't realise it was becoming as big a deal as Father Christmas.

I've never heard anyone say their children woke up particularly early at Easter.

Yeah, I'm surprised by this too. We always did an Easter Egg hunt, which our kids loved, but it was after lunch. They definitely weren't waking up early with anticipation and excitement.

Also surprised by the number of people who think it's OK for kids to wake up the neighbours early. It's sort of ironic really, considering it's Easter and Jesus' whole shtick was about loving your neighbour as yourself. I say that as an atheist, but I agree with the sentiment!

BreezyAquaCrow · 05/04/2026 08:09

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

😂😂

tonystarksrighthand · 05/04/2026 08:08

Coffeeandbooks88 · 05/04/2026 07:19

It is disrespectful.

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Here we go ….. offended at everything brigade out at Easter

benten54 · 05/04/2026 08:08

Caspianberg · 05/04/2026 06:52

I think it’s fine.
Its a bit of fun for 5 mins for kids
It’s only once a year.

God I hate this kind of thinking.
“it’s just a few minutes for the kiddies”
I don’t care about the ‘kiddies’. Do it later ffs.

SpringAndSunshineIsHere · 05/04/2026 08:06

It’s completely antisocial op. What selfish neighbors you have! Not sure who these nutters are who think screaming kids in a garden at 6:30am is ok. It’s clearly not!

HortiGal · 05/04/2026 08:06

@NormasArse google is your friend rather than copying a comment to reply to!!
Rammy, noisy disturbance

I’ve no issue with anyone being in thier garden early but the screaming which so many kids seem to need to do isn’t good.
Laugh and chat but no need to scream like you are in a slasher movie.

tonystarksrighthand · 05/04/2026 08:05

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

this 🙏🏼

Caspianberg · 05/04/2026 08:05

My Ds didn’t wake anyone at 6.30am when he went out. We don’t have any neighbours that live that close and back onto a woodland. He also manages to do things like this without screaming. He was just excited and went outside with a basket to find some real coloured eggs ( needed those back for breakfast), and some chocolate.

We saw two dog walkers walk past our house with dogs barking loudly. I could hear the real
chickens from neighbours at the end of the street, and someone car doors banging.
No one was disturbed by a small child

user1476613140 · 05/04/2026 08:05

NormasArse · 05/04/2026 08:02

What’s a rammy?

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A lot of noise. A noise nuisance.

Rileysp · 05/04/2026 08:05

Saynototheinevitable · 05/04/2026 08:00

Invite all your friends round for an Easter rave tonight starting at 8pm ending at 2am. Crank the music up loud and point the speakers towards the direction of your neighbours. They disturbed you at 6am so gloves off in my opinion.

That’s just really peevish though isn’t it. The egg hunt will take like 7 minutes.

more then that. It’s just a bit nasty

CornishTiger · 05/04/2026 08:04

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

This is my reply for everything today

fiorentina · 05/04/2026 08:04

I’d have felt very selfish doing that with my kids. We wouldn’t have done it so early. But I also wouldn’t let my kids just scream in the garden - if they did they came inside to calm down. I try and be a considerate neighbour.

worldshottestmom · 05/04/2026 08:04

Kids can have their fun at 9am, who on earth is doing an easter egg hunt at half 6 on a Sunday 😭 give it a rest

Rileysp · 05/04/2026 08:04

I may be in a minority here. I have young kids…..

firstly I wouldn’t do it. But. 6.30 isn’t an unreasonable time. There’s always noise at that time. Birds/dogs/cars etc. it’s a normal time to get up.

secondly, how long will it last? Ten mins? Certainly less time than it takes to read this thread

thirdly. Kids are probably asleep by 7.30. Would the poster think they’d go in during the summer because of this. Doubt it.

NormasArse · 05/04/2026 08:02

user1476613140 · 05/04/2026 07:53

My neighbours made a rammy til late last night so I have my TV up full volume from 6.30am this morning. They can enjoy an action film along with our family 🙂

What’s a rammy?