AIBU to think that children should be able to eat large chocholate bunnies at easter??

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I've just got back from the supermarket and purchased a large choccie bunny of the gold variety - not the supersize £35 quid size one just a smaller version - so its on the belt ready to pay and a lady with an approx 4 year old came up and stated putting her stuff on the belt behind.

The little very girls says "Wow mummy look at that bunny" to which the mum said "yes darling, lovely, now you know your only only to get very little eggs and you have to hunt for yours, that's just a ridiculous sized bunny" to which the little girl looked sad and said "yes mummy that's ridiculous" and then she kept eyeing it up the whole time - she looked so sad

I felt like paying for the blumming thing and giving it to her!!

This wasn't by the way a case of them in no way being able to afford the rabbit - just having a nosy sweep of their shopping, I just thought it was a bit mean to make the girl think that it was silly!

I maybe would of said to my DS if he had commented "Wow yes that's cool, some lucky person is going to get it" not pointed out it wasn't them!

stealthsquiggle - it has the same effect on me.

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I assumed you had a toddler who had said it, because thats what happens when a nappy leaks when you're are upright wearing ababygro. By you I mean a small child obviously

The woman in th eop was weird. My lot get loads of chocolate. I let them have big amount then stick the rest in the fridge and ration it out as pudding

I don't see any problem with her letting her child know she wouldn't be getting a big chocolate bunny / egg. The child may have been very excited about all the fun looking eggs in the store. It's a small child and she is going on an easter egg hunt! All those small eggs will build up to a considerable amount of chocolate. Who is to say she won't have grandparents giving her big eggs as well. I limit my kids expectations very often. ;)

She was rude with her choice of language. Yeah, talk to your own child but don't cast judgements on others at the same time.

TBH that's the sort of thing I'd say, while secretly planning to buy exactly that as a surprise. So maybe she was deliberately saying it to lead her off the scent?

Kipper. I agree

animula. Wow you DH sounds great! . . . Er not. Despising people for buying eggs?! That's not normal. Way to extreme a reaction. He has issues!

If you are deliberately heading off the scent you wouldn't choose such judgemental language or make their Easter egg hunt sound so joyless.

YABU
Why shouldn't the mum want her to know that she thinks some things are ridiculous....it's not like she's belittling her daughter by pointing out that her deep held conviction is ridiculous, she's saying that the object is ridiculous. Not even that her wanting it is ridiculous.
Ridiculously sensitive IMO. My mum teased me endlessly as a kid and some of it stung, but that wouldn't even have registered.

Children are going to have five minutes of "sadness" all through until they're 18. It's not a big drama.

animula - your dh sounds a nob. why would you put up with that?

The mother saying it is ridiculous is fine, but DD was obviously supposed to agree with mother. It is virtually impossible for a DC of that age to say 'actually, mummy I disagree, I think that a big chocolate rabbit is exciting!'

stealth I bought a bunny with carrots too. So cute! :) But then I felt guilty because I hadn't bought any eggs, and you can't have Easter without eggs, can you? So I bought some chocolate eggs too. DD will be in seventh heaven. :)

But my DH also has ishoos with chocolate at Easter. He won't say anything but he will make faces. Which I will ignore.

What a bitch sounds like a big twat like my Uncle. When I was about 7 my Dad had to work in Italy for Easter (he has missed my previous birthday as well through work) and on his return had bought me a huge golden Easter egg with a big red now. He had cradled the damn thing like a baby on the plane trip home to ensure it didn't get broken.

Well I saved that egg till the weekend after my dad got home so I could share it .... We smashed open the egg on a Saturday morning and had some. My uncle popped over later that day to see my dad snd pronounced the egg far to good for a child and unbeknownst to any of us scoffed the lot

I bet she buys her child one shitty little egg and the scoffs all the others people buy her because "chocolate is for grown ups and children don't need it" opinated cow baggage.
UANBU

Can you tell I have issues?

I don't understand! Why make faces about chocolate? I honestly don't get it. Is chocolate evil?

Yes Honey sounds like the childhood incident has shaped who you have become.

She was being rude and unreasonable. YOu however are also BU as the large chocolate bunnies should all be eaten by me.

BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack Wed 04-Apr-12 13:02:32
I always think even with "adult" sized eggs, if you actually look at how much the actual chocolate weights, you are better off buying a bar of dairy milk or whatever..........even large easter eggs are very light so not much choc anyway, even for a little one

it's not as much fun as buying eggs at Easter though is it? You can buy a bar of chocolate any old time

Gumby. Yes there is something special about chocolate shaped like an egg.

You all have issues. Who gives a fuck what some woman said to her kid? We all say all kinds of things without thinking, much worse is sitting around at your keyboards purposefully reviling her for an off the cuff comment.

You mean that kids can't eat that amount chocolate unless it's Easter? . It's not ridiculous, but I wouldn't buy one for my kids, purely on the grounds that I think they are a waste of money, as in "not good value". I'd rather buy a box of the tiny ones and have a easter bunny hunt. Rather rude of her to comment though.

Well, I've just come back from Tesco and I bought two of the medium bunnies (dark and milk for me and dh) and two small bunnies (for dd and ddoggie) and I felt obliged to arrange them on the belt in a cutie family unit

sadly no one noticed or commented, but I was ready for them if they did

I have just reviewed the result of previous fairly sensible shop & yesterday's impulse buys.

Does anyone have a dozen spare children I can borrow?

Mum was a meanie and rude with it. for that little girl. Attitude problems can be learned and an Easter egg once a year is not going to kill a child.

I always had millions and I'm still here. All fighting fit, eight and a half stone of me [Hope I get a bunny emoticon]

One reason not to give a humongous egg

YANBU
I think the mother was probably just trying to make sure her child knew what to expect at Easter. You are right though she should have waited to explain until after you had gone, not commented on your shopping.

YABU
However, your post makes you sound a little bit smug saying that the child felt sad etc! It's as though you feel like the other mother is mean for not indulging her child in excessive amounts of chocolate. I don't see that as mean at all.
Hopefully that child's life will be plentiful in many ways other than sugar overload. There is more to life than making oneself feel good by overindulging a child with things that are essentially bad for their health and teeth. Everything in moderation.

Having said that I have bought a lovely egg for my DC's plus eggs for a hunt.

Well it isn't a reason for the majority of parents who don't actually have obese children but have to put up with the NHS and schools lecturing us and our children about obesity despite the fact that we are not fat. It is not going to lessen my enjoyment of the chocolate my children and I are going to consume over Easter that somebody else's kid is fat.