Do you pinch your children's sweets?

[sweetiethief]

I am adopting a bogus identity for this.

My kids are young.
I care about their teeth.
I'm a greedy pig.

When friends visit they often bring sweets for my children but they give them to me to dispense ater dinner as I see fit.

I thank them and nod sagely then as often as not scoff them myself, for the sake of their teeth you understand.

Do any of you do this kind parental act for your darlings?

[jasper]

Okay Star, the game's up.
My name is Jasper, I am guilty of adopting a bogus identitiy as well as being a thief.

Please don't kick me out of mumsnet.

And what's worse,I am supposed to be following the weightwatchers diet...

How many points in a big bag of dolly mixtures and two Tweenies white chocolate bars?

[Claireandrich]

Well, sometimes! DH is a solicitor and looks after the money of some little old ladies. The other day one of these ladies sent DD a car of chocolate which I pinched and ate that night. I was hungry!!! I love chocolate!!! I did promise to replace them with a packet of Buttons though.

Fortunately DD is only 9 months so she doesn't actually know - YET!

[honeybunny]

Bought ds1 some fun size chocolate buttons for a treat after Sunday lunches, a bit of a tradition in our family. Poor boy hasn't had a single bag as I've eaten the lot. He has a dried apricot or apple ring instead. Hardly the same though is it. Sadly I dont even feel guilty about it!!

[Clarinet60]

Pinching their sweets has always been one of my number one best reasons for having kids.
Yum yum.
Glad I'm not the only one.

[Marina]

Well, Jasper, as a dentist you are especially well-placed to know about looking after small children's teeth....

[tigermoth]

I stoop even lower - I eat my sons half eaten and rejected sweets sometimes. Waste not want not!

[soyabean]

Claireandrich: a CAR of chocolate?! That sounds good..

[Inkpen]

Another party bag technique is to grab anything they don't recognise and say, 'you don't like that one, darling' ... and then eat it PDQ!

[jasper]

Marina you are quite right. I take both my professional and parental responsibilities very seriouusly!

[Bumblelion]

I used to work in a sweet shop when I was 15. One of the "perks" of the job was when the kiddies came in to buy their 20p worth of sweets.

The penny-sweetie counter was down low behind a glass screen. I used to have to sit on a stool and the small children would pick out what they wanted.

Whatever they chose, I would go "one for your bag - and pop it in their sweetie bag - and one for me - and pop it in my mouth". The looks on the little ones faces.

Bit mean of me I know but the temptation was too great.

[Bozza]

I've done that too Tigermoth. I've retrieved rejected jelly babies from a pelican bib before now...

[Clarinet60]

someone's probably already said this, but raiding their money boxes is pretty good, too.

I found £2.50 in a 'play' money box of DS1's this morning. Pinched it and spent it, naturally.

(Don't worry, I'll pay it back with interest. One day.)

[Tinker]

Does anyone actually save those £1 and £2 coins that kids get given? I always just say I'll look after it

[WideWebWitch]

Droile, now that I do too!

[jasper]

I buy yummy things for myself and it gets to baby eventually through the breastmilk

[GeorginaA]

Does that mean I'm good in that I leave "IOU" notes in ds' piggybank?!