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To ask DM to stop buying my DC kinder eggs?

109 replies

pipnchops · 02/08/2019 16:59

We see my DM every week and she always gives my DC age 2 and 4 a kinder egg. They love getting them and have come to expect them when they see her. They scoff the chocolate but really couldn't care less about the toy. I don't mind her giving them a treat when she sees them but it's the plastic tat I can't cope with. I have made comments about them not seeming fussed about the toy and they'd be just as happy with chocolate buttons and she replied that they're not special enough. Can I outright ask her to stop buying kinder eggs or is that ungrateful and mean?

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Millie2017 · 02/08/2019 17:28

Our charity shop has a box of these and sells them for 25p (along with Happy Meal toys). I’d not raise it with her again if everything else is fine in the relationship.

Millie2017 · 02/08/2019 17:29

I sneak magazine toys out of the house and into the charity shop bag frequently.

firawla · 02/08/2019 17:30

I think yanbu, it shouldn’t be that hard for your mum to understand and surely buttons or something is just as good?? Kinder egg toys are crap and such a waste for them to be made straight to go into the bin

DontCallMeShitley · 02/08/2019 17:30

I take the toys to the charity shop, along with those little monster type things from Lidl, not sure if they are still handing them out now. Often there is a little basket for small stuff, to root through.

Sootyandsweep2019 · 02/08/2019 17:31

I think YABU to interfere; Grandma should be able to have her own treat with the children.

VeganSteve · 02/08/2019 17:31

So sad to see all the PPs saying chuck it straight in the bin! What a waste! I can’t see anyone else wanting kinder egg toys either... I think I’d just say the DCs really like something else and ask her to buy those instead.

SemperIdem · 02/08/2019 17:33

I’d just suggest she buy the bars Kinder do which are much nicer than the egg and you get about multipacks for £1 so much cheaper as once pack lasts a couple of weeks. And no plastic tat.

LuckyAmy1986 · 02/08/2019 17:34

Shocked at all the PPs saying just Chuck it in the bin! I thought those sorts of attitudes were shifting now?

sugarplumfairy28 · 02/08/2019 17:38

Its not really an issue is it? Either chuck the toys, or like my Nan and my Dad did, get a tub or a bag and save them for when they are older, some might be worth something, as a child who received one of these tubs it was a wow moment, and I loved opening them all up and seeing the collections. Or failing that, just ask her to get a different treat.

OMGshefoundmeout · 02/08/2019 17:38

Don’t throw them in the bin. Put them in the plastic recycling

DevonshireDarling · 02/08/2019 17:39

Just an idea but could you keep hold of them and put them in geocaches? That's what we do when we ever get them. Google geocaching if you haven't heard of it as it's a great thing for kids to do anyway, and the kinder toys can be dropped off in a cache and/or swapped with something else they like in a cache

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pipnchops · 02/08/2019 17:39

Kinder gran! Love it!

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pipnchops · 02/08/2019 17:41

I'll look into geocaching, thanks, that sounds fun, although not if i end up with more of these toys 😂

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Trendy1 · 02/08/2019 17:41

Please do try to get it across to her about the plastic. If nobody bothered about the plastic we would be surrounded by the blasted stuff. If MacDonalds can do paper straws then we owe it to our children to do something as well. Lead by example and say no before she gets them out her bag.

YouFellAsleeep · 02/08/2019 17:43

My son is 14 and my brother still brings him a kinder egg when he visits! My son loves it. Most of the toys end up in the bin. He sometimes keeps a few if he likes them.

EdWinchester · 02/08/2019 17:43

I’d be annoyed about both the tat and the chocolate, but we didn’t give ours sweets or chocolate.

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pipnchops · 02/08/2019 17:43

Oh my, if this carries on until they're 14 I'm going to need a bigger house!

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Arpafeelie · 02/08/2019 17:44

I thought Kinder eggs said on the wrapper that they are for age 3+ as the small plastic bits are a choking hazard for 2 year olds?

formerbabe · 02/08/2019 17:45

I think it would be really mean of you to say anything.

progestermoan · 02/08/2019 17:50

At least they get the whole egg!!!
My dc get given the toys occasionally after DMs one and only favourite gc has had all the chocolate eggs🤣 DM buys them ONLY for her and tells us not to give them to anyone else and sometimes will give my dc the toy I did Say they’d actually like the whole thing !!! Wasn’t met with any recognition of that fact

Feelingwalkedover · 02/08/2019 17:51

How ungrateful op
My mum has never bought anything for my kids
How lucky are you to have her near and that she cares enough to buy them something
Plus she lives miles away so hardly see her

Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 02/08/2019 17:55

Sober children.... 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 That really made me laugh!!!!

NannyKasey · 02/08/2019 17:55

Luckily my DD doesn't mind me buying Kinder Eggs for my DGD's. I have to assemble the toy in it tho Wink Wink Grin Luckily DGD1 (7) helps me Grin as I'm rubbish at it Wink

Barbie222 · 02/08/2019 17:58

I think I've seen a campaign for McDonald's to stop giving out plastic tat with food, could you forward this to her? She just needs to be a bit more woke doesn't she.

saraclara · 02/08/2019 18:00

Bloody hell. How controlling can you be?

It's Grandma's treat, and a little tradition that she and the kids enjoy. Leave her alone for goodness' sake. They'll grow out of the Kinder egg thing soon enough.