AIBU To think parents that refuse to buy their kids easter eggs are a bit twatty?!

[dingdongmrs]

Can i sat twatty?! lol

seriously, im sorry i offend anyone, well no im not really cos this is my opinion but it annoys me when parents say "oh i didnt buy my kids any easter eggs, theyre a waste of money" or the new thing "its too unhealthy" i mean its a chocolate egg for god sake, surely one will not matter, unless theyre intolerant to chocolate or whatever but come on!!

I was having a look on netmums and there is a thread on there of all these women saying they wont buy their kids eggs cos theyre too expensive (yet they buy them a mass amount of clothes or expensive holidays each year) and there the healthy eating briagde saying they wont buy them because they will may the kids obese ect ect

i spent ten pound on some eggs for my kids, just ten pound, not a fortune, asda have them for a pound each for goodness sake!

when i was a kid we had lots of easter eggs each year, and no im not obese!! lol

i just think some people are a little too anal about some things! maybe i am being unreasonal but i want my kids to enjoy easter ect and an egg wont hurt surely!

and yes i wanted to rant cos i couldnt rant on netmums as you get told off for having an opinion lol

I didn't buy for my children because they got so many from family members, they'll be eating them for weeks. I took them for a picnic instead, and to the park for the afternoon.

What a neglectful mother I am...

Oooh no i dont mean the ones whose relatives buy them so theres no need for you to, thats fine, i mean the ones who dont allow their kids to have any at all. if your relatives buy them then you dont need to really. :)

YANBU, of course parents should buy easter eggs for the kids (even if it is only so they can eat them while the kids are in bed and then run around like crazy trying to replace them with the exact same ones the day before easter...oops!)

I don't like it when it turns into present fest like Christmas or something but a couple of chocolate eggs is fine. Mine ended up with about 6 each after other people giving them some which we were not expecting, but it doesn't mean they will stuff them all in one day - it's not unhealthy if you spread it out as treats and puddings.

Well, i don't buy my kids an easter egg because they get so many from other people theres no need. I'd rather save that few quid and spend it on something else for them.

Agreed. Dp had a hissy fit because ds had an easter egg for breakfast.

I told him to piss off because....

A) it's one day a year

B) ds loved it

C) He only has 3 small eggs anyway, he's hardly gonna develop clogged arteries over it.

Miserable sods

Well I've not bought them for my DC, they got 2 each (from grandparents) and we bought them a book each instead, so clearly I'm totally anal and making it impossible for my DC to enjoy Easter

They're to remember how Jesus was nailed to a giant rabbit and made to wear a crown of eggs. YANBU.

YABU. Its personal choice. Some people like to buy them for their children, some don't. End of story. Why do we need to bash people who do things differently to us? I bought eggs for my children, but if others don't, I don't really care, because tbh my only concern is my family and I respect other people enough to let them do their own thing.

I don't buy my DC Easter eggs.

I am not a twat.

I just don't think they need them from DH and me, they have plenty from other sources.

And regards your unhealthly comment, surely many parents are in the same poistion and me, and are content with all the eggs that come from elsewhere - it most likely isn't just one.

I actually still have some of 2010's eggs stored away, so buying some would really a waste of my money.

And, I'm sure you are allowed to have an opinion on Netmums.

lol

I didn't buy any because the grandparents bought them already so we just got other treats instead.
The grandparents though Know I'm not one that likes to give their kids crisps and chocolate every day because the sugar seems to send them through the roof with hyperness!
I see where you're coming from though.

YABU alot of people won't buy the DCs eggs because they already get so many from other sources they'll be eating them until christmas.

My DD is only 9 months and has been bought 4 eater eggs from family!

Bran - no i dont always feel i am right, i was just annoyed and surprised at the amount of people that wont allow their kids to have easter eggs at easter yet they then say they had loads when they were kids.

I dont care if people dont do the tooth fairy or santa or anything else, i dont do the easter bunny thing but my kids do get easter eggs, some people dont do the santa thing yet their kids still get pressies so thats not a bad thing is it.

each to their own, but kids are missing out i feel if they dont have eggs but all their friends do, its not a hard task buying an egg!

I never got Easter Eggs from my parents as we are not Christian and therefore do not recognise it. Never bothered me mush as a child, still doesn't bother me now. And I do see them as a waste of money and packaging.
But I would like to point out that Easter is not a chocolate festival. It is supposed to be a religious festival. And I am very aware of how snotty i sound when I say that, but I cannot help but feel that way...

Whoops, that reminds me, I bought three eggs for £2.50 from Sainsbo's the other day, and they're still in the cupboard.

The little blighters got so many from Grandma/neighbours etc. that they are probably surplus to requirements.

I'll probably eat them myself, seeing as I am a twat.

Ok just to clarify again! i do not mean people whose family or friends have bought your kids eggs, if they have eggs it doesnt really matter who from.

I am talking about parents who refuse to allow their children to have eggs from anyone! so they get none, none from family or friends. especially the ones who take the eggs from children that have been given out at school and dont let their kids have them because its unhealthy!

just to confirm again, i am not having a go at you all that let your children have eggs from family members. it doesnt matter who gets the eggs but im talking about purely the people that dont allow their kids to have any eggs at all, none, zero zilch! have i mad emyself clear now cos i think i obviously didnt make myself clear in my first post going by the angry reactions lol

No didn't buy any eggs here either but they have 4 huge ones from relatives.

We didn't buy any, as we don't celebrate Easter. They may choose to get some cheap ones with their pocket money later this week, after Passover is all over. Live and let live, eh? munches matzo with chocolate spread.

to bran.

YANBU..... Every kid should have Easter eggs, unless they are allergic etc. I don't think it matters if they are from granny or the Easter bunny, as long as they have Easter eggs on Easter Sunday then all is well in my eyes. I do not like people asking for presents in lieu of eggs. I think it is part of childhood to have one day where kids can eat eggs .... And the mum can eat them n the sly too!

Anybody who does not let their kids have an egg is very very unreasonable, unless on health grounds!

in fairness the op did say that she was referring to parents who didn't allow their children to have any easter eggs at all not even from the grandparents?

I think easter eggs are over priced, however I do think that those parents who refuse to let any chocolate egg pass their little darlings' lips at easter are a tad anal,. They're most likely the types that would be posting on ibu tomorrow that granny had sneaked them some chocolate in the Kitchen while the parents weren't looking - and I'm afraid it would serve them right.

OP you lost me with your arguement that if their friends have them then they should too.that doesn't wash when my DS says it and it won't wash here!
But as someone pointed out it is a religious occasion not a chocolate one why should the kids get eggs?

eggs are one thing - but the DD's Grandad lives in Spain and he brings them 'chocolate bread/poo ' with a boiled egg - now that is worth banning