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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]F the patriarchy and the expectation that I work FT and handle every family obligation and holiday.

To those who say don’t do it, well you’re depriving your kids of normal holiday rituals. You’ll also be sacrificing your marriage since the societal expectation is that as a woman you create a nice home life. If you don’t go along with this, you’ll struggle to have friends and your DH might replace you.

It’s a scam and the only solution is to NOT HAVE CHILDREN, which plenty of young women have realized. [/quote]

If Easter was important to me I would have married a Christian man who wanted to celebrate it. I don't get upset about not celebrating holidays that mean nothing to me and I don't raise my kids with expectations that they will receive gifts for holidays we don't celebrate.[/quote]

Then this post isn’t for you. You don’t celebrate Easter.

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DP This post does raise the topic of whether celebrating Easter a certain way is a requirement for being a good parent.

Specifically:

Easter themed candy (as determined by one spouse) = good parenting
Non-Easter themed candy (as determined by one spouse) = bad parenting[/quote]

This is on a relationship site.  It isn’t about parenting.  
Even if they weren’t his kids, and a neighbor asked him to pick up candy to fill Easter eggs with, it would be weird for him to wait two weeks, give them random candy from the checkout counter, and be pissed if they didn’t use it.  [/quote]

But would OP still be complaining about her husband if it weren't for his failure to provide them with the Instagram worthy Easter egg hunt that OP has decided single handedly they deserve?[/quote]

100%

I think DH’s response as a non-religious person is far more normal. [b]Easter egg hunts are stupid[/b] and if DW had a really specific vision of how to do it - she should have organized it herself. Sending DH to the store without a specific list when she has a particular vision is setting him up to fail.

My 12 year old’s favorite candy is Payday so he would have loved DH’s idea.[/quote]

YOU may think they're stupid, and that's fine. But that's a universal statement. You can say I THINK Easter egg hunts are stupid. You don't get to decree that they are. [/quote]

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