about birthday cake

[NotInMyBackYard1]

I might be being totally precious about this - but here goes. Family and I were away for the weekend, DM joined us for the day, when she went to leave I asked her to take home DS's birthday cake which we had taken with us and not opened/put candles on/sung over/cut/eaten
(it was a Colin the Caterpillar cake if that affects the outcome of this AIBU! ) and save it as its not his actual birthday until this weekend coming.
DM brought said cake round to me today, with the box open, cake covered in foil and with a slice missing off the end - she says 'oh its my favourite cake, I just couldn't resist it'
I'm still slightly gobsmacked that DS's grandmother would think it ok to slice up and eat his birthday cake - before he had even seen it or blown the candles out. AIBU?

Orange

You asked me "shall I buy another
To make up for my fall?"
Well, mother dear, the answer's yes...
Replace him- butt and all!
All creatures need an ass
Be they real or made of cake-
I myself need mine for sitting on
To Mumsnet, for fucks sake!
Some people use theirs as a place
To hide their big fat heads
Some people sit on theirs composing
Pointless rhymes instead
Of cooking tea. Some creatures use
Their bottoms to attack
Whate'er use his bottom serves
You need to bring it back!

That is incredibly rude of her! YANBU

YANBU, and as she has opened the cake and sliced it, it will probably be stale by the time you do want to eat it.

She probably thinks that because it's a child, they don't deserve the same courtesy and consideration that adults do.

also a bit weird that colin the caterpillar is an adults favourite cake

You take that back

and another Colin is the best in the world.

She was incredibly rude and should automatically buy him another one. These days my daughter makes a cake for my birthday but 3 years ago she bought my favourite, yes it was colin. I was 56 at the time. You're never too old to love a caterpillar cake.

It is very odd that a grown woman has Colin the Caterpillar as her favourite cake . Load of cheap chocolate, chemical preservatives and E numbers. Nothing to like about that. I have a vision of her popping one into her Tesco trolley every now and then as a treat. Utterly bizarre.

Orange that is brilliant.

poor Colin. Your MIL was an arse to do that.

Even I managed to restrain myself not to eat Colin before dd's birthday.

I could go on like that all day...

Why did she chop off his arse, leaving the end to go stale? You steal a piece of Colin, you take a bit from the middle and squidge it back together again. Bloody amateur.

(may have slightly missed the point of thread)

orange you rock!

That's gob smackingly rude to the point of hilarity but some people just cant help themselves. The worst bit is she didn't try to hide it.
I'm not even going to pretend I haven't done similar with edible Christmas gifts ive bought people and eaten before they're wrapped, but I've always replaced them and the recipient never knew.
Breaks open ANOTHER Easter egg.

I loved Colin. We've been serving him up for birthdays for years here. But I don't find him very tasty any more. His chocolate isn't very nice and the buttercream isn't good either. He's Colon the caterpillar now.

Wow, that's bloody rude! Especially as it was the arse. That's the nicest bit.

I have never even tasted a Colin the Caterpillar cake

As this seems to be a Mumsnet Rite f Passage I am going to go and buy one.

Tomorrow.

And I will eat it by myself as an apology to my stomach for not giving it this well-earned treat sooner.

OP, DH says you may need to turn the other cheek

Orange 😍

This is bizarre but strangely hilarious. No it's not okay so YADNBU. Grown adults should be able to control themselves around small childrens' cakes, but am surprised that even if she couldn't she didn't just buy another one FFS.

OP buy your son another one and if MIL is there make a point of showing that the arse in intact and never trust with sugar again. She's obviously an addict but a tight one at that. What kind of GM steals her own grandchild's cake!

What a bummer!

I was going to say you are quibbling over pennies but I now see that M&S Colin is £40 , as apposed to be he Asda or Tesco one for £6!

Utterly selfish that she couldnt stop herself eating her own grandchild's birthday cake!!!
I have cake issues too but I'd have been ashamed of myself and bought another and kept schtum!

My MIL went to the photographer and collected the proof album of all our wedding photos whilst we were on honeymoon and ticked (ON the proofs!) the ones 'she liked' (all with her in). But I am an old gimmer, and off point, sorry.

Utterly self centered of her.

I think you're looking at giant Colin oblomov, normal Colin is about £7.

We once got 87 candles on a colin- it was a towering inferno. We always have colin- it is a family tradition. But it no longer tastes the same and the chocolate is now rubbish

The M&S colin isn't £40 - thats a giant one. They also do a wedding one.