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Am I a bad mother?

43 replies

stivesholiday · 07/04/2014 19:03

Every year I buy my dc Easter eggs well in advance when on special offer. Weeks and weeks in advance. Then I eat them, all of them! I have to replace them when they are not on special offer.

Sometimes I have to replace them twice!

Does this make me a bad mother?

OP posts:
dulldeirdre · 07/04/2014 19:05

Yes

Original poster
stivesholiday · 07/04/2014 19:06

Oh shit!

OP posts:
Onesleeptillwembley · 07/04/2014 19:08

Yes, dreadful. You need to improve by practicing on the selection boxes as well surreptitiously wipes Choc off face.

elahrairahforprimeminister · 07/04/2014 19:09

Not a bad mother, no.

You could possibly considered a slightly disorganised mother. Us organised mothers buy their own secret supply of Easter goodies.

Wink
MorelloKiss · 07/04/2014 19:11

Last christmas DMIL got DP and I a tub of Roses super early....yup...we had to replace them so we had some for christmas...
...despite no one really liking Roses that much...

givemeaclue · 07/04/2014 19:11

Not bad just greedy

whatiftheskyshouldfall · 07/04/2014 19:11

I've done this and don't have any kids

Wolfiefan · 07/04/2014 19:12

Chocolate is bad for kids. They should thank you!
Grin

PansOnFire · 07/04/2014 19:14

Definitely not, I see it as a right. You replace them, no one suffers except the seams on your clothes. I do this :)

honeybeeridiculous · 07/04/2014 19:18

When mine were babies they used to get shed loads of Easter eggs, of course I had to eat them! the poor souls had no teeth Grin
White chocolate too, yum

littlemisssarcastic · 07/04/2014 19:18

All I can think of is how many easter eggs you must have to eat and why wouldn't you just buy chocolate?

Easter eggs are expensive for the amount of chocolate you get. Why wouldn't you just buy chocolate?

And when do you get the opportunity to eat them? It's not the same as quickly scoffing some chocolate is it? There's the box to rip open, then the foil to rip off before you get to the chocolate.

So many how's running through my mind. Grin

puntasticusername · 07/04/2014 19:19

YABU.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DAMN SUPERMARKETS WANT YOU TO DO.

They are there now, laughing at you. Laughing, I say!

Odaat · 07/04/2014 19:20

Ha I have done this this year

heronsfly · 07/04/2014 19:21

I have eaten 4 out of six, I suspect the other 2 with meet the same fate,you are not alone when my dcs were small I would eat the sweets out of the bottom of the box and seal them up again Grin

MaryWestmacott · 07/04/2014 19:23

Little miss, I'm currently trying to eat healthier and no one really eats chocolate in our house except me, so currently, the only chocolate I have in the house is the Easter egg stash. While I'm aware it's not the most economical way to buy chocolate, if I snap this evening, it's going to be done, rather than popping out again in the rain for chocolate.

I don't want chocolate. I really, really don't...

CecilyP · 07/04/2014 19:54

No, I don't think it makes you a bad mother. As long as you do replace them! You would be a bad mother if, on Easter morning, you said. 'sorry kids, no Easter eggs, I've eaten them all', and didn't care about their crestfallen little faces.

TeenageMutantNinjaTurtle · 07/04/2014 19:56

Haha my lovely mum does this every Christmas with chocolate money. The only year she was a bad mother was when she ate it all again on Christmas Eve then couldn't find any in the shops so we all went without. It's a family joke now... How many times was the chocolate money replaced... She probably did it with eggs too only never had the guts to tell us Smile

thebody · 07/04/2014 19:57

We do it with the wine stash for Christmas.

We buy it in Nov and it's gone by mid Dec.

Op it's called being a fun mum!

Calloh · 07/04/2014 20:00

OP you're not a bad mother but definitely a fun and amusing one

elfycat · 07/04/2014 20:03

DM gave my DDs easter eggs when she visited 2 weeks ago. One was used in an emergency 'I've made double the recipe and have just discovered DH has eaten one of the bars of chocolate as I go to add that' moment. I needed 200g of chocolate so an easter egg was sacrificed for the greater good said in the tone of Hot Fuzz

The other was consumed by DDs and I in a 'we need a chocolate fix to get over the 3-way tantrum' that was brewing over something minor, trivial and momentarily important.

I'm leaving buying replacements to reduce the likelihood of more emergencies happening before Easter.

Wherediparkmybroom · 07/04/2014 20:04

No I see that as a perk!

MexicanSpringtime · 07/04/2014 20:08

I used to have to tell my daughter to hide her sweets from me! I'm not normally a thief but...

sandiy · 07/04/2014 20:20

Why are Easter eggs tastier though.They are they are just yummy.
I think we should start a campaign to get Cadbury Cree eggs doubled in size too.Mumsnetters unite in greed and all that!

AbbeyBartlet · 07/04/2014 20:24

Easter egg chocolate tastes different to ordinary chocolate!

OP - you sound like a very kind mother, making sure the Easter eggs taste okay before buying them for your DC!

KittensoftPuppydog · 07/04/2014 20:37

I have just eaten 4 tunnocks tea cakes.
I can say nothing about anything.

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