To have mega mum guilt

[Crouchingdragonhiddentiger]

…over not doing elf on the shelf?!

I’ve seen so many Facebook and instagram posts tonight of this huge set ups - balloons, sweets, gifts and the elves, all making this huge thing on 1st December.

I’ve bought my 6 year old DS an advent calendar from Aldi and that’s it! I feel so tight now.

We are going round to a friends house tomorrow, who does it for her son, I have no idea what to say if mine starts asking why we don’t - because most parents seem to say “the elves won’t come if you’ve been naughty” I don’t want him to think he has been or doesn’t deserve it in some way.

I've never done this elf on the shelf bollocks. You are an excellent mum for protecting your child from this completely over the top shite. Aldi advent calendar is perfect. Always remember, you don't have to do something just because everyone else does.

@GridlockonMain 'Surveillance elf', so true!

I’ve looked on social media this morning and some peoples living rooms look likes it’s Christmas Day with all the stuff they’ve bought. I feel guilty as we only have chocolate advent calendars but this has been how we’ve done it long before those other things became a thing.

In a nutshell.

Conveniently ignoring 99% of the rest of my post.

Regardless, why should anyone be encouraged to buy £1 plastic tat made in China?

Guilty of what?

Are your children being abused? Neglected?

Maybe that’s what Tony Blair was up to recently…

No elves in this house....we told our girls that the elves go to houses where it's not decided yet if they're on the nice or naughty list

They shouldn’t. But if I was having ‘mega mum guilt’ over a £1 plastic tat toy to
such an extent I had to make a mn post about it, I’d just buy the damn thing.

Mums have guilt over many, many, MANY things – some might say everything. Feeling guilty over something is not a reason to give yourself even more to do when OP is probably already doing fantastically. What bad advice.

It’s total bs so well done for avoiding it.

I thought you were suffering from Maga mum guilt. I mean, nobody's perfect.