To think that 10 easter eggs per child from MIL is atrocious

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MIL has just dropped off 10 easter eggs each to my 3 DCs (we maintained social distancing, she left them at the end of the path).

Now dont get me wrong, I am greatful, but 10 each? Really? I think this is not only overzealous, it also undermines me. I have told her in previous years that one egg each is more than enough, and maybe a small gift, however she continues to undermine me in front of my DCs.

I have allowed my DCs to choose one egg each from the pile to go with the eggs they have already received, and the rest will be dropped off at the local food bank next week. DH thinks I am being unreasonable, and has gone upstairs in a huff Happy Easter hey?

AIBU?

A big mac should be filling to anyone. I am astounded that anyone would eat 2 or three and large fries in one meal. Yes teenage boys eat a lot, but this amount is not normal.

Hang on! A MAN HAS GIVEN AN OPINION.

Go home everyone...

@alloutoffucks Have you actually seen big macs these days? They would hardly satisfy a child.

@TimeAintNothing How do you not see that a meal of that size is so unhealthy and not normal? It's so worrying what people consider acceptable. Do you really think that the type of person that would eat that quantity of food is then satiated by less food the following day? It's unlikely for most. Not to mention the lack of nutrition. I'm all for a treat every now and then, but I would be disgusted if my partner wolfed down that quantity of food. He's a 6'1 man and on the odd occasion where we do decide to go somewhere like McDonalds he would only ever have a regular sized meal - and he's not stick thin, he's a normal healthy weight.

@OhCaptain that's probably to make up for the man involved in the situation who isnt allowed an opinion

I must say tho, assuming she spent a minimum of 3 for £8 I ntbe eggs, £80 is a HUGE amount of money in chocolate in one go, and could have been much better spent.

Still doesn't give op the right to take a present given by her mil to her children and give it away so she can virtue signal how great and kind she is

@alloutoffucks I totally agree.

10!!!! 10!! No you are being unreasonable! That’s bloody ridiculous, there’s no reason to buy that many for a child?

@BabyDancer How do you not see that one 'big' mac is hardly a substantial mean? You are confusing calories with quantity of food. Take calories out of the equation. One 'big' mac is not filling for most people.

Not that I’ve stopped salivating over the thought of 30 (probably) Cadbury’s Easter eggs (cannot get decent chocolate here for the life of me and I would be in heaven with just a tiny piece of Cadbury’s chocolate right now...) one thing that stood out to me was the idea that their grandmother should buy shoes for your children for Christmas. Providing clothing and footwear is your responsibility as a parent. It’s not the grandmothers job to buy them shoes and the whole point if Christmas gifts is the gift-giver taking the time to buy what they would like to give the recipient, not fulfilling an order placed by the parents for things they should have bought themselves. Shoes for Christmas? Fair enough some items of clothing, but shoes? What joy do you think your children would have from opening up a parcel of shoes on Christmas morning?

Since she didn’t buy the shoes (good for her!), did you? Or did you force the children to remain shoeless as a punishment that their grandmother bought the “wrong” gift?

*meal no mean

@TealWater I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree. I've never seen a friend or family member feel the need to order an additional Big Mac.

In terms of saving the eggs and giving them to the children throughout the year, where are you keeping 27 full size Easter eggs?

This, especially as it gets warmer. This doesn’t even account for the rest of the chocolate they were given. I highly doubt MIL didn’t know they were going to receive gifts from their parents and other relatives and even if she didn’t 10 large eggs per child is still a ridiculous amount of eggs to give and have to store.

OhCaptain that's probably to make up for the man involved in the situation who isnt allowed an opinion

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Eurgh that's gross. What's she playing at?

I had a similar thing with my MIL constantly buying gifts for DCs for no reason, she is now greeted with " Nanny what have you got for me" when they sed her now. Giving is lovely at the right times but it also needs to be measured, the happiness from an egg is the same as 10 eggs. I'd exactly on your page, your DH needs to cop on and realise this is a good life lesson for all concerned and he would be in a better position if he supported you.

You're mean, stingy and miserable and your MIL is lovely. Also, the eggs were a gift from grandmother to her grandchildren, it's not your business and certainly not for you to donate. If I'd be your husband, I'd donate all the gifts you ever received to charity. All the perfume, jewellery and whatnot. Just because.

Troll...

Honestly this thread is insane. The eggs that come with a mug (not ‘in a mug’ the egg isn’t the size of a mug) are large eggs.

The poster who said their child had 45 eggs- what, 45 boxed Easter eggs?

As a child we got one or two large eggs and perhaps a couple of creme eggs. Chocolate really doesn’t keep ‘for ever’ and after a few months goes stale and horrible especially nowadays, it isn’t as nice as it used to be.

I do think the children should have been asked about donating them but regardless of that, surely anyone can see that you can’t offer a 2.5 year old a mountain of chocolate and then be surprised that they have a meltdown when they (rightly) aren’t allowed to eat it all!

Whilst its way too much per child, can't you save a few for the coming weeks? You can melt it down for baking etc. You and your DH have one each. Food bank idea is lovely but maybe keep a few!

Poor shoeless children because wicked MIL refused to meet their needs (at Christmas! For shame!), sulking (and constantly bloody starving) dh and controlling alpha-fun-mummy whose extremely righteous diktats are ignored by the whole family. This thread has it all.
I do note that the op ignored the ‘pics or it didn’t happen’ comments. Odd, that.

There's never a middle.ground on Mumsnet. It's always be a great parent and let them have 10+ eggs each, or be a fun sponge control freak who kids will go nuts and have food issues because you restrict their diet too much.

No. I'm relaxed about my kids diets. They eat healthily but also have "junk food" sometimes.
They usually get 1-2 eggs each and are more than happy with that. If some loony relative gave them 10 each, I'd just smile, say thanks, keep a couple and give the rest away. No need for a fight or even a Mumsnet thread about it. But I'm giving my kids 10+ Easter eggs. They don't need it. Pretty sure that won't make them go crazy when they're 18 😂

No wonder her DH is grumpy he's probably flipping hungry most of the time seeing as the OP seems to dictate what quantities of food he can eat? Big Mac's just aren't that big and have often seen DD's rugby playing teenage boyfriend polish off two Big Mac's with all the fries and trimmings after a game and then come back with us for a full Sunday dinner plus pudding. And he still has his nose in our fridge again by 4pm There's not a pinch of fat on him by the way.

Oh for goodness sake, she's probably just really missing them and is trying to demonstrate this (mistakenly) with gifts.

You sound a real peach OP!

Always give my grandkids money, they get them off their parents and others.

I do note that the op ignored the ‘pics or it didn’t happen’ comments. Odd, that. Quite