Husband stole kids' Easter eggs

[AnnBoo]

Not sure if this is unreasonable, my friends seem to agree with me but wanted an outsider's opinion...

I'll try to keep this short.

Last night my hubby went out to the pub while I stayed home with the kids. I fancied a night out myself- haven't had one in months- but didn't have the option since he wanted to see the lads. He said he would go only have a few rounds and be home by about 10:00-10:30pm, but stumbled in at about 1. I was already in bed, and woke up to the slam of the front door but fell back asleep shortly after he came in. This morning I woke up around 6am to set up the kids Easter egg hunt, but to my surprise the cupboard was empty. I then found a huge heap of cardboard and tin foil beside the sofa. All 4 Easter eggs- 2 each for the kids- were demolished, along with brown smears all over our new beige sofa. LIVID!
It's not the first time he's done this too! My 7 year old daughter's Christmas chocolate disappeared late one night, luckily with enough time to replace before Xmas day. But this time, I've had no chance to.
My kids came downstairs so excited this morning but their faces absolutely dropped as I told them what happened. My husband was hungover and dead asleep in bed until midday, when he got up I explained to him how upset he's made the kids. He didn't even bat an eyelid before he went to make his coffee.

I've asked him to stay at his mums for the next few nights, or until he replaces the chocolate (which he's refusing to do). AIBU?

You're way behind,he's staying at mummy's

I used to binge eat and, sadly, this is the sort of thing I used to do. I would feel so out of control around sugar. However, I would have been so ashamed after the event that I would have gone out of my way to replace those chocolates before anyone noticed.

Thank God I don't behave like that anymore.

Why is anyone who is old enough to have multiple children coming home drunk? Completely embarrassing and inappropriate and to then eat your children's Easter gifts on top of that is unacceptable. He is a father with responsibilities, he shouldn't be getting drunk and he should not be eating gifts that belong to his children.

This is unforgivable. What a shit head waste of space sad.
Please don’t take him back. Show your kids that they’re your priority.

YABU you should have bought hubby an easter egg if you didn't want him to eat the kids ones!!

Exactly and I posted something similar. I don't have any close adult friends in my life that behave that way or who struggle to only have one drink on a night out. It is embarrassing to be getting drunk as an adult.

@AnnBoo he sounds like a right selfish prat of a husband and even worse, dad!

Oh fuck off.

Is this a wind up

Horrible behaviour.
It’s one thing to have eaten all four of them (that’s a lot of chocolate!) but he could have rectified it this morning by visiting any kind of small shop which was open (presuming you live somewhere near any shops, we have about 6 or 7 fairly local to us, all walkable, which seemed to be open when I was on my morning jaunt) and replacing them. His attitude is so selfish and I’d have found that so hurtful.
Dh once came home from a night out and opened a box of chocolates left out on the side. he realised after Eating a couple that they were probably destined for a teacher as the following day was the end of term and stopped eating them. obviously by then the damage was done but first thing the next morning he went to the supermarket to replace them. Because even though he was tipsy and impulsive he realised he’d made a mistake and rectified it at the earliest possible moment.

YABU. Everyone does things they regret when they’re drunk. Surely you have a shop locally where you can get some replacements.

Why are there always posters who excuse this sort of behaviour? He chose the night before Easter to get drunk. Regardless if he ate the eggs or not, he would have been stupidly hungover, leaving OP to do whatever needed to be done for Easter.

He not only got drunk, but ate his children’s Easter eggs and ruined the couch. Doubtful, he would have been the one to clean it up when he couldn’t even be bothered to try to replace the eggs he ate.

If I was his mum, and was told what he did or he told me, I would not only be embarrassed but he wouldn’t be staying with me either in hopes he would see how stupid and ridiculous he had been and go out and replace it with an apology to wife and children. No one needs to drink to the point of drunkenness and not to the extent that it ruins things for others.

I'd lay odds ..he didn't tell mummy the truth.

This is probably the best thing I've ever read. "EVIL BASTARD eating chocolate stolen from his kids should taste like ashes in his mouth" Thank you for this 🤣🤣 ps, I promise you it would have been the most delicious chocolate he's ever tasted because A) He was bladdered, B) It was stolen.

Imagine having a wife who grasses you up to your MUM ffs! No wonder he went out and got shitfaced if he's married to someone who sets alarms at 6am on a Sunday to set up a fucking easter egg hunt

@Unwantedadvice you mean a great mum? At least they've got one parent who cares about their childhood experiences

The secret ingredient is crime?

Definitely. Always tastes better

On a serious note though I really hope his Mum gave him a right telling off.

Eating the eggs I might have been able to get over, but the shitty attitude and lack of remorse or apology to your kids is not on. Would seriously give me the ick and he'd be gone for good.

Fucking Hell! I would be livid and would never want him near me again. What a pathetic manchild.

So sorry for you and for your kids but I really want to give a huge shout out for your very kind friend for stepping in and giving you some eggs for the kids.
How very kind and it’s lovely that you have that support

WTF?! He is an adult capable of buying his own bloody Easter egg. He's eaten FOUR of them in one sitting, not apologised or offered to replace them and doesn't give a shit who he upsets in the process!!

That’s beyond awful behaviour to his family. 😞

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