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!

Many adults don't like Cadbury. I'd be taking a Cadbury egg straight to the foodbank drop-off. The one I'd like is £10 (montezumas absolute black). Of course, I would never expect anyone to buy me that! Instead, I tell people I'm only buying for children and please don't buy for me.

Seems perfectly fine to me. You give the younger one her egg off " here's you egg off Auntie, she only buys for children so older sister doesn't get one" I had cut off points of 18 for all my nephews and nieces, except for a 21st gift

Very mean indeed. She thinks 13 is the cutoff for liking chocolate?

You hand your 13yo her egg and tell your 18yo that her auntie is no longer buying eggs for her as she's now an adult. She's old enough to understand that. You do not go out and buy her one and tell her it's from her auntie. What a prat you are going to loom if she then thanks her aunt for the egg that she didn't buy for her.

She's stopped at 18. Adults who like chocolate can buy their own.

Oh well. Congratulations on spending your Easter break being furious about the fact a young adult didn’t receive a hunk of chocolate. 👏

I would expect an 18 year old to fully understand that their younger sibling still gets an egg because they are a child. Nothing unfair about this.

Stopping when they're 18 is fine

Jesus she isn't a child she's a legal adult and it shouldn't need explaining to her why she wasn't bought a ruddy chocolate egg

You're going to pretend to a 18 year old???? What happens when she says thank you?

Did your daughter buy an Easter egg for your SIL?

Oh do get over yourself. It's not worth working yourself up into a tizzy over something that micro-trivial.
Your older daughter's an adult. Lying to her, infantilising her - that's the problem right there.

I can't believe how many people are taking this seriously.

Far too much deliberate frothing in the OP for me.

I’d of got one for them both but it’s just an Easter egg, it doesn’t really matter. If you are that upset maybe get her one so she’s not left out.

Then you would be going on about how it was SO unfair that your older DD has had 25 years or whatever of easter eggs and the younger one has only had 18.

There is absolutely no drama at 18 can’t see the problem with been told your too old and 18 is cut off

Then you'd be in here moaning that DD1 for eggs for 23 years but DD2 only got them for 18.

It's completely normal for things like this to stop at 18, my family stopped at 13, she's an adult now.

Get a grip - if this is all your 18 year old has to worry about she (and you) are doing well.
You are absolutely furious and it is inconsiderate and spiteful - are you well? because this is a huge overreaction. I feel very sorry for your SIL. DD is no longer a child so she only get's Easter Eggs for kids - hardly difficult to understand.

She's not unreasonable, and definitely not spiteful. With a 5 year age gap, she'd have to buy your older one easter eggs well into adulthood. And then your younger one would find it unfair when hers stopped at 18.

Uncomfortable - maybe if you had a 3 and 5 year old maybe not a bloody 18 year old adult!

Presents stop for kids at 18 in our family.

Yes, for the younger daughter only. At that stage the older daughter would be 23. Would you still expect her to get an egg? You are being very unreasonable.

Furious?

You are being a total drama llama OP.

Lots of people stop doing eggs when adults.

Even if you don't know agree - fury is not a proportionate response.

Calm down

I only buy presents for children and my family are very happy with this as it gives them fewer presents to buy themselves. I have nieces and nephews who really would rather have the cash. I did think about stopping at 18, but in the end decided that they would probably still be studying then. I now stop at 21 and this seems to be the right decision.

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It would never occur to me to buy an adult niece an Easter egg.

You say that but my SIL did an Easter Egg hunt for her children and their partners. Forgotten quite how old my niece and nephew are but they have left Uni and are now working - let's say late 20's!!!!