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.

Makes me wonder what they are making up for with this outward show -as if a pile of eggs means they are great parents and their DC have amazing childhoods.
It's just a show.

I've never once told anyone how many Easter Eggs my DC got.
( 4 each if you're wondering)

Why follow them if you can't stand it? 🤔

It’s a bit rough in my opinion. Sorry anyone who does it, I am judging 🤨

Sorry anyone who does it, I am judging

you are clearly not the only one but I have to admit.. I don't care

not strictly true, if I knew I had people like the OP looking at my feed, I would buy extra to pose with ridiculous amounts but I am childish like that

I grew up abroad and we would go on an Easter hunt and look for little chocolates and real coloured hard boiled eggs.

Same here. Also baskets with little toys and treats. It was nowhere near like it is now and my in-laws aren’t OTT with it (thankfully!). I‘ll take my boys to an Easter egg hunt to see how they do and if they choose to participate it may be a tradition. If they’re not fussed, I’m not going to push it on them.

I've asked on multiple threads like this and no one has ever answered... Why do people keep saying that it's a show or fake or say its attention seeking? Are those who think that projecting their own negativity and insecurities onto them or is that what they are actually doing when they themselves post on social media so others cannot possibly have a genuine motivation? Are people not allowed to be genuinely happy or do nice things?

It's so bizarre

A grown woman aged 39 who I work with has posted her pile. There must be 15 eggs. It’s baffling really as she has an eating disorder & doesn't eat chocolate.

She does it on birthdays & Xmas too, cards, present, bags & £20 notes. I think it must be insecurity.

Bingo!!! The MN favourite “crass” has been used, I thought it had died of CV! I am so happy!

Let’s keep up the legacy of misery, MN, we mustn’t let Oliver Cromwell down.

As ever when I read this kind of sneery threads I am comforted that I don't know anyone who thinks like this in RL. I loved seeing photos of the children of my family and friends in their PJs, beaming and surrounded by chocolate eggs and rabbits. It was a nice distraction from how scary and miserable things are at the moment.

What you and some others on this thread really mean OP is that it is common aka working class.

Meh ,it's Easter some kids get loads of eggs some don't I wouldn't post a picture of my kids Easter eggs but I'm not offended by those that do.

@Pollypocket89 i was out once with a friend, i've not seen her in ages, i dont use social media at all, i hardly take pic in my everyday...

Anyway, half way through as our food arrived she said "oh lets take a pic of us so people can see we're having fun"... !!!???!?!?!? What!?!?!??!?
i really like her, she's fun to talk to, and when we're together its brilliant... But for a moment she really fell below my expectations... Why should we care what ppl think of us?? Why should they know if we're having fun!!!?!?

I'm still puzzled...

You could also read that as she was genuinely happy and having fun with you? :)

To each their own though, that's what I'm getting at. I see it 99% of the time on here with people saying it's fake etc. Maybe sometimes it is, sometimes it's not

Doesn't bother me at all. Not sure why people get so worked up by what other people post. Scroll on by.

Thankfully, we have classy friends that don’t do this sort of shite.

How is it rough? Omg.
Oh you have made my day.
So working class to post a picture of an egg 😂

Tacky, attention seeking and self-adulatory!

I don't use facebook, I have an account purely because sometimes you require it for commercial purposes but the competitive hedonistic narcissism it engenders is enough to remind me never to take it up.

The thing is it's just so obvious that the person posting needs the adulation and validation of others.

Mine get an egg and a book. Always have, but I feel guilty and second guess myself as soon as I see the massive piles.

Guilty for what? Does more eggs equal more love? You're a great parent. I have books given to me as a child with the messages in to this day! The eggs are long gone and frankly a cynical commercial ploy at the end of the day.

I don't think that it's in bad taste, low brow or boastful. A few Easter eggs is hardly anything to boast about. Perhaps examine the reasons why you feel so offended by it.

SUGAR RUSH. Bedtime will be fun.

Thankfully, we have classy friends that don’t do this sort of shite.

of course you do Dear

The rampant consumerism that goes on and is seen as something to be proud of is pretty sick.

"I bought my kids some stuff". Why would anyone care?

I don't use fb or whatever, but if people are really using it to post that kind of thing, I'd think less of them.

we have classy friends

Phew!

Apparently we can't post anything on facebook without offending someone. It gets to the point where I scroll down my friends list and think about each and every post and whether I need to hide anyone for it, "Is there anyone who doesn't have a garden before I post the picture of my kids enjoying the sunshine?".
It's sometimes easier not to post anything at all.
I've noticed during lockdown people are snapping and sniping at every little thing and no-one can say anything right.

@formerbabe well done on not having any working class friends.
We know that is what you really mean.

I have a right boastful 23 year old on my facebook. She is a carer but spends like she is middle class money wise. She must be in a mountain of debt.

Her daughter turned one this month. She had a huge hamper full of chocolate. About ten eggs behind it Mostly Thornton's. A posh spanish dress. Loads of bags of milkybar buttons and chocolate lollies.

Her five year old had loads more than her too.

She's like it at every opportunity. For birthdays she has mountains of toys. Mountains of my 1st year parcels. Ugg boots. Ugg slippers. £30 dresses from mamma's and papas. I know because she makes sure you can see the price tags.

She's always getting new sofas, beds, expensive mops and steamers. American fridge freezers

She's also a hinch fan. Forever thinking we need to see her toilet cleaner and zoflora.

These people are obsessed with possesions. They buy stuff to show other people.