Page 15 | Disgusted by excessive Xmas treats!

PinkPomeranian · 2022-01-04T14:52:16+00:00

My kids are doing a final clear up before going back to school tomorrow, and 8yo trotted off to fetch her Xmas sweet haul which she had forgotten about and therefore barely touched. Seeing it all laid out I am absolutely astounded by the amount of chocolate/sweets she has accumulated. (Even more horrified to realise that 5yo currently has a pile half this size despite receiving the same stuff as her elder sister!) This is over the last month alone. She also has two large tins full of the sweets she's been given at parties and Hallowe'en etc. I don't think our friends or family are particularly big on sweets so guess lots of little or one-off things have just accumulated. AIBU to be a bit taken aback by the amount she's received? And what do other people do with it all? I don't think she'll get through it all but seems a waste to bin it.

nicky2512 · 04/01/2022 19:30

I didn’t get many sweets this Christmas. Thankfully my teenagers got stacks and have been sharing with me! I love them so much.
I didn’t even mind having to help 16 year old Ds look for his school tie this morning (mainly because he has a massive man versus sweets pic n mix that he hasn’t started yet!).
I love pic n mix. Must remind him about it.

declutteringmymind · 04/01/2022 20:08

Save it all and stick it in a piñata 🪅 for her birthday party.

Shallwegoforawalk · 04/01/2022 20:14

@Everydaydayisaschoolday

I am gradually throwing away the small mountain of unwanted food our (adult) household was given over Christmas. Biscuits, cakes, cheese, puddings mince pies, sweets, chocolates, crisps and lots of alcohol. We don't like them. We don't want them. Eating them would not be good for my blood pressure so it's gradually being opened and put in the food recycling bin. It's a shocking waste but I'm not going to eat rubbish just because people gave it to me.

@Everydaydayisaschoolday why can't you donate unopened things to a Food bank?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 04/01/2022 20:16

I just don't want it hanging around

Why not? It's not yours.

She can have little bits as she feels like it over the next couple of months, rather than be penalised for not scarfing it all down at once.

Having said that, my eldest grew up with her father 'taking the unwanted things off your hands' the second her back was turned when she was small. One Easter, she decided that she'd eat all her chocolate rather than have him steal sorry, throw away - oh, no, I mean donate to charity stuff his sweaty fat face the moment she left for her to find out it was all gone when she asked for some at the next contact ten days later. She puked so much that night, it put her off the stuff permanently and went on to successfully negotiate Easter presents rather than chocolate from almost every relative.

Housechaos · 04/01/2022 20:26

That amount seems quite tame. I have four kids, they all received the individual Lindt set of Santa chocolates by 4 sets of friends. Plus other chocs on top...the amount we now have in the house is quite something.

Anotherlovelybitofsquirrel · 04/01/2022 20:28

It's not yours to bin and seriously, stop being so ridiculous. It's not a lot at all! Poor DC!

gumball37 · 04/01/2022 20:30

I'll pay shipping. Send it to America, I'd like to try stuff we don't have here haha

altiara · 04/01/2022 20:33

When you’re baking, can’t you use the chocolate in icing or in brownies.

To be honest one of those things a week should get rid of most of it over a few months.

KurtWilde · 04/01/2022 21:16

@Anotherlovelybitofsquirrel

It's not yours to bin and seriously, stop being so ridiculous. It's not a lot at all! Poor DC!

This covers it nicely.

NameChangeCity123 · 04/01/2022 21:18

@declutteringmymind

Save it all and stick it in a piñata 🪅 for her birthday party.

Love this!

Caiti19 · 04/01/2022 21:27

In your defense OP, I get where you're coming from. This is largely a U.K. phenomenon, not so much an issue on the Continent - the rows and rows of confectionery everywhere you turn - which reaches crazy new heights of novelty at Christmas/Easter/Halloween. My kids engage fully with all of it, but I do get sick of it sometimes.

SailingNotSurfing · 04/01/2022 21:31

@Everydaydayisaschoolday

I am gradually throwing away the small mountain of unwanted food our (adult) household was given over Christmas. Biscuits, cakes, cheese, puddings mince pies, sweets, chocolates, crisps and lots of alcohol. We don't like them. We don't want them. Eating them would not be good for my blood pressure so it's gradually being opened and put in the food recycling bin. It's a shocking waste but I'm not going to eat rubbish just because people gave it to me.

This post is the most shocking on the thread. No-one is forcing you to eat or drink the stuff, but FFS, hundreds of people are reliant on foodbanks and community fridges. Anything sealed can be donated. Take it to your local homeless shelter.

