Adults sucking lollypops....

[JonesyAndTheSalad]

Just NO.

AIBU?

Middle aged male visitor is sitting there right now, with DH in the kitchen. His DD I think has a pack of the things (I hate them anyway but kids I can forgive)

And he's sucking one.

He's making little "Shlep" noises when he takes it out again.

I'm so grossed out right now. This is a big grown man of 47.

Slurpy noises no. Adults with lolly pops, ice creams, kiddy sweets, sherbet dib-dabs (totally!) and any other supposedly childish item - yes, completely. Why not? If more adults retained their sense of childhood amusement the world would be a more peaceful place.

I haven't had a Strawberry & Cream Chupa Chup in years. I feel a lollipop hunt coming on. The kids are going to love you Jonesy. Anyway, while you are being so judgemental and bonkers am I 'allowed' a Double Decker with my coffee?

YABU! It's just a sweet on a stick!

Where's the cut-off? What about ice lollies? Should adults have choc ices instead of Magnums? Can adults have a stick of rock? Or must they buy those little bags of sweets made from rock instead? What about sausages on sticks, or cheese and pineapple on sticks, or skewers?

I need someone to clarify the definitive rules on this before I embarrass myself further with my infantile consumption.

YANBU. I think adults eating an ice cream cone look ridiculous too.

Don't give him a hard time: poor man's pregnant

YANBU. Adults with lollies look ridiculous imo

In my mind it is similar to wearing a onesy on the street, pigtails/bunches on a grown woman, men in dungarees (that aren't using it for work tools). None does any harm, except to my eyes!

YABU but I have similar feelings towards adults who eat 'dippy egg' out of an egg cup with 'soldiers', so IABU too.

First thing I do is wrench the stick out. I love a drumstick ❤

Preggie pop? Blerg...

Personally, I couldn't suck anything when I had morning sickness.

I'm an adult (apparently) but one of my favourite 'treats' is kiddy cereal, at the moment I'm craving those pillow things with the chocolate hazelnut filling, but our (mine and DP) normal fall back is coco pops. We both like lollies, more the compressed sherbet kind (swizzles, and if they come with sherbet even better!). I love sweets, and most kiddy food (smiley faces are so so so much nicer than chips!).
Also sleep with a teddy... eat ice cream... dippy egg... sure I've missed something but I'm sure you get the picture.

Although yes, I have been conditioned by the women at a previous job to 'think' that pigtails are only for little kids, once out of primary they shouldn't be worn. Before that I didn't wear them but never would of questioned it.

I'm clearly going to hell then aren't I.

I like lollies, ice creams, prefer cereal aimed at children, have worn my hair in pigtails as an adult and love dippy eggs and soldiers.

I have similar feelings towards adults who eat 'dippy egg' out of an egg cup with 'soldiers', so IABU too.

WTF? That's just a soft boiled egg! How are you supposed to eat it if not out of an eggcup?!

YAVVU. Hand off my lollipops.

Yanbu OP. Grown ups sucking and licking on lollipops look frankly ridiculous.

Japanese culture is much more forgiving of adults enjoying kids' stuff.

I think it's weird that anyone is grossed out by a grown man eating a lollipop. Are you bored OP?

YABU! Like someone said, we're a long time dead... leave people be.

I agree about the noise, it's disgusting but there isn't an age limit on sweets, I love the sherbet lollies. I also eat Haribo and Coco Pops...

Why not?? I've never got the impression that lollipops are a child's food? In fact, I'd hesitate to give one to a young child. So that leaves, what, a short life window of 6-16 during which you can eat lollipops? Craziness.

Lollies are the only sweets I ever eat because I have huge hang ups about sugar and calories and these last a long time so I would only ever eat 1. If it was a boiled sweet I could end up eating 5 in the same time.

Luckily I also have a huge fear of eating in public so will never have to inflict my lollipop eating on anyone else!

Sometimes threads like this (not specifically this one but many different ones) make me think it's not so abnormal and concerning to be afraid to eat in public as everyone tells me it is. So many extreme reactions to something so simple and necessary!

Where are these 'extreme reactions'? I thought we were just chatting.

WTF? That's just a soft boiled egg! How are you supposed to eat it if not out of an eggcup?!

The same way you'd eat a fried or poached egg with a runny yolk: on top of toast, in a sandwich or with a knife and fork.

YABU, I bloody love a drumstick, and am rather partial to a chuppa chup.

And a sherbet dib dab.

Unless you're Kojak or Baby Spice step away from the lollipops.

Although I do love those drumstick lollipops myself...

Eewww to adults eating ice cream, lollies ( boiled or ice) or wearing Disney tops. Next please