Do you eat your kids advent calendar?

[AdventThief]

This is light-hearted. I'm not a monster.

But if your child goes to their other parent for the weekend what do you do with the chocolate. Do they get to eat 3 in one go? Or do you secretly eat them and say the elves did it?

😂

The chocolate urge is strong in this one...

I bought myself an advent calendar! (much to DH horror!🤣)

My kids would launch the elves out of the window if the fuckers dared touch the precious calendars.

My dad ate all the chocolate out of my advent calendar one Christmas. Just left it there all ripped to pieces and laughed it off.

I must have been about 7 and remember how it felt to this day.

My god it was a joke. Yes I am weird. I have no issue being different. It's Sunday morning and I'm missing my boy and the fact we've only done one chocolate. Ever. I was being facetious about the feast. And no I haven't eaten any.

my kids have one at their dads and aren't there that often so they just catch up on all the days when they do go.

I buy myself one! Get one for yourself.

@AdventThief I understand this was lighthearted. I think some of the other replies on here are a bit dramatic.
He will probably come home and tell you off because the calendar wasn't opened and "you've done it wrong mummy - you have to open it every day" 😂

Does it count that I'd eaten my son's ENTIRE advent calendar and then replaced it? 🤔 He's 19, if that counts.

@Nothavingfunrightnow I opened my Lego Advent Calendar before December 1st and have built something out of the parts already. Oh the horror 😂

@needmorelego that's OK, don't worry. Your username says it all 😄

@Nothavingfunrightnow yeah but now am a bit sad I have no calendar. I looked in Poundland yesterday but they only had the Reece's peanut butter ones left (blurrgh 😂)

Based on my reaction to having my weekly sweet ration raided by my mother on a regular basis - probably a contributor to my alternating anorexia and bulimia and also agoraphobia - leaving the house means things will be stolen nowadays including clothes - I would say just leave the child their chocolate. Just as we’re allowing our cat a few treats while she’s learning to go out and come back, while they’re children they can have a few tiny treats for one month of the year. Particularly if there’s been conflict in the family, it’s not going to do much for their object permanence to come back and discover someone’s had their special festive season treats while they were away.

And before everyone comments, there were MANY bigger contributors to my EDs. I’m not complaining that my mother ate my advent calendar and that’s why I ended up throwing up 30 times a day and literally shaking with nerves if expected to eat in front of others. But it’s an unnecessary and nasty thing to do to a child.