Althouse: "AITA for participating in my neighborhood’s easter egg hunt that was meant for children?"

April 16, 2023

"AITA for participating in my neighborhood’s easter egg hunt that was meant for children?"

A hilarious "Am I the Asshole" posting gets cross-posted at "Am I the Devil" (a subreddit for cross-posting when it's obvious the answer is yes).

16 comments:

Wince said...: A hilarious "Am I the Asshole" posting gets cross-posted at "Am I the Devil" (a subreddit for cross-posting when it's obvious the answer is yes).

So, he's either an "Asshole" or the "Devil" for participating in the children's Easter egg hunt?

But had he dressed as a female exotic dancer and solicited chocolate eggs from children as his "tips" for his performance that would have been socially acceptable?; 4/16/23, 10:07 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: Took our toddler and newborn to our municipal Easter egg hunt, not for the eggs, but there was other stuff to do there. Interesting people watching. You learn more about people watching them with their families than almost any other method, but I'm still learning. Something I've noticed especially since covid is more hyper-awareness from well-to-do white parents than before. I don't have experience with this yet because my kids are too young to get into it with other kids yet.

Something else. More racial awareness. Much less multi-racial interaction. My wife is white but foreign-born, and I've even seen people react to my family differently when they hear her speak. All of this behavior is among the white well-to-do, the supposedly militantly anti-racist. My theory? Everyone is seeing things happening regardless of politics and it's having a cooling effect across the board.; 4/16/23, 10:09 AM
robother said...: Answering this particular query must've been as easy as....; 4/16/23, 10:24 AM
Bob Boyd said...: This woman should move away...and change her name. Because, if he catches up with her, and he will sooner or later, one of these dark nights the ether bunny is going to come up behind her, cover her face with a rag, drag her behind a hedge and she'll never be seen again.; 4/16/23, 10:26 AM
iowan2 said...: I've looked at a couple of these AITA posts you have put up.

Seems a lot like the question,Am I an alcoholic? If you keep taking the online test, you're 95% on the way to YES.; 4/16/23, 10:34 AM
Joe Smith said...: Maybe he's single and there are a lot of hot moms there.

In that case, he would be a genius...; 4/16/23, 10:45 AM
Zavier Onasses said...: Assholes and Easter. An unlikely pairing of tags.

Umph. Mental image of anal sex toy. Can't unsee that one.; 4/16/23, 10:45 AM
n.n said...: Yes, you are. Conflation of child and adult, boy and girl, sex and gender, are clear and progressive conditions with forward-looking effects.; 4/16/23, 10:48 AM
Biff said...: Now looking for:

"AITA for being a biological male and participating in an athletic event that was meant for girls?"; 4/16/23, 10:53 AM
tim maguire said...: It’s hard to believe that story is real.
Signing up as a 25-yr-old because she couldn’t help herself—so at 24, it was fine? At 18? Even at 15 she would have noticed the age difference.
She had no self-consciousness, and just plowed kids over in her excitement, not realizing something was amiss?
None of the other parents said anything until it was over?
A 25-yr-old? Seriously?; 4/16/23, 11:09 AM
n.n said...: Kramer Dominates the Dojo; 4/16/23, 11:31 AM
gilbar said...: When the hunt began I didn’t mean to go too crazy but after I filled my basket then looked back, my path was marked by a clear swath of eggless grass. Some of the kids definitely didn’t get as much candy as me but everyone seemed happy enough. As I made my way back to my partner though, the parents were making comments that they knew I would overhear about how the egg hunt was for children.

She says there were about 70 kids, Then she says that she 'would have' given each kid one of her eggs..
But that would have meant that she would have been "basically" out of eggs..
SO this disgusting excuse for a human (with NO Children) scooped up More Than 70 eggs!; 4/16/23, 12:17 PM
MadisonMan said...: On Easter morning, I was out for a walk -- I think it was 9ish -- and I went past a house where I know kids live (they're 16 now, but kids) and there were easter eggs scattered around the yard, and I'm thinking Mom put them there, and the kids were still sleeping.
I did not scoop them up. But I did laugh, thinking about 16-yos sleeping in and missing out.; 4/16/23, 3:43 PM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/16/23, 5:47 PM
farmgirl said...: When our kids were little, our son(now 30!) his eggs and made the adults look for them. He loved trading and he loved being in charge lol. After our big dinner it was so funny watching adults searching everywhere for those well hidden eggs- laughing and competing to be the one w/the most eggs.

Now he has a 5month old daughter.
Good times are ahead of us still.

I’m thinking the a/hole was identifying as her inner child.
Oh well.; 4/16/23, 6:57 PM
Temp Blog said...: A perfect example of female privilege. There is absolutely no way a young adult male would have been permitted to get away with that.; 4/17/23, 2:58 PM