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AIBU?

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

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dingdongmrs · 24/04/2011 15:34

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

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Original poster

dingdongmrs · 25/04/2011 09:16

Ok some people oin this thread understand exactly what i mean and what im trying to say, and other people on this thread have no clue!

OP posts:

TandB · 25/04/2011 09:19

Or possibly just disagree with you.

uniquegeek · 25/04/2011 09:19

yanbu

ragged · 25/04/2011 09:19

"Twatty" was Ur choice of word, OP. I'd go mental if someone called me that 2 my face. Am surprised you're surprised...

thefirstMrsDeVere · 25/04/2011 09:20

I bloody hate Easter eggs.

Only because of DS2's obession with sweet things. Its horrible to have him climbing about and sneaking out of bed at 2am trying to get at any egg he can lay his hands on.

We used to go a bit mad, its only one day and OH would do a egg hunt in the garden.

Now we just get the DCs one egg each and get it all over and done with ASAP.
The other DCs dont mind they are thrilled with one egg. DS2 wouldnt be satisfied with 100 so he might as well just have the one.

Dont care what anyone else does though.

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dingdongmrs · 25/04/2011 09:28

Yes twatty was my choice of word. did i deny that?! i have no issue with being disagreed with but the responses about child abuse or dairy intolerant children for example have no place in this thread as i had already made it very clear those are not what i was looking to discuss.

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TandB · 25/04/2011 09:36

OP - this is a discussion forum. People will respond to a topic as they choose. Otherwise everyone could set conditions on their threads - only resond if you agree with me.

I was on a parenting forum before MN where people did just that, and where the moderators actually enforced it.

eg I want to discuss early weaning - no-one who disagrees with early weaning can respond.

NonnoMum · 25/04/2011 09:37

I don't buy 'em.

They get one at school.
They get one at church.
They get one from grandma.
They get one from a family friend.

They take one bite. Get chocolate everywhere. Then run round the garden proclaiming, "Christ has risen. Allelulia. Just as a chick has to break out of the egg to begin life, so Christ broke out of the tomb to overcome death. My mum's a twat."
Then they settle down to watch Cbeebies.

And I run round scooping up bits of box and foil.

ScroobiousPip · 25/04/2011 09:51

YABU. I'm not Christian and so we don't celebrate Easter so no eggs. Lots of lovely time spent together doing fun stuff over the BH weekend though. Does that make me a twat?

Is everyone who isn't Christian a twat in your book dingdongmrs?

GotArt · 25/04/2011 19:12

What bugs me is non Christian's making comments about not being Christian, hence they don't celebrate Easter.

It also bugs me that Christian's think of Easter as their holiday, when in fact, its many cultures and the celebration pre-dates organized religion. I wrote a pretty remedial post above giving a wee bit of history of the Spring celebration.

GotArt · 25/04/2011 19:13

I do love when I hear non Christian's bitch about having to work on religious holidays though like Easter and Christmas.

Blu · 25/04/2011 19:30

EGGZACTLY, GoToArt.

I have never considered burning a catholic but love bonfire night - it's traditional.

GotArt · 25/04/2011 19:38

Blu

Magonicles · 26/04/2011 14:02

I don't think you are being unreasonable.

Growing up my family were not religious AT ALL, but Easter was one of my favourite times of the year. As a kid it just seems quite magical and fun, going on Easter egg hunts, and wondering what eggs you are going to get. It can easily be made into some fun activity for a child.

An egg or two on one day of the year is not going to make a kid obese. I used to get loads of eggs as a child and I was quite skinny. Some parents seems to go over the top not allowing their kids to have anything that is at all unhealthy. But I think it's nice to let the kids have a fun day and have a bit of chocolate. Just don't overdo it every other day of the year!

Obviously a personal choice though and everyone has a difficult attitude to parenting. I guess just from my perspective I think back to when I was a child and remember how much I loved Easter. You don't need to be religious to enjoy it.

porcamiseria · 26/04/2011 14:05

YANBU

poor OP, shite on NM, shite here! PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING pFB!!!!!

BaronessVonEvenstar · 26/04/2011 14:51

I don't buy any of the children in my family or friends circle eggs.

Last year they all got £5 book tokens.

This year they all got a t-shirt each.

My reasons for this is I don't allow my children chocolate simply as DS1 reacts to it via his behaviour and DS2's eczema is bad and I am trying to eliminate the cause. I feel it would be unfair to buy eggs for the others but not mine so they all get the same.

I was and still am allergic to chocolate and as a child not being able to eat it, I know how awful it was to see my siblings and cousin (who lived with us) eating chocolate when I wasn't able to.

BaronessVonEvenstar · 26/04/2011 14:52

I think I would rather be "twatty" than treat the DC differently.

CotesduRhone · 26/04/2011 15:11

My 6 year old DN couldn't give a damn about chocolate, just can't be bothered with it. Would have a mouthful and then wander off and play with his Lego, leaving said chocolate to melt under a cushion or something.

I'm delighted to know that my family are being twatty because it's nice to feel superior to them for once they aren't bothered about buying him something he isn't remotely interested in having.

Insomnia11 · 26/04/2011 15:15

I got them a Wii game between them and my mum gave them money, and they got a couple of Easter eggs each from PIL and friends. Also on Easter Sunday we all had a creme egg each after breakfast. So I think they did ok!

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