AIBU to think she shouldn't of taken my old toys?

[unicornsandrainbows98]

So my mums sorting out her attic as she's moving house. 19 years worth of stuff.
So my aunt (her sister came round to help). When we was younger my aunt gave me and my sister all of my cousins old hand me down Disney toys which we loved and played with constantly for years. My cousins (her children) are around 5-6 years older than me and my sister so there was a little bit of an age gap but not huge.
Anyway enough drip feeding, I had asked my mum to put them toys aside because I now have a 20 month old son who loves Disney and would love the toys and appreciate them e.t.c. My aunt has taken ALL of the toys home with her saying they're were her kids' toys once. 1. My cousin is gay and married but I know for a fact they don't want children in the future or ever. 2.my other cousin does not want children either and 3. They're all like nearly 30 years old? They are just going to be sitting in an attic again waiting to be played with? Aibu to think realistically they should of gone to my son and we should of got to keep them as they was handed down to us in the first place? Sorry this post sounds so petty but I would of loved to see my little one play with the same toys I had so much fun with as a kid!

I’m the oldest of lots of cousins and my parents were very generous with my toys after I had finished using them and as a result I have none of the toys from my childhood to share with my children. I wish my mum was more like your aunt. Those toys were my Christmas and birthday presents, that’s the stronger sentimental claim imo.

I know I shouldn't even bother pointing this out but I actually got A's and A*'s in English. I think half of my problem with my spelling is laziness. I'm not the brightest spark I can assure you but I'm not completely illiterate

SchadenfiendeUnmortified

@unicornsandrainbows98 don’t be embarrassed, ignore everyone who was mean.

And that worries me because....?

I never said that it should worry you. It was simply an observation.

Everyone’s reasonable view is valid.

Nor did I imply anything different.

Don't be embarrassed about your grammar OP. It was perfectly clear what you were communicating which is the point of language IMO.

People who show off about grammar of all things . What a shame their schools didn't devote any time to teaching manners.

Sorry about the toys OP. Maybe you can get a few online for sentimental reasons?

On an anonymous forum, correcting someone's grammar is a good deed.

It isn't. It's very rude.

am I the only one that doesn’t know what a pedant is?

I can understand why she took them.
After your younger sibling they were stored away and forgot about.
You had at least 20 months to ask aunt about the toys. And at least that long to get to your mums. Ok so you don’t drive, that mean you never visit?

am I the only one that doesn’t know what a pedant is?

It’s a French pastry.

@JeffreyJefferson I honestly had to google it haha!
This is what I got! I going to ask but felt like I couldn't!

An absolute fanny of a woman you say?

And, for all the smug pedants on here, commenting but not saying why is just as rude as pointing out what the errors were.

I think it's actually very much more rude. Because they added in slyness and laughing at someone 'behind their back'. I'm absolutely appalled at such bitchy playground stuff.
I'd rather be illiterate than so nasty.

You're not the one that should be embarrassed OP, far from it

@ffswhatnext
I haven't actually been to my mums really since having my son as she smokes in her house and I don't agree with my toddler being in a house that she smokes in.
The toys are plastic so I wasn't worried about them absorbing smoke like a teddy bear would.

Pedant (pedantic?) is a nitpicker, someone who is irritated by tiny errors, on mumsnet usually grammar pedants. They ignore the point of the post and concentrate on spelling/grammar making themselves feel superior with no thought to the person they are criticising.

@saraclara I agree. It's like they were all desperate to point out that they were clever enough to have noticed too. Embarrassing from a bunch of, presumably, adults.

I haven't actually been to my mums really since having my son as she smokes in her house and I don't agree with my toddler being in a house that she smokes in.

Fair enough, but had you forgotten about the actual existence of the toys until now, OP? (not being snarky, just curious).

You could ask your Aunt if you feel she would be ok about it.
Or, grit your teeth and let it go if you can.
I still have twinges of crossness about my books, Pippas and Cindy dolls going to the local jumble sale.
I am in my 50s and probably need to get over it!!

crickets

Oh believe me OP they will have absorbed smoke; my mum gave me some toys for my grandson that came from a smokers house and they were plastic and even after washing and scrubbing them many times they still smelled awful.

Could you maybe take your kids round to your Aunt's house to play with the toys? Ask her if that would be possible?

Why is she unreasonable to take back things that were hers in the first place?

@Butchyrestingface
well not really I mean I didn't think about them every day. But if my mum would talk about the attic and what's up there most of the time I'd mention them particular toys.
@angieloumc and oh really?? I didn't realise plastic could smell of smoke! Glad I didn't have them them! Especially as he's at the age where he still puts bits in his mouth sometimes.