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.

No wonder so many children are so fat!

@helpmum2003 I always wondered if there's a relationship between the number of eggs and the BMI of the parents... I'm about a stone and a half overweight but that's a fairly recent thing. Up until I was 35ish I was always as skinny as a rake. My dc are also stick thin.

Someone else commented on the parents' IQ: mine is average if not slightly above.

I am working class and skint though. We're common as fuck. Perhaps that's why I don't mind what other people post on fb and why I don't police my dc's sugar intake as much as some on here do.

Tacky. But that’s Facebook.

Yanbu its chavy and shouts look at me what a great parent iam!

I agree with you OP. I also think that this kind of showing off directly feeds into a mentality that causes bullying, both in schools aswell as online. It's tough enough for kids as it is, without parents basically giving their offspring step-by-step instructions on how and why to trampel on their peers.

It also feeds into habits of mindless and irresponsible consumerism. Do you even know where all that chocolate came from or under what conditions it was produced? Enjoy a chocolate egg every once and while, but there is nothing good about piles and piles off them and it's nothing to brag about either.

I think that perhaps it's better to comment on people's posts and tell them so. You may find that people agree with you and are sick of it too. Ofcourse to some you will then be known as "that parent", but those people aren't friends of yours anyway.

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'm smiling that it's only just dawned on you that Facebook is full of people boasting about what they've got!

Oh well, look on the bright side, the dentists will be making good business when things go back to normal!

I don't mind pics of days out, or playing with a new favourite toy etc, it's the pics of huge piles of christmas or birthday presents worth thousands, or stuff from the easter birthday worth hundreds (have seen a few like this, new clothes, shoes, toys etc as well as easter eggs) that bug me. Like photos of holidays are fine, but it bugs me when people feel the need to mention just how much it cost?

Yes but I I think it's a bit odd to plaster your children all over the internet but people have their own ideas I guess :/

DS got no eggs, he got a little wagon with a bucket, spade, rake etc that cost £4 in Tesco and I had stashed in the shed for the beach this summer (now looking unlikely). I'm not pleading poverty we could've bought him dozens of eggs, but to me that's not what being a good parent is. He doesn't give a shiny shit and has spent all morning in the garden playing with his new toy.

My feed is full of Jesus posts, no Easter eggs just Jesus. Coronavirus is obviously making people turn to God in my circle.

*Easter bunny, not easter birthday

"A few Easter eggs you got for a couple of £? Really?"

Nah that doesn't bother me, but I know kids that get more from the easter bunny, than some kids get at christmas. New clothes (several outfits and pj's) shoes, toys etc, not just a few eastereggs.

I also think that this kind of showing off directly feeds into a mentality that causes bullying, both in schools aswell as online. It's tough enough for kids as it is, without parents basically giving their offspring step-by-step instructions on how and why to trampel on their peers.

THAT would apply a lot more to all the haters on here, who have been snuggly insulting everyone they like to present as below them (but still following them on social media though, oh the hypocrisy), not really on people happily getting on with their lives and putting a few photos.

Because really, WHO is bullying who here?

He doesn't give a shiny shit and has spent all morning in the garden playing with his new toy.

you do realise that having a garden and talking about it is BOASTING don't you?

Just put them on mute.

Plenty of Easter eggs cost £1 I don’t see someone having 10 eggs as showing off the wealth or like. I’ve seen loads of these pictures this morning And I’ve posted my own and tagged family, so what it’s my Facebook and with everything else going on I can’t see the harm in a picture of my kids with a few eggs thanking family and saying happy Easter!

Put it another way, if others didn't put family photos, what would haters find to bitch about now they are stuck at home and don't see anyone. Now that would be dramatic.

Just don't go onto fb or just block the wankers that you are friends with

Why do you not all reveal to your so called friends just how bitchy and judgemental you really are and post your comments here on face book? I guarantee you will no longer have the "problem" of seeing photos of lots of Easter eggs.

Tbf it hasn't been anywhere near as bad this year, with the lockdown, but there's still a few. I've deleted tons of people for this over the years, but when they tag mutual friends and relatives I haven't deleted, the posts still appear on my timeline.

@alloutoffucks

Still waiting to find out why you aimed that comment to me about my so called lack of working class friends

Can't stand it yes nice to treat kids but when I see easter eggs all I see is packaging and waste .
NEVER bough ours any they'd get the odd one but used to give them couple of £ instead .

Harmless, but pointless. How many FB friends really care about your kids' Easter eggs?

@formerbabe Because you said something about being glad your friends were classy.

No she didn’t. You have the wrong poster