AIBU to feel miffed that SIL refused Easter eggs?!

Yeah that’s super rude. Maybe she thought you hadn’t spent much so it wouldn’t matter all that much and you could just eat it or something? I’d probably have replied to explain you bought pricier ones and wanted them to have them.

She was rude.

My DH, ALWAYS. I don't like it when it's been in the fridge. Only ever put it in really, if it's 30 degrees C or more outside. But that's just common sense. 😄

I take it out and leave it for 5 minutes and it's like it hasn't been in the fridge (when it's a hot day.)

I think it’s rude. But I am wondering is she annoyed that you didn’t get them to the kids before Easter? (Not saying she’s justified if that’s what it is)

Totally rude.

You should be able to be honest with family!

I definitely wouldn't want more chocolate for my kids now.
You want to see the look on their faces but that's just about your pleasure not what's good for the kids.

Tbh I’d stop now she’s said that. Save your money and spend on yourself /your kids/ your family. I stopped all extended family presents on my family and tbh I don’t miss the headache of trying arrange dropping them off, worrying about what to buy etc. and all for stuff I never got a thank you for anyway!

if you want to carry on acknowledging Easter though and don’t feel you can stop, I don’t know how young the kids are but T-shirts in next, Sainsbury’s etc are a fiver…or a book…or each child gets a fiver in the card if you can afford that for each one.

I wouldn’t treat my family like that if the relationship was good.

Based on absolutely nothing. What a load of drama about chocolate. The mom doesn't want her kids having more chocolate, that's the end of it. OP will know for next time.

That's been the case for years! Nice that people have caught up with the palm oil in chocolate nonsense (although that didn't stop me mainlining Cadbury's mini eggs and chocolate bars when I was pregnant.) Meanwhile there's palm oil in biscuits, soap, shower gel, face moisturiser, bread, and about a million other things. (Aldi's mini eggs don't have palm oil and this year they had mint, orange and salted caramel flavour as well as the plain ones, they were very nice.)

DS got three eggs for Easter. I 'helpfully' ate one (he's not even two yet so didn't notice) and I've been giving him little bits of egg after lunch (when I remember.)

Your sil is extremely rude!

I had one like that(I technically still do but we have nothing to do with her, bizarrely neither do her children.

Says it all really!

I do think it's rude to refuse the eggs. However, did you ask your SIL if buying the girls eggs would be OK? It might be, if you'd asked before buying the eggs, your SIL may have said No and suggested something different.

Keep the eggs. I would suggest either asking your SIL next year or give the girls a small amount of money instead.

My son is 15, had an egg from us, grandparents, and an aunt. His other aunt opted to give him some money instead.

It sounds like she was rude in the way she dismissed the eggs. If it was me I would have taken them and … probably eaten them myself.

But this is why I don’t buy for nieces and nephews anymore. They all get way too much from the Easter bunny, parents, two sets of grandparents … they really don’t need anymore, and the chocolate is really not welcomed by the parents.

I am with your sister. Ity a nice thought but next year get them books or clothes. They will have got chocolate eggs from parents and probably grandparents and it's too much. Kids don't need that much chocolate.

Buying Easter eggs for children at Easter is and has been normal for decades.

Buying eggs for kids at Easter is not remotely bonkers. It’s perfectly normal.

Eh, it’s not Christmas. Buying gifts for others at Easter is bonkers.

She probably doesn’t realise you chose something nice and thought you grabbed a couple of generic eggs off the shelf in supermarket. I’d leave it and not bother going forward

I get her point of view...we always end up with far too much choc at easter. but its incredibly rude of her to voice that when someone has bought their kids a gift already. Yanbu but don't let it upset you, she is the rude one here

YANBU. It’s really fun for children, and I’d be grateful to anyone who gives my children one and seeing how excited that made them. Mine have loads, it’s no biggie- they have long expiry dates and can be rationed. It was really thoughtful of you to try and get them to them, I know the Thorntons eggs you mean and they are particularly good ones as well.

That is rude

She always got my kids eggs when they were small too!

I was actually going to ask earlier if she got yours eggs when they were younger but thought no she couldn't possibly have if she's acting so rudely now. The women sounds incredibly tactless.

She's on another Continent and had never bought my DC anything. She and her partner have never worked much and she's very anti commercialism although that has never stopped her from tapping up DH when things have been tight.