DH has eaten all the kids christmas chocolate!

[Darmont]

am so cross with him, he always does it and I tell him every Easter and Xmas, but he's done it again. I know it's temping late a night when you've got the munchies, but think it's selfish especially when a lot of it was given to them as presents (not just tree chocolates). I feel like telling him that I'm just off to Thornton's to replace the teddy bears with the children's names on and the rest, grrrrrr!

The older the DCs get, the easier it will be for them to spot the hypocrisy. And it is worse that he not only eats more choc than them but steals theirs.

I think it's greedy and nasty to be honest.

Would he steal money out of their piggy banks too?

He's an adult, if he wants chocolate he should go and buy himself some.

Give him a straight choice - he replaces it or you call/text/e-mail the people who bought these gifts for your DCs and tell them that he ate it all.

He might not be shamed by his DCs being upset, but just you wait until it's extended family being pissed off with him.

Oh, and if he's so worried about their diets, perhaps he might want to lead by example and stop being such greedy troffer with someone else's food. Nicking someone else's stuff just because they are too young to object does not make it any more morally acceptable IMO.

Taking this away from chocolate for a moment, how would your DH feel if his children stole one of his christmas gifts and destroyed it? Would be punishments for theft?

Am I the only one who thinks it's funny then?

valiumredhead - so far.

I can't say I find much amusing about a father setting the example that stealing from others is okay...

Oh please!

AIBU to find it a bit funny...

Clearly not the only one

Theft?! Someone call the police - I've eaten half a Lindt Santa which belonged to one of the DCs.

The amount they were given would take months for them to get through (in the amounts we allow) - I'm not having it cluttering up my cupboards when I could speed matters along!

So what are your thoughts on borrowing from dc's money boxes then? I seem to have a permanent IOU in ds's

I think it's mean and it sets a bad example of "what's yours is mine".

We have 4 dc and there's a big stash of chocolate left, but if we want some we get it from the shop!

We did borrow a couple of crunchies the other night but replaced them the next.

Read your post through again head - can you not see how hypocritical it is?

The kids don't even know how much they had, which suggests they had a lot - not something to get your knickers in a twist over when dad eats some because he has the late night munchies!

My thoughts? The same as taking anything that isn't yours without asking first (presuming the children are old enough to understand)...it's wrong.

If DC took money from my wallet I would be very cross, a telling off and sanctions would follow...why would it be okay for me to take from them without asking?

Oh Lord, unclench.

I can't believe he's so hypocritical!

He doesn't want them to each too much chocolate, so his solution is to eat it himself! So it's ok for him to each too much, but not them. How stupid is that? Great way to teach them fairness eh.

It doesn't sound as if he's the brightest spark in the box.

He should be apologising to them and getting them some more.

Yes but it's a bit different to a few bits from a selection box going astray - it was named posh Thornton's chocolate and the Op's dh ate all of it, not just a little bit.

It's showing the kids that it's okay to be a greedy pig and stuff your face and take what isn't yours.

I think that is funny. I know it is terribly mean of him to eat it. However, I reckon way more than half the parents on this planet would eat their child's sweets and chocolates.

I take it as read that anything given to the children will be munched by everyone in the house - with the lions share going to the parents. Especially if it is sweeties that you wouldn't normally buy yourself as an adult.

It is the personalised stuff from thorntons and the big choc teddies in a box that I'm cross about as its kids chocolate and meant for them. They were from his brother so maybe he thought he had the right to eat them!?The odd bar from a selection box is not so bad and can be replaced.

Valium - I'm so pleased it isn't just me who 'borrows' money from dc moneybox. So far dh and I are in the red to ds2 by about £50.

pingu

Ds laughs about it, come pocket money day, it's bit of a running joke.

By 7 my two would have known exactly what they had and DH would be in big trouble!

Reducing stupid amounts of chocolate for preschoolers OK.

After that you have to agree with them that they have too much and exchange it for comics, Lego mini figures or some other small treat.

You can't just Steal It!