To think that posting photos of massive piles of eggs is in bad taste?

[Fudgewhizz]

I really can't stand this - people posting their kids' enormous piles of Easter eggs on Facebook (or whatever). Of course I scroll on by and don't comment but I just think it's a bit boasty- honestly who cares how many eggs your kids have got? I don't have an issue with seeing kids enjoying them or whatever but so many people seem to post photos of a massive pile the night before and it just smacks of 'oh look how lucky / privileged my kids are to have ALL THIS CHOCOLATE, aren't we great'. (And yes, I do think the same about the positing of piles of Christmas presents too)

Frankly I don't care how many eggs people have got, and neither does my DD (yet!), but I feel bad for people who feel like they're somehow letting their kids down if they don't have a huge pile that Facebook seems to be filled with.

I was going to say YABU as I thought you were complaining they were buying eggs at all, but then I read your post to the end, so no I agree, people shouldn't be boasty about it, they're the same type of people through lockdown that are all look at me homeschooling my children, aren't I great.

One of our relatives was telling us about a family they know who had over 100 eggs between their 3 children, bet that made a great photo on Facebook!

I have to admit I was surprised that people got their own children more than one chocolate egg . When I was growing up (not THAT long ago) we would all discuss what egg we hoped we would get for weeks, i.e. Mars or Roses, but never thought we would get more than one!

I have a toddler, and now have mum friends who have older children who posted pics of their Easter eggs and was shocked they had like 10-15 Easter eggs between two or three children. Sometimes several of the same Easter egg i.e. Smarties egg, and I do wonder what the point in that is?

However, this thread does make a change from 5-10 years ago on MN when people used to post threads huffing and puffing about how difficult it was to plan a sugar-free Easter and asking what other wooden, educational toys other posters were getting their children, which really did sound miserable. How times have changed, hey?

It would be outrageous to gloat that you had real eggs in. I can’t get any round here. Easter eggs - don’t gaf.

I have to admit I was surprised that people got their own children more than one chocolate egg

I am more surprised that people are so against Easter egg hunts. Even my kids school organises one! Obviously not this year sadly. Do people just give one of these eggs in a cardboard box and that's it? What's the point of that?

Just look at photos posted by Tamara Ecclestone

Tamara is a weird one, I'm unsure why she courts the media so much. She's definitely an outlier in the uber rich m world as most people keep their kids & home as private as possible.

I always make DD an easter basket with a few little eggs and some easter related bits, stickers etc which she loves and never spend more than £10. She always gets a few from family member but this year my Dad and Stepmum sent her 5 in the post! 5! Shes 4 years old! Theres no way in hell im giving my 4 year old 5 easter eggs especially while were stuck at home so i left one outside my elderly neighbor's door for her and one for the little girl who lives upstairs with a little easter to card from her stuck to them. Shes the only grandchild so she does get spoilt but theyre just being ridiculous

We stayed off sm this Easter for that reason - one son is dairy free and I only managed to get him two eggs so I only got my other son two too, to be fair! Usually they receive from grandparents, aunties, friends etc and I usually buy them a little book or a small toy- we did an Easter egg hunt with clues and they had a lot of fun finding them at the end x my eldest has several conditions and is profoundly disabled so we are locked down for 12 weeks , my friends are still shopping, I looked on sm when they were in bed and all their mates got absolutely loads of stuff. Only trouble is I’m a nail tech and am not earning atm, my kids haven’t even realised they didn’t get much though and if I’m honest, They’ve had a brilliant Easter and we’ve done so much arts and crafts they’ve loved it! We made trifle for Easter pudding and we’ve made little chicks painting cut up egg boxes x Easter is what you make it x

I think if you get pleasure from moaning about someone on your friends list(or someone you're stalking online) posting pictures of fun things they are doing with their kids, be it for Easter/lockdown activities to prevent boredom/Christmas, then it says more about you than it does them. It's just a bit of fun, surely? It's like a reverse competition on here at times as to who can be the meanest, stingiest, strictest parent. We bought our eggs(2 small eggs each and a bunny) weeks ago. It's not that hard to plan in advance. There was one year where all the shops sold out and none of my kids got eggs at all. They survived. I didn't bitch about people posting pictures.

I’ve seen a couple of these FB posts of friends who have totally spoiled their kids with 3 large eggs each (& smaller ones). But what gets me is when did it become the norm to also buy GIFTS too? They had large Lego sets, make up, toys etc. Far be it from me to say how you spend money on your kids, but I do agree, in the current times, it seems rather excessive.

