AIBU - to think this is too much?

[Harveyrabbit76]

My MIL has offered to buy my DS (nearly 3) a micro scooter (about £60)for Easter as I don't let him have easter eggs (obviously they are comparable?! :-)). AIBU to have said no as I think its too much money and missing the point of Easter? I grew up going to church on Easter Sunday and maybe having a couple of chocolate eggs.
Easter for me is more about being with family having a meal with maybe an easter egg hunt (plastic ones or something similar), not making it into Christmas part 2.

I know I have probably hurt MIL's feelings but I have said this would be a very generous gift for his birthday in August. What do you think?

Feel so sorry for both your ds and your mil, you sound absolutely joyless. It's Easter, there's room for both chocolate and religion if that's what you want, if doesn't have to be one of the other!! Lighten up, ffs, and let go of the control button!
Fwiw, ds got loads of eggs when he was little and always had one for breakfast...so what? The rest were then opened up and put in a tin and he ate them over time.

I always remember when I told my Mum I was going to get DD aged 3 then, a pram for her birthday.

The week before her birthday Mum presented DD with a second hand pram she'd got from someone she knew!

Why? I don't think spite...I think sometimes, Grandparents get so wrapped up in trying to give all that's wanted...that they lose sight of things.

I was going to get DD a beautiful vintage style pram I'd seen and she ended up with this tatty blue one which of course she loved...she'd wanted a pram...and saw the beauty of the one my Mum got because it was the first one she'd had.

It was annoying as HELL but done from love so what could I do?

and if youre worried about the amount of eggs, do what we always did as children. we melted the chocolate down and made cornflake cakes for all the family.

Some people are so ungrateful and just don't know how lucky they are!

I agree with this. My PIL couldn’t give a flying fuck about our DC. I would be absolutely delighted if MIL bought ours an egg or a present... even a card, anything.

Thank your lucky stars, OP. Your DC is lucky to have a GP who loves them. Don’t begrudge them that.

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