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AIBU Diet Coke at a party?

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early30smum · 28/01/2017 18:50

DD (7) has just got back from a party. The only drinks put out for the kids were Diet Coke! She did get some water in the end, but the drink provided for each child was a mini can of Diet Coke!

AIBU to think this is a bit weird/uneccesary for a birthday party of 7-8 yr olds?

OP posts:

NarkyMcDinkyChops · 30/01/2017 13:28

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 30/01/2017 13:31

I can't tell you the number of cans of full fat fizzy crap I've drunk since the start of this thread.

Still here though, all teeth accounted for.

PlymouthMaid1 · 30/01/2017 15:16

I think it is very weird. One choice and a diet drink at that. I dont know anybody who drinks coke at all other then as a mixer drink.

Sunflower1989 · 30/01/2017 16:23

This is a can of Diet Coke- not the stuff you snort right?! The fuss on here you'd think it was the latter. It's a mini can- the kids are old enough to ask for an alternative if need be. It's a nice to hold a bday party for the children. Be greatful.

noeffingidea · 30/01/2017 16:30

Really, plymouthmaid? Perhaps the people that you know are somewhat unrepresentative, seeing as a lot of coke is sold in the UK. I don't think they're all putting it in their vodkas , do you?
I swear, mumsnet gets more weird by the day.

Crowdblundering · 30/01/2017 16:35

Wow - a lot of really anal people on this thread.

A mini Diet Coke ffs - not a line of cocaine.

noeffingidea · 30/01/2017 16:41

Crowd, it's mumsnet, innit. I really seriously have never ever come across this attitude in my real life. Drinking coca cola (diet or otherwise) is such a normal thing no one would even comment on it.

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 30/01/2017 16:45

A mini Diet Coke ffs - not a line of cocaine.

Oh, they put that in the party bags.

Sunflower1989 · 30/01/2017 16:48

Gah! Talk about first world problems!

Crowdblundering · 30/01/2017 17:01

It's got really odd here recently....

FearTheLiving · 30/01/2017 17:21

As long as my kid doesn't come home hammered then I don't really care what she drinks.

Giddyaunt18 · 30/01/2017 17:32

I have a 'friend' who loudly declares that her snowflakes have never touched fizzy drinks and how awful they are. However, they eat their fair share of processed junk dressed up as health food( sugary yoghurts and cereal bars!) I just don't get why fizzy drinks are demonised. As an occasional drink at a party/birthday/ Christmas/holiday I don't see the issue.

ChocolateWombat · 30/01/2017 18:43

I think it has been agreed that it would have been better if other drinks had been available too.....simply from a choice point of view and because not everyone likes fizzy drinks.

However, to those people who would have been outraged and furious, i wonder if you are the types who become our aged and furious frequently, and over similarly small things.....ie a lack of perspective in life. Most things don't warrant being furious about,mbut perhaps the posters who would be furious about a coke being offered are also those who are furious and storm into school all the time over every little thing and non-thing and struggle to see the bigger picture or that anyone might just do things a bit differently to them.

At what age would it be acceptable to offer coke (along with other drinks) - and please don't say never, because the kids will be offered all kinds of stuff far worse than coke, and of course it's available at most adult parties or in pubs and bars too. So at what age are you going to trust the hosts of the events your kids go to and relax over the food and drink offered, even if it's not what you would give. Would you still be furious if they were 10 or 15 or 18? Would you prefer your kids to be at parties at 15 where alcohol is available,maps lomg as there is no cola?

Are you equally furious if you go to a friends house and they offer fizzy drinks?

Would you be a good guest and allow the host to host and receive politely whatever is offered,nor are you going to be the nightmare guest who insists Jony can only have wholemeal bread, must have 3 vegetables and definitely not any sweets or fizz? I still hold to the view that if you accept invitations, you then lose the right to determine what is available, but as a guest need to learn to manage and cope with different offerings to those you might have at home.....and teach your kids to do it too. Isn't that a vital social skill.....but one which seems to be dying through fussiness and inability to see that some people just do things differently and when you are a guest you just graciously receive....and walk away without it being a big deal if you ate something you did int like much, don't think was healthy or wouldn't choose at home.

Sara107 · 30/01/2017 18:53

Fizzy pop at a party is fine, but I would include water or squash as well because some children ( eg my DD) don't like fizz and clearly some parents have problems with it as well! Plus I have found that a lot of the kids get very thirsty with all the charging around and would want more than a mini can to drink.

kali110 · 31/01/2017 02:36

Yay more posts about how evil
artificial sugar is.
I must be physic, i swear i predicted how this thread would go

BathshebaDarkstone · 31/01/2017 04:39

The thing that's wrong is 1. No alternative for DC who don't like/can't drink it, and 2. One piddly mini can for a whole party! My DC would be gasping. This is why they take sports bottles with them.

JonHammAndCheese · 31/01/2017 05:09

Waits for the first scientifically-illiterate poster to come along talking about aspartame

People can be sensitive or allergic to all sorts of things, and that includes aspartame. It doesn't mean it's automatically toxic to everyone, but it can be bad for some people.

Source: Aspartame is bad for me. (Maybe not you, but it is for me.)

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