To punch my sugar nazi virtue signalling twat of a brother in his smug face?

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For offering my kids the Easter eggs bought by other family members for his kids (my nephews) because his kids ‘aren’t allowed chocolate’ (passive aggressive subtext: unlike mine, who are allowed, nay encouraged, to destroy their bodies with the ravages wrought by the cocoa bean, due to my inferior, profligate parenting)
Well fucking bully for you, big man, but a) fuck off b) no one cares if your kids have chocolate or not but it would be considerate to TELL PEOPLE so they can get them something that IS acceptable and will know their relatives cared enough to get them something c) if you really can’t bear to have chocolate in your house can I suggest food banks, care homes, churches or any other deserving cause might be more appropriate than making the point that you are (in your eyes) a better parent than me. Oh and that whilst your children are too precious to be sullied by sugar, saturated fat and cocoa, it’ll do for mine.
What a tool.

Haha I used to have one of these in my family. One Easter I spent ages thinking of something non-chocolate but sill fun for the kids - I sent egg cups for each child - chicks / eggs with individual spoons. Thought I’d nailed it til they told me that they had gone plastic free and was I taking the piss? I don’t bother any more....

I feel sorry of the kids when family and friends arrive ladened with chocolate eggs and dad swoops down and banished them. “Noooooooo you don’t want that nasty old thing do you? You’d rather have a lovely bran egg wouldn’t you darling? You like bran don’t you? Oh yes you do, don’t be silly... why are you crying? Is it because nasty Aunty tried to give you nasty chocolate? Stop kicking me in the shins darling...”

@pinkhousesarebest what did you say/do?

I agree with@BackOnceAgainWithABurnerEmail except he/she forgot another option -eat the stuff yourself!

Great comments on this thread! I have a cousin like this, and her DD regularly lectures the rest of us on our criminal non-vegan choices. Often with milk chocolate stained round her mouth.

I also agree with moderation. I was allowed a moderate amount of sweets as child and now I don’t really eat sweets or chocolate at all. On the other hand, I was only allowed water to drink and I hate it now. You will never see me with a bottle of water in my hand unless it’s boiling hot and there is literally nothing else available. I’m with you OP.

Mother of god @sheepysheep

I too have a family member like this who sneered at a fruit yoghurt and wouldn't give it to her toddler dc due to the sugar content. Same dc which now appears to have a drug habit

Same family member is now gluten free. It's not required medically but oh my, we must not forget it when in their company. Sigh.

I grew up with party bags being binned in front of me and quiche rather than birthday cake. I wouldn’t like to say what I spend on sugary crap a month these days. My ds however started a chocolate bunny 3 days ago, and I’ll probably through it out when it goes foosty. He’s overly keen on yoghurt but I police that but just buying it once a week and he knows once it’s finished it’s finished.
He lost a load of weight after a spell in hospital, and was off food altogether and we were told get whatever you can into him. Mum appeared with crisp breads. Which she expected him to eat dry. My dsil had bought the majority of krispee Kreme, I’ll never forget dm slicing a donught into 8 and washing off the icing.

Oh yeah, my otherwise lovely and sensible step-aunt was like this with her dd. When that kid got her own money and the chance to buy sweeties on the way home though.... hoo boy. Did she ever go for it.

All things in moderation, including the odd chocolate egg. Ds(3) currently seems to be operating on the assumption that all eggs are made of chocolate, but I'm sure he'll work it out in time

I think it’s a bit shit to hold up as examples people who have gone on to have a drug habit

The two things are in no way related and someone developing an addiction is not always down to parenting and is so much more complicated.

It’s insulting - and I say that as someone with addiction “issues”.

His poor kids

What kind of person doesn’t let their kids have a bit of chocolate at Easter?! It’s so fucking joyless.

This thread has given me hideous flashbacks to the tragedy that was The Year Mum Bought Carob Easter Eggs.

She only did it once, she was well-meaning, not a monster.

@MrsSteve as one of those who used a drug habit as an example I was being a tad flippant and apologies if that caused offence.

It was the years and years of smug parenting being thrown at me whilst being slightly disapproving of all others which was wearing. I fully accept it's not the banning of sugar which has led this family member to where they are but the that unshakeable belief that they are Right has meant the parent seriously took their eye off the parenting ball with disastrous consequences. The young family member in question is going to be ok but if their parent rolls their eyes at sweets again....

I have a similar flashback MsRinky

My mum was vegetarian, and a really bad cook, so I grew up on some very odd food combos. Only a month ago I went over for the weekend. Friday tea was macaroni cheese with falafels, and Saturday tea was pancakes with either macaroni cheese, falafel or cottage cheese as the filling.

Even she drew the line at Carob Easter eggs

@DontDribbleOnTheCarpet if you can apparently get water wrong there really isn't any hope is there.

Free chocolate? Win, win I reckon.

@KC225 - ' it's a mini packet of haribo not methamphetamine'

OP - YANBAAU! (can I say that?)

Actually, researchers are begining to see connections between sugar consumption and alcohol and drug usage. sugar works on the same dopamine and opioid receptors as alcohol for instance . There is some evidence to suggest that alcoholics have cravings for sweeter stuff when younger. Lots of interesting reading out there. This link is the first I could find after a quick Google.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20648910
Our neighbors were also sugar control freaks, among other things. I will never forget the colossal pyramid of sugar their DD made on her pancake after a sleepover at ours.

I have a kit kat salted caramel Easter egg... which I will eat sideways. My dad always wanted us to buy a big bar of cAdburys as this was more chocolate for the money.... he never got the pure fun of punching a hole in an egg, and when I was younger the sweets were inside!

These kids will end up downing energy drinks and sweets once they are in secondary.

My nephews are only allowed muesli for breakfast are home schooled and don't own a tv, when they stay with my parents without their mum and dad they binge eat sugar puffs and binge watch jeremy kyle!

The person I knew who had the worst relationship with food, especially unhealthy sweet things, spent the War in a PoW camp so was deprived of all "nice" food (or much food at all TBH) in her early teens. Family members who spent the War in the UK but otherwise had a very similar upbringing didn't have food issues, and I'm pretty sure those issues were caused by her deprivation.

I bought my DNs some fair trade chocolate and a Charlie and Lola fair trade book one Easter. I got a two page letter back from my non-D B saying how I shouldn't give my DN anything branded as they didn't want them pestering for brands and Fair Trade was evil because Tony Blair endorsed it.
But as PPs have said, having teenagers is the best revenge for parents like this.

PS I fancy a Caramac Easter egg now for some reason.