Lady Blasted For Ruining Easter By Opting For Pre-Filled Plastic Eggs Rather Than Preserving The Family Tradition Of Painting Eggs

“My mom accused me of depriving my children of the fun we had as kids dyeing eggs.”

Jesse

• Published in Interesting
• April 2, 2024

When it comes to quirky family traditions, few things rival the annual Easter egg dyeing extravaganza. For Our narrator (Original Poster), this colorful tradition turned into a battle of wits and preferences that left everyone questioning the true essence of Easter joy.

From a young age, OP detested the messy business of dyeing Easter eggs. Yet, she partook in the colorful ritual every year, courtesy of her mom's obsession with the tradition.

Fast forward to adulthood and motherhood, and the egg-dyeing saga continued, albeit reluctantly. When OP couldn’t take it any more she started sending her kids to her mom’s to help, craftily removing herself from the entire ordeal.

However, as they grew older, they too lost interest in the dyeing affair. Enter plastic eggs, the saviors of Easter sanity for OP. No longer did she have to endure messy, dye-stained fingers.

Instead, she embraced the convenience of plastic eggs and filled them with whatever.The family convened at her brother’s place for Easter each year and OP trudged along with her plastic eggs.

Last year, she couldn’t even be bothered to m fill her own eggs. So, she ordered pre-filled slime eggs instead and they turned out to be a smash hit among the younger members of the family.

But OP’s mom? Not so much.

She slammed OP’s innovative twist as ‘lazy’ and accused her of ruining the Easter magic for her niblings. Her dad urged her to cave in to make her mom happy but her brother believed the whole thing was blown out of proportion. 

Did OP really do anything wrong? 

The story in detail

A bit of background

OP resorted to buying plastic easter eggs and filling them with goodies instead of dyeing eggs.

Recently, OP moved from plastic eggs to pre-filled slime eggs. However, her mom wasn’t happy about this

OP’s mom can’t stand that fact that the tradition of dyeing eggs is slowly fading away

We gathered some reactions from the Reddit community:

“The Easter egg tradition is dead. Long live the Easter egg tradition.”

“NTB at all The kids enjoy the prefilled eggs so much that they asked you to bring them again.”

“I'm pretty sure the kids aren't going to care whether it's dyed chickens' eggs or plastic ones.”

“Wait.... People dye regular eggs??? Like chicken ones? Is this like and American thing?”

“Tell her egg dying was the craft SHE loved and mummifying the corpses of people who irritated you is the craft YOU love.”

“Your mother can dye all the eggs she wants, but no one else wants to or needs to. What a waste of time and money.”

In the eyes of the Redditors, OP definitely wasn’t the b**face here. They emphasized that her little spin on Easter eggs doesn't diminish her mom's love for egg-dyeing. Who says two traditions can’t co-exist harmoniously? 

Being a good mom / aunt meant embracing what brought the kids happiness, and it was clearly slimy eggs in this case. Commenters dubbed OP a great aunt and cheered her on in her quest to keep bringing smiles with her slime-filled eggs.

What do you think about this story? Let us know in the comments.

Jesse