AIBU Diet Coke at a party?

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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?

Well an alternative would be good, whether it is water or squash. My boys will drink fizzy drinks (but hate diet drinks)....the elder one (12) at his class Christmas party was supplied with loads of fizzy drinks...but they were all diet!

Diet fizz is the work of the devil.......yuk!!

^raging sugar monsters who will never drink water again

Actually there have been calls to stop fruit juices from being counted as 1 of your 5 a day. Personally I don't think they're much better than the fizzy drinks. So dd only gets fruit juices in small quantities.

I would allow my 12 year old to have Coke never mind a 7 year. It very odd.

Could have been worse, could have been full-fat coke, and you'd be like "Waaaaah! It's January, I'm on a diet, and my kids have been given full-fat at a party even though I'm on a diet, it's so inconsiderate! I'm going to punch them and complain to other people!!" or something.

It's Diet Coke for heaven's sake. It's not LSD, or binwater.

I mean, they served it with ice and lemon, yeah?

Mini cans are more expensive than anything...water included..lol
(Check in Sainsbury's)

Always makes me laugh...one of our neighbours wouldnt let her daughter have diluted squash at our house, but fizzy lemonade was fine ????

This thread is brilliant. It shows exactly why we have an obesity problem in this country. It has become normal to eat crisps, cakes, sweets and drink fizzy drinks - with or without sugar. You are a weirdo if your kids don't experience burgers and junk food at least 2 or 3 times a week.

I know all the posters have very skinny very active very healthy children. It's funny that when you look at school photos, the majority of children don't look that great. God help us.

*wouldn't

I've never taken my kids to a party where they have been given water.

Water at a kids party is like being given grape juice at an adults party. And only offering Diet Coke is like only offering Chardonnay. It's weird. Not dreadful, not psychotic, not murderous. Just weird.

This thread is brilliant. It shows exactly why we have an obesity problem in this country. It has become normal to eat crisps, cakes, sweets and drink fizzy drinks - with or without sugar. You are a weirdo if your kids don't experience burgers and junk food at least 2 or 3 times a week.

Did you miss this was a birthday party, not regular everyday eating?

I expect the 15 year old will be drinking cider at parties fairly soon,Dancer.

Lemonade maybe. It Diet Coke is a bit odd!
None of mine would drink it though I am an addict

Birthday parties are regular at this age. Weekly

Mumset absolute classic smug, I wouldn't give fizzy drinks to MY kids omg.

And then when they are home open that bottle quick. Alcohol lol.

You are all mad.

Birthday parties are regular at this age. Weekly

So they eat well on the other 6 days of the week.

I'd never put diet coke in my vodka though.

I drink Diet Coke by the gallon but don't allow my kids (6&3) any fizzy drinks, mainly for dental reasons. They don't miss what they've never had. Very odd choice for a 7 yr old's party and I would have been asking for water.

Would you stay and police your 7 year old at a party?

When my kids were 7, and under, it was very common for them to attend birthday parties at McDonalds. I don't recall ever asking what they had to drink. I don't know how they've survived!

I wouldn't choose for my ds to have Diet Coke and it's not something I would give to children.

I don't really get the unclench comments, it's not like the OP is clutching her pearls!

I do believe it's nasty, I used to drink it until I found I was craving it and my colleagues noticed I became very irritable without it.

If you do care to read them, a five minute Google showed me three peer reviewed articles in proper journals that offer evidence that it is not harmless.

I don't see the issue, personally would have given more selection of flavours, however it's a can of ginger, it's not going to kill anyone.

When my kids were 7, and under, it was very common for them to attend birthday parties at McDonalds.

I personally used to go to birthday parties at McDonald's as a child. I don't have type 2 diabetes and my BMI is normal.

Diet drinks are foul. I can taste the artificial sweetener and it leaves a very nasty aftertaste that lingers. I'd far rather have the ordinary version, on the odd occasion that I have a fizzy sweet drink.

This thread is brilliant. It shows exactly why we have an obesity problem in this country. It has become normal to eat crisps, cakes, sweets and drink fizzy drinks - with or without sugar

You sound like a barrel of laughs.