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AIBU to have eaten a good chunk of dd's easter goodies already?

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MissWooWoo · 06/04/2010 17:26

so far I've eaten one and a half easter eggs, 4 "chick" biscuits, a caramel bunny, some smarties, 2 packets of rollos and some chocolate buttons. There's about all that again left and she's 2.10 ... she'll never know (wish I could say the same about my thighs).

Good effort in the cause of her health or AIBU?

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SpicedGerkin · 06/04/2010 18:21

'Its not spending birthday money it's just a load of chocolate.'

Either way it's taking something that doesn't belong to you.

If whoever gave it to the DD had intended it to go to the mum they'd have given it to her.

Unless you intend to replace it with something else YABU

pigletmania · 06/04/2010 18:22

YANBU how would a 2.10 year old appreciate the finer art of chocolate. I did last year but dd just turned 2 did not want it and was not keen on chocolate, so took it upon myself to eat it myself all in the name of her health of course . Felt so guilty though and this year could not get away with it, so bought myself an Easter egg instead and dds chocolate is in the cupboard and just give it to her bit at a time.

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MissWooWoo · 06/04/2010 18:24

no! there was nothing retrospective about it, dp and I decided as soon as we saw how much she'd been given that there was no way she would be eating all of that - it doesn't keep for ever either - some of hers exp in May this year (wonder if these were bought on the cheap after last Easter??)

the buttons were given to me by dd (she is very good sharer) so ner and there

generally then IANBU.

Good.

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pigletmania · 06/04/2010 18:25

Her Easter chocolate might come in useful when I attempt to toilet train her for the third time in the summer I am going cold turkey its now or never.

chandellina · 06/04/2010 19:37

YANBU, and it's outrageous to suggest you should have to buy her something to make up for it. We had a bunny hunt for DS' chocolate bunny, he had a bit before bed, and then we proceeded to demolish it while he slept.

notquitenormal · 06/04/2010 19:44

Our rule is no more than 1 egg for every year of age. Told everyone about it, so more fool them if they still buy eggs 'cause they're just going to go in my belly.

Squitten · 06/04/2010 19:49

My DS is 18mths and has got a small mountain of choc - he'll never eat it all without being sick so I consider it my maternal duty to assist him

YANBU

nickytwotimes · 06/04/2010 19:49

Yanbu at all.

Don't see the need to replace with anything else unless you particularly want to.

QQQ · 06/04/2010 20:01

YANBU at all! My 2 ds got 16 eggs between them despite us saying we would prefer that they didn't get them.

We've always eaten their eggs I would not dream of allowing them to eat all of them even spread over weeks/months as we don't usually give them much chocolate. Can't see the problem myself, I've said to people that we don't let them eat much choc and we end up eating them instead and they still buy them!!

2rebecca · 06/04/2010 20:53

I think it's fair enough if you tell the giver you intend to eat the egg yourself. If you don't then it's stealing from your kids and I do think that's pretty low.

thesteelfairy2 · 06/04/2010 21:11

There is a thread running currently here in AIBU about a bloke who emptied his kids bank account, not THAT is stealing from your kids.

Eating a bit of chocolate when they have enough to feed a small army is NOT stealing from your kids imvho.

thesteelfairy2 · 06/04/2010 21:13

now

2rebecca · 06/04/2010 23:03

There are degrees of stealing, but I think if you wouldn't steal £5 from your kids you shouldn't steal £5 worth of chocolate. If you don't want them to have chocolate tell the relatives and if they insist on buying it regardless make sure they are aware that you think the kids get too much chocolate and you intend to help them eat it. If everyone is OK with that, including the kids fine.

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MissWooWoo · 07/04/2010 09:48

my mum (responsible for the Easter Egg hunt and hence the ridiculous amount of chocolate) couldn't give a stuff who eats it, she knows very well that we wouldn't allow dd to eat all that choc - she doesn't care! We all had a great day, lots of fun all round, the kids ate a reasonable amount that day and what's really important is that my mum was thrilled to bits with all her grandchildren running around her house squealing and filling their baskets. My dd is too young to understand about Easter - she's forgotten about it already, she's got no idea how many eggs she got or how many are left (or not) - she doesn't care! Next year will probably be a completely different kettle of fish.

Not a bit like taking money - if you seriously think that then you need to get some persective. But if you think IABU that's fine, I did ask

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MissWooWoo · 07/04/2010 09:49

perspective

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