To wait until the "communal" treats are finished before starting on mine?

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We still have a mountain of treats from Christmas. Chocolates etc given to us a a family. And they go up to he treats drawer for general consumption, they are known House Treats.

No tabs kept. Nobody takes notice of who eats what, and its generally, "you snooze you lose." with House treats.

But! We also all have our own tuck boxes in the house which are never taken by anybody but the owner, although we do offer to share and will do swaps/trades etc. (Binary Residence Trade Co. rules are complicated and adhered to fiercely )

Anyway, I know that DS 13 has almost munched his way through his tuck box, and DH has made a rather impressive dent. I have had some treats, but as I'm a better person I can err to the side of Fat Glutton, I have rationed mine and the tin's still pretty full of good stuff.

So, AIBU to "save" my treats, and focus on the House treats and then, when they're low and all that remains are the Rich Tea fingers and the mint humbugs, bring my box out and eat them in front of DH and DS?

Disclaimer : This is fucking Lighthearted

The celebrations strategy (leave all the bounties till last cos no one else likes them) has been a total game changer for me this Christmas [fatso emoji]

If you offer them something from your box, can you 'bank' this favour for a later date when you find yourself treatless?

"find myself treatless"??

How would that ever happen????

Your box your rules..
Eat the house stuff first, as then once it'a all gone, you can be NO1 mum when you suddenly share your chosen treat with them...
Also this way there will still be treats left in the coming week,
Also you can buy house treats you want, and swap with things your not too keen on in your box....
By the end of this, you should have your box full of the good stuff, and your lot none the wiser....

I only buy treats that no-one else like then magnanimously put them in the general consumption drawer. It works for me every time. No-one in the family has ever worked out my strategy.

bluesky mwahahah

Your plan is good, the rest of your family sound like amateurs. I would seriously consider dumping them if the zombie apocalypse started, you don't need to be surrounded by that sort of weakness.

Fancy eating all your stash then expecting the communal treats to still be there. What a bunch of noobs.

I'd put some from communal into my own tuck box. It's dog eat dog at our house.

This makes me think of a lioness teaching her cubs to hunt. They watch, they attempt, eventually they get it and become proficient hunters.

You sound like An excellent mother, teaching your offspring vital survival skills.

Spoonful

What you need is a secondary 001 treat box whereby you decant only your very, very favourite things and this is stashed away to a place only you know of.

You can then feel virtuous and kindly by making your lesser treats available to your family - possibly by way of a quid pro quo arrangement - and they will look at you as if you're some kind of benevolent angel.

I cannot fucking believe ive not done this!
Ive been eating mine and ive just peeked in the communal tin and its more than half gone. Kids personal stashes untouched. Dps just a bit gone

Im embarrassed for myself

Can you not take a small bit from communal each day untill finally you have a mega stash and you can rule the house as you have the most currency / treats.

I like the deviousness of slowly transferring communal goodies....

It's like bartering in prison!
Tear on with the house treats. I can't understand why anyone would eat their own stash first.

sunny because they're a bit dim and I am the shining light of the house

I feel that's the only thing you can do here, in our house "house treats" are immediately divided and added to personal stash, then negotiations will take place. Me and DH are dreading the day when the house stash gets divided into 3 with DD and are already considering how to stop this

House treats should be abolished. Any goodies should be divided equally between the Personal Tuck Boxes. Anything else would have me feeling hard done by because the Greedy Munchkins would destroy the communal goodies far too quickly!

However, as you’ve got the best deal here, stick with it 🤣

...and no, you don’t have to share your stash with the silly fools you live with 🤣😂

If you're a naturally restrained eater, then the sensible thing is for each house treat box to stay in your private place for a few days before being released for general consumption. (That's what I do, anyway)