Mini eggs for Mother's Day.

[ChicMiss]

I get a bag from my child. Who then asks to share them. No. Absolutely no. AIBU for a bit more thought? I don't like that I'm expected to share, they've gone off in a huff and my OH is also in a huff.

Why? It's her mother's day present!
Do you give all your Christmas presents back to who gave them to you?!

You're getting grief on here and I don't know why!
Your daughter needs to learn that gifts are given for the recipient to enjoy not to bloody well share 😅

I think Veruca has saltily left the thread. ( I'll grab my coat)

You’re not entirely unreasonable to hope for a gift that’s just for you OP, but that’s what comes later when your children are older.
Griping about your six year old wanting a mini egg is utterly bonkers

It's a mothers day gift not a bloody Easter gift....all she got was a crappy bag of mini eggs, can't she even have them to herself?.😂

Mortified for you. I cannot imagine acting like this. They're MIIIIINE!...to a six year old.

I assume this is not about the mini eggs and the mini eggs are just reflective of how you feel generally? which is not your child's fault at all. I remember getting in trouble for not getting my mum a wedding anniversary card (her and my dad hated each other and I was a teenager). If you are feeling under appreciated then say something, don;t wait til mothers day.

Mini eggs are divine especially yellow ones. Top tier gift there. I’d share albeit reluctantly

My mum liked to get walnut whips, they were her favourite. Today I’m wondering if that was only because I’m allergic and so she couldn’t share…..

Why do you need a big gift for having sex and going through with the pregnancy? It's bonkers, it's a biological drive not an altruistic act having a baby.

What a batshit post! 😬 Did you actually read that back to yourself before submitting it?! 😂

that's so horrible.
A 6 year old excited to give his mum a present and you think it's crappy and she shouldn't give them one.
there's some horrible attitude

😂

I take it you don't acknowledge your own birthday in any way?
That was just a biological event for you, not anything altruistic.
Getting a card or happy birthday would obviously be bonkers then

I see what you did there 😁

My 8 and 3 year old gave me a box of chocolates this morning. I opened the box and me, DH and children ate half pre breakfast, and we will finish the rest later today. It’s made me smile when they cuddled me and thanked me for sharing my special chocolate.

Did your dd’s dad get her to pick this for you? Is that all you got? Call me mean, but I think even a 6 year old knows that a present is for the recipient and doesn’t have to be shared.

That’s just part of being a mum, sorry! Expect to share all chocolate based gifts until they are a bit older. I can’t believe they chose you mini eggs as a gift and you reacted like this!

and that's the reaction of a normal, loving mother.

ok, you are mean ( no, seriously, mean)

Yep

I thought that your issue was that the child was asking rather than waiting for them to be offered - but no, it seems you, a grown adult, actually don't want to share your sweets with your child. There's really little I can say.

I know, crazy isn't it.

You know when you see how high the divorce rate is; well if i was the OH I would be very much questioning what sort of person I'd married who could be so mean and selfish towards their own young child,

I think a lot of people would have sympathy if the position was "she shouldn't have immediately asked for one but waited to be offered, so I said no to teach her a lesson". But it's not that, as the second post makes clear. The OP wants to keep them all.

Damn, my dad got a ton of chocolate for his birthday and shared it with the whole family

i got my mum a loccitane gift set and she opened it and gave me the hand cream straight away because she knows I love it (that’s why I got her the set, because I know she’ll love the products too). I share chocolate etc. that I get as gifts.