To think this is an april fools joke gone too far!

[Gabbyleo]

I've had enough really. out of any day not Easter. My DCs 8, 5 and 3 have been waiting patiently all month for their chocolate eggs. I wake up this morning to find the Easter eggs all eaten with the the boxing left in the cupboard , the wrappers inside with one smarty, button or malteser left . I put it on the top of the cupboard so only DH and the DS 1&2 (18 and 15) could reach them. I go up to DS room and they were pretending to sleep. I wake them up and they admitted to eating all the Easter eggs. there was 8 of them! I cant actually believe it! They said they were planning to go to shop and buy some replacements but it was closed. They claimed it was an 'April Fool joke but went wrong'. The worst thing was they both found it funny I've told them they have to apologise to younger DCs. That there consoles and phones will be confiscated for all Easter break and that they are grounded and won't be going to any of their friends house. April Fools jokes are supposed to be funny! DH told me in going too far but I don't care sick of them treating the younger ones like shit. Rant over.

That is awful, your poor younger ones :-( That is no April fools joke.

If DH goes, he has to make your sons go too. They will never change if they don’t face the consequences.

Jesus wept, they are arseholes. I'd make them walk until they'd replaced each and every one of them.

It's only a joke when it's funny, and this definitely isn't. :(

That is shocking behaviour

No you're not going too far at all. It's good to see goofull old fashioned discipline. It does them no bloody harm. However I'm only going to say this once because I feel I have to. How can you ground an 18 year old. Theyre fully grown adult.

That's not a joke. I would be furious.

I haven't even told the kids yet. I'm not surprised DH is being soft on them he loves pulling stupid pranks. The Easter bunny hats would be a great idea a shame a don't have any.

Are you sure that they still aren’t “joking” and they are hiding the eggs? Some people will string a wind up along as much as possible.

It’s just that eating 8 chocolate eggs is a lot of chocolate for even 2 people.

Have the 100% definately eaten them?
Or are they hanging onto the eggs till just before 12?

If not they are nasty little gits

You can't ground an 18 year old but i certainly would be taking them for lunch or anything else for the foreseeable future.

It is not normal for teens to pick on young children. I think you have a far greater problem than just eggs. Is there some kind of back story? Are they full siblings or is there jealousy from outside influences?

The older one needs to be told in no uncertain terms if he can’t be nice to his younger siblings then it’s time to move out! That’s disgusting behaviour and you’re punishment is too soft if anything,your DH is enableing them. He isn’t to go get the eggs the boys who ate the lot need to do it themselves on foot..they created the problem so they need to fix it with a minimum of 8 eggs to be bought out of their own pocket. The harder that is for them the better and they better no return hike without them or they won’t be getting in the door!

And I'd be giving any chocolate from MIL's to the younger 3 as well.

CaptainMarvelDanvers
I was thinking this same thing I just don't understand how they could eat 8 eggs. Part of me feels they may have actually thrown the rest away or something ( which would make me even more mad).

I could understand the two older DC playing pranks on each other as they are 15 and 18, however it's downright horrible of them to do it to their much younger siblings. They should be protective of their younger siblings, more than anyone else.

I'd be so sad that my older DC didn't understand that.

I think a realy funny prank would be hiding all their underwear and sheets. And there wallets and phones. Oh how funny! Maybe forget to make their meals for a few days. Still funny? No lifts until future notice. Are they still laughing?

I hate cruel 'practical jokes'. Did they really think it would be funny or were they just being greedy gits?

There will be shops open. i imagine they thought it was funny. make sure they get to a shop

Don’t panic OP. Let the older DS try and find some eggs today and then hit the shops tomorrow for left over bargains. The younger DC will be fine once they realise they get twice as many on Monday!

The 18 yr old needs a kick up the arse. Ask him what his plans are for moving out now he’s an adult.

I would be really cross about that, and I would probably take my husband's car keys if he said he would pick them up if the distance is walkable.

Answer to my mind yes you can treat an 18year old like a child if that’s how they behave! He cannot have it both ways if he is going to behave like a nasty spoilt child eating all the eggs then he can be treated like one! If he were an adult he wouldn’t have behaved so spitefully to a young child that’s not normal behaviour for an adult at all.

That is incredibly mean.Have they been eating them over the course of the last month or so? Surely they haven't eaten all eight eggs this morning? I would definitely follow through on all the punishments, I'd also stop their allowance or pocket money until they had covered the cost of the eggs and I'd leave them at home and go to MILs for lunch as well. That was no joke that was pure spite.

Corner shops, petrol stations and small co-ops should be open.

And make them do their younger siblings chores for two weeks.

It's lack of discipline. DH is always going on that I'm to 'strict on the kids'. I personally think the punishment isn't enough but I know any other punishment I do just won't work because DH won't agree with it. He enables this type of behavior and I'm sick of it. It's bullying not an April Fools joke.

You can't ground an 18 year old

Yes you can. Any adult who chooses to live in my household chooses to live by my rules. If I tell them they are grounded, they are grounded. If they don't like that then they are free to live elsewhere.

I actually think it's easier to ground an 18 year old than (for example) a 15 year old. If a 15 year old ignores your grounding and goes out anyway, you can't exactly throw them out. You can with an 18 year old.

I would be furious and the fact that DH is totally undermining you is shocking.