Perhaps not the alcohol, but I would regift that to workmates, friends and family, not chuck it away.

Yes, it's a shocking waste and you should be ashamed of yourself for choosing the recycling bin rather than fellow human beings who are struggling to feed themselves and their families.

ThrobbingToothacheOfTheMind · 04/01/2022 21:55

@anotherbloodyyearofcovid

bin the lot of it, horrible poor quality shitty stuff. The kids won't miss it.

Some idiot posted somewhere recently that making a child wear a mask is abuse. Giving handfuls of sugar and e-numbers to a child to eat is abuse. I grew up with kids who had more fillings than teeth because their parents fed them sugary rubbish like this.

Don't feel bad, it's rubbish and belongs in the bin.

No, I'm not a dentist.

(sits back and waits for torrent of abuse)

Still waiting?

BatshitBanshee · 04/01/2022 22:24

Don't make a thing of it, you'll give her a complex about chocolate/sugar/"bad" treats otherwise. Put it in a cupboard and distribute over the next few weeks. I would assume the giver of treats thought you'd be able to moderate their consumption of said treats. It's not rocket science.

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PinkPomeranian · 04/01/2022 22:56

@declutteringmymind

Save it all and stick it in a piñata 🪅 for her birthday party.

Brilliant idea! Thank you. Exactly what I was after.

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cherrybonbons · 04/01/2022 23:00

My kids had double that and it's all gone....

TheHamburgler · 04/01/2022 23:18

Putting her Christmas presents in a birthday piñata?

Presumably if she gets any out of it they can be wrapped up ready for next Christmas...

Everydaydayisaschoolday · 04/01/2022 23:23

@SailingNotSurfing. I'm heavily involved with my local food bank. I know what they want and it's not regifted cheap Christmas puds/cake/pies hamper rejects in January or third hand packets of chocolate or crisps just touching their best before date or giant packs of Haribos. Sadly I can't give them the cheese as there's no record over how long it's been in a cool chain.

Food banks want proper food that customers can make nutritious meals with (or cash donations) not sugary shite. The occasional treat donation is great but If the junk I'm given isn't good enough for me to eat healthily I'm not going to fob it off on my less flush neighbours on the basis that people on low incomes should be grateful for anything.

Changemaname1 · 04/01/2022 23:28

Oh my God! Who will play you in the movie? @Morgan12 😂😂😂

mycatistrans · 04/01/2022 23:49

Eh? That's not particularly big.

TheKeatingFive · 05/01/2022 00:26

The occasional treat donation is great but If the junk I'm given isn't good enough for me to eat healthily I'm not going to fob it off on my less flush neighbours on the basis that people on low incomes should be grateful for anything.

I agree with this actually. Consuming sugary shite that your body doesn't need isn't any better than chucking it in the bin. It's just a different kind of waste.

Having said that, the stash pictured in the OP isn't that much and I'm not sure why she's getting worked up about it.

jamandmarmaladethesecondcoming · 05/01/2022 01:09

Do you make a bag of Maltesers last a week?

Hertsgirl10 · 05/01/2022 01:34

Mine got way more than this and it’s all pretty much gone, I mean it was Christmas they just ate crap for days!

Any one of mine could have that gone in one go with a movie on 😂

RiverSkater · 05/01/2022 01:57

Why did they have ownership of the haul? That's just what she showed you! I bet more went in their bellies.

All treats in the treat cupboard or mine will be having midnight feats.
It's all sugar, It will keep then you can replenish at Easter.

5128gap · 05/01/2022 09:07

[quote Everydaydayisaschoolday]@SailingNotSurfing. I'm heavily involved with my local food bank. I know what they want and it's not regifted cheap Christmas puds/cake/pies hamper rejects in January or third hand packets of chocolate or crisps just touching their best before date or giant packs of Haribos. Sadly I can't give them the cheese as there's no record over how long it's been in a cool chain.

Food banks want proper food that customers can make nutritious meals with (or cash donations) not sugary shite. The occasional treat donation is great but If the junk I'm given isn't good enough for me to eat healthily I'm not going to fob it off on my less flush neighbours on the basis that people on low incomes should be grateful for anything.[/quote]
The people who use food banks want treat foods as much as anyone else does. Alongside nutritious ingredients obviously. So they can have variety and exercise some autonomy in what they eat, rather than having their food choices dictated to them by better off people. I detest the attitude that having more money gives you the right to decide what is good for the 'less flush'. Its also shocking hypocrisy as I'm willing to bet the vast majority of organisers do not deny themselves all treats, take the recommended exercise, have an appropriate BMI, avoid alcohol etc. Although of course, you will claim to be the exception.