SIL didn’t get DD an egg bc she’s “too old”

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SIL has bought my younger DD, 13, an easter egg but not my older DD, 18, because she’s now an adult. I was absolutely furious when I found out! What an absolute cheek! You don’t buy one without the other. I haven’t given younger DD her egg yet as I don’t want my older one to feel left out. I’m going to go to the shops in a bit and get one for older DD and pretend it’s from SIL!

Would you find this inconsiderate? I would never have the nerve to be this spiteful!

She’s 18 . Doesn’t need buying Easter eggs. Get a grip

Furious 🤣

Get a grip OP 🙄

I remember in my family, my Aunts and Uncles tended to still give things like Easter eggs, Christmas or birthday presents to the children until the youngest turned 18 provided the older one was still living at home and didn’t have kids and there was a close enough age gap. Even if once they got to the age they would rather have the money or a gift voucher it was better than leaving them out. My eldest is 19 and disabled, and my youngest is still under 10 so I think we will continue with Easter eggs or presents until the youngest reaches a certain age.

Why can’t we just be nice to people younger than us?

How unpleasant to suggest that people who are less well off are unkind. If I bought Easter eggs for all my nieces and nephews it would cost me over £80 money I simply do not have to spare.

You do know that being nice doesn't have to mean giving money and gifts ?

So - when the older one is 25? Nah, there has to be a cut off for each child at the same specific age!

Then you’d complain that your elder daughter had had five more years of eggs.

You are truly blessed if this is all you have to worry over OP.

Everyone in my family gets cut off at 18.

Presumably, your 18 year old can drive themselves to the shops and buy themselves an Easter egg with money they could have earned themselves. They can vote in the next election if they feel like it, or get married.

She's an adult. She can vote. I wouldn't dream of getting her an egg if she were my neice.

YABU!

Meh, SIL bought our 3 kids eggs this year... totally took me by surprise because no ones ever done that before. I had no eggs for her 3 kids (BIL step kids) because its literally never been a thing before.

FFS ! Furious over an over priced bit of chocolate, heck some people really need a life.

I'm puzzled by buying nieces/nephews eggs at all.

I think parents/grandparents buying for the kids is enough.

Lots of relatives just buy for children, eldest is an adult. It’s clear cut and fair.

Lol..when should she stop then

haha. Calm down OP.

It's a wind up post

And it worked

It's an Easter egg... what £5! I'm sure your 18 yo couldn't care less!

YABU

hth

If you’re worried about getting the adult DD an egg, I wonder what type of person she is, are you worried she will kick off? If so, you have a bigger problem than an egg. Adult nieces and nephews should expect and be ok with child gifts coming to an end.

Oh dear lord, uncomfortable??? The things people give headspace to.

18 is a perfectly reasonable cut-off. You are massively overreacting

These things stopped at 18 in my family and I was glad they did. At 18 you're working in some capacity and would have been a bit embarrassed to recieve eggs / £10 in a birthday card from an aunty without buying her anything in return. My brother is 4 years older so I kept on getting gifts for 4 years after him, couple of younger cousins got them for a few years after me. But we all stopped at 18 so 18 years of gifts, same with all my cousins. Seemed the fairest way and made sense, we will do the same with my nieces and nephews, will perhaps get them something for their 21st.

You are actually going to go out specially to buy your 18 year old daughter an Easter egg and pretend it's from her auntie? I find this really difficult to believe. Please show her a bit more respect than that and also respect your SIL's decision.