to find easter egg etiquette a PITA? (and a wwyd!)

[Cat98]

My friend (one of a small group of friends, though we tend to usually see each other separately)and my BIL/SIL have both bought easter eggs for my DS (3).

Great, lovely I know, though we don't really want him to have too many (hence why we didn't buy any for him). We knew the grandparents would go ott, and so didn't want loads of chocolate hanging around for ages. We are not fanatical about healthy eating or anything :), but don't usually keep much junk food in the house, as it's much easier then for us all to be healthy.

Anyway - should we buy eggs back for the people who bought him one? It is difficult though because then there's 2 other B/SILs, all with 2 children and the other friends in the group. We wouldn't have started buying eggs for everyone as it would get ridiculous and expensive, also we wouldn't have wanted DS to have receive eggs from all these people!
WWYD? I feel bad having received something and not given in return.

It's a bit late to worry about it now

If you feel the same next year just ask people not to buy eggs for DS. Job done.

give the eggs you've been given as gifts - problems solved!

Why is it late? The people concerned have given the eggs since easter - one today, one on Monday.

Swap them over? That's actually a good idea Dundermiffin!

Though what about the others then that we haven't bought for? Do people seriously usually buy eggs for all their friends and family? It must cost a fortune!

I would say thank you and leave it at that. I bought eggs for my nephews because they were staying with us over Easter and I thought it would be tight just to give them to my kids.

SIL/BIL didn't buy their own kids or mine eggs. I was not offended and I hope they weren't either. I bought them for mine because I knew they were unlikely to be getting them from anyone else this year.

And Tesco were selling them at buy1 get2 free a few weeks ago Cat98 so it worked out at less then a fiver for all 7 eggs...

There were plenty of cheap ones around this year - good size ones for £1.

Honestly, it's the Wednesday after Easter, you didn't have Eggs for them (or you would have given them at the time) it will just be uncomfortable for those people for you to go out of your way to give them Eggs now and then a bit odd for the others to get them out of the blue and a bit mean not to get them for all of them if you are going to get any.... see what I mean ... as long as you said 'thank you' at the time just move on, it's only a couple of chocolate eggs!

We don't buy eggs for anyone we're not seeing at easter.

If anyone gets into a snit about that, then seriously they've got bigger issues.

I doubt they want it to be reciprocated either.

In fact, we didn't even buy eggs this year, we made a big papier mache egg and filled it with brownie because that was cheaper

Smile and say thank you. If you give them one back, you'll have started an annual tradition and you'll never be able to stop. Unless you're comfy with that (and you're right both the cost and the quantity of chocolate can get too much quite fast) then you're better off not chasing round to reciprocate this time. I'm sure they won't be bothered, assuming they haven't bought something huge, its just a momentary thought and not a big deal.

We only buy for family otherwise it gets ridiculous and the chocolate is there forever.

I would say to the friend thank you for ds got so much that you'd prefer they didn't buy for him next year.

Thanks everyone.