This is not relevant, but isn't it dangerous for children to be handling so many eggs touched by so many different family members? The exact amount of time the virus lives isn't known.

We got them one big egg each, and told them to make it last! It’s not an ‘essential’ and I’m not interested in encouraging their addiction to sugar...that’s no good for any of us!

Is it acceptable to post a photo if your DC only got one or two eggs? What level of eggs is acceptable and non-boastful? Asking for a friend.

I always get my DC gifts more than chocolate for Easter. Mostly books so fairly enriching, they also got a teepee for the garden this year. Stuff that lasts rather than chocolate.

Each to their own. Thankfully children don’t seem to compare themselves to their friends when it comes to Easter as by the time they go back to school (especially this year!) it’s a distant memory.

I received a lot growing up because I had a lot of aunts and uncles living close by who would each give us an egg (my parents used to buy a truckload to distribute to cousins as well).

My own children receive one. Uno. It’s what they expect and enjoy. In addition they gather a small basketful of foil-wrapped mini eggs in an egg hunt on Easter morning.

It suits us. However, if we lived nearer to our families I’m quite sure we’d engage in egg exchanging and end up with half a dozen.

See, I don’t understand non-egg gift-giving. There is a meaning behind the egg, even if most have forgotten or never knew in the first place. The meaning is new life. As in the resurrection of Christ - or just springtime for those who don’t believe in the Easter story.

Surely it’s better to send photos by phone or email of children, once on Facebook they are always there. Mine can choose for themselves when they are 18 if they want to share that much on social media but until then no pictures.

I don't know about others' experiences, but all of this 'so sad if you don't do an egg hunt, the poor kids' - this seems to be a new thing! I'm not yet 30 so I'm not old, but when I was a child Easter egg hunts were the exception not the norm.

Could just be the area I live in, others may have different experiences. We got some eggs as a gift, but the rest was about a nice big family dinner, seeing extended family, talking about the meaning of Easter. Now it seems like if you don't do a hint you've ruined your kids' Easter

I'm in my 30s and my family have always done Easter egg hunts. Admittedly we actually celebrated Easter, and visited family when others seemed bemused by the idea.

I’m 34 and never did an Easter hunt but waster was always a big family celebration. We would feast just like we would at Christmas and all the family would come over.

This year I made my first Easter dinner.

I did a little egg hunt for DC(2.5) which he found fun but only because waiters had delivered a free Easter egg hunt kit with our last delivery.

We don’t do the Easter bunny though. Just told child that it’s a bit of fun and since then he’s asked for us to hide more things in the garden for him to find.

My friend did exactly this. You couldn’t see her lounge carpet for eggs. Mine got one each from me and a postal delivery of mini eggs from an auntie. I asked her if she had panic bought and emptied the supermarket shelves of Easter eggs. Hence no reply, obviously offended.

Again always been in bad taste, what is even worse is grown adults doing it with their own, a colleague shared a picture of his and his wive’s Hotel Choc Easter haul on Sun on our work WhatsApp. Everyone gleefully ignored.....but then I got pissed and replied saying how lovely, but I didn’t like Hotel Choc choc and thought it tasted odd - oops!!! This is true, it does taste like cheapo chocolate.

Yeah never likes hotel chocolate myself

I want to share some related eggciting news!

I entered a competition on Easter Sunday and I had an email this morning saying I’ve won!
I won an Easter egg from the Cotswold Chocolate Company.

I’ve never won anything ever!!

Sometimes the amount of judgeyness on here is startling.

Who gives a shit if people post photos of their kids eggs. More concerning would be anyone who feels they are letting their kids down by not buying loads.

Really there are other things to get worked up about.

People brag falsely, IMO ! Think of how that amount of chocolate is not only rotting their teeth and destroying their health, but the DPs will have to support hyper-active DD and DS after they've scoffed all that chocolate.
I really don't think it's good to brag about how much chocolate you give to your kids, as it's not doing them any favor, either physically or psychologically, in the sense that the DP are encouraging their idea of being little rich kids, better because THEY have more Easter eggs, which is a completely false an unhealthy idea (IMO) .
One Mum said her DS received one egg and a book every year, which I find a very healthy position to take.
Even small kids of 2 or 3, not to mention the older ones who definately should and can understand as well that this is a Confinement and things are different for a while.