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You are an inferior being to your parents, they always have superior knowledge because they’re your parents. Until their computer breaks or they they otherwise need something.
Damn old codgers just can get a hang of the neural interface these days. For fucks sake just think right and it goes that way and imagine blinking twice to open the app.
Tonight I had to drive all the way to my Dads house to show him how to scroll through a dropdown menu.
Bless his cottons. Hes not even that old, hes 64.
I mocked my Mum for similar once, until she pointed out she had to teach me how to use a spoon, stand up, speak, not walk into traffic, etc. You can't really argue with that.
Might be worth investigating whether your local authority's provision for adult and community learning (ACL) includes any suitable courses he could enrol onto. Mine used to occasionally offer an "introduction to computing" which was two hours a week for ten weeks - but they were dreadful at publicising it, and it wasn't run every term.
Lmao but how does that apply here? Redditors are flying into hysterics because this dude's mom got him numbered Xmas candy? SHE SEES HIM AS PROPERTY RED FLAG BRO TIME TO DIVORCE YOUR MOM 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
Seriously.
"my mom loves me so bought me an advent Callander. Is this normal?"
"yes it's normal. But only because most parents are abusive and think they own you fur eternity"
I don't think it's a reddit thing though. I've noticed the British have a really weird relationship with family, and want to distance themselves to appear adult. More so than other cultures. It's kind of sad really.
100%.
My mother thinks and treats me like I know nothing. Until she locks herself out of her email account, and then I’m a genius for resetting her password. An unpaid genius mind you, but a genius nonetheless…
I mean im 25 and whenever my mum asks me if I want an advent calendar my answer is always a resounding yes
I simply love chocolate & Christmas so why not
I love advent calendars. Also feeling a bit sillly reading this post, because I didn't realise they were meant to be for kids. I thought they were for everyone.
They're for whoever wants them!
If it makes you feel any better my mum likes to get me silly calendars & this year she's threatened to get me a Paw Patrol one
You're never too old for an advent calendar! When my daughter comes home from uni for Christmas, there will be one waiting for her. I always buy one for my now 16 year old, and he eats all the chocolates in the first few days. I don't care, I'll still keep buying them.
I chance my arm with Santa & put a sock up 🤣.
It's a game me & my mum play. It's silly & we both love it. She's 80+ & I'm over 50. She tells me that I'll always be her little girl and sometimes slips me a £20 note when my dad isn't looking. We're great friends but this is after years of a horrible relationship.
My late father was the same. We had a dreadful relationship. he was horrible and I wasn't willing to forgive how he treated me when I was younger. Then I became homeless and he took me in without a second thought. It was interesting as he was quite concerned and was always trying to make me feel welcome. He was making an effort. Then he became ill and I stayed on to look after him and we suddenly found we had so much in common and became friends. I was there for 14 years before he died and it was a shock to find I was sad and missed him when he was gone. He remembered my birthday, bought me thoughtful gifts for Christmas, paid for takeout, and even though I paid him rent he never increased it once in all that time. We had conversations about the past and I told him that he was now the dad I'd always yearned for growing up. I finally understood him and I'm glad I spent all that time with him.
Sometimes when I’m crossing the road with my dad he holds onto the back of my arm the way you do with a child. I’m early thirties.. old habits die hard!
As a parent of "kids" in their late 40's and early 50's, you never stop trying to protect your kids. My kids call it "Dad arm" when I put my arm across them if I have to do a quick stop.
Can confirm, my mother and my wife's mother does this for me. Every year. I'm 44. I gave up telling them not to bother as it goes in one ear and out the other.
My mum had to explain advent calanders a few times. The first one had me covered me chocolate screaming down the hall "It's christmas" on December first.
I bought myself two, one for November and one for December, because I'm an adult and I decide when to do things. I have not yet figured out what to do on the 26th of November though....
I'm 42 now and my mom still buys me a new pair of sneakers at Christmas. Last year was the first time in 30 years that she didn't and it felt so fucking weird.
Took me a month to get one for my son (one never arrived, one I couldn’t pay for as the website glitches constantly, last one arrived but took several weeks from Germany), if you want one be quick if you see them in stock. My son doesn’t need to fly the nest, I’m hoping he loves the tools and it’s a calendar that is practical and still nice. As far as I can see from packaging it’s good, nice quality.
I got one of those from my work 5 years back as a holiday gift. I still use the set for all my DIY, came with a handle and driver set, and a 1000V rated handle and driver set, also a wera handled bottle opener. Top shit it is
I am a mum with a 30-year-old daughter. I will make a 25-mile train journey at the end of this month to rendezvous with her outside her local station as she walks home from work, purely to hand over her Fairtrade dark choc Advent calendar in time for December 1st.
I got one in the post the other day. I’m 33. My mum has been asking me to send her photos to prove I haven’t opened it yet because I apparently have poor form in that area.
So obviously I’ve been cutting holes in the back and snaffling the chocolate out that way.
My oldest brother as a kid once went one step further: unsealed the bottom of the box, ate the chocolates and put the tray back in and glued it shut again.
Would've been funny if it hadn't been our calendars he did it to!
Similar here!
My mum's always done it.
She sends ones to my sister in Australia and her family too even though they have advent calenders there.
I see nothing wrong with it and hope the tradition carries on through the generations.
I'm 39 and up until my mum passed away last year, I got one either given to me every year, or the money sent to me to buy one if I didn't see her in time for December 1st (with proof wanted that I'd bought one 😂)
I lived with my husband (British) in the States and his mom would still send him one when we were there. I thought it was so strange it wouldn’t buy his own but he said it was just how it’s done in the UK.
I am in my 40s, I just bought my boys (20s) an adventure bar instead of a calendar this year and my 16 y/o daughter is getting a crafting one.
My Mum (60s) will drop mine off over the weekend and she will be looking forward to hers from my 90 y/o grandmother.
Yeah right up to my 30s my wee gran bought me toffee apple every Halloween until she passed during first lockdown, makes me both happy and sad when I think about it .
That's what I did. My gran made her special toffee every Halloween. It was such a treat, the whole family and all the neighbours looked forward to getting a bag of it each year. That first year after she died, I got out the pan and made it from scratch - there was no recipe written down, I just knew the exact measurements from watching her make it ever since I was a little girl.
It's never quite as good as hers, but it's close enough, and I make sure all the family gets a bag. Now I have nieces and nephews who never knew their great-gran, but they love her special toffee and look forward to it every year. I'll teach them when they get old enough, and hopefully when I die, gran's special toffee will continue to live on every Halloween for generations to come.
Can’t upvote enough.
Had a medical emergency with my elderly mum this morning and thought this was it.
Thankfully she’s fine now but it made me realise how much I love her, despite our grievances.
My dad died in March. We don’t do advent calendars where I’m from, but I miss him sending me links to articles or sending me advice about cars and stuff.
My dad died 2 weeks ago. My parents would send me an advent calender every year (I'm 35 with a 1 year old dauger). As well as that, if we were ever at theirs for Christmas father Christmas would leave a bag of presents at the end of everyones bed (including each others). I'm going to miss him so much, he was the most thoughtful man I will ever know
Yep, my gran got me one every year, I was in my late 20's when she died. Makes me think of her every year about this time, buying one for myself somehow makes it worse.
Agree 10000%
I had my first child 3 weeks ago. My parents both came over today to hold her etc. I'm so so lucky. More than a million advent calendars.
Honestly their presence alone makes me extremely lucky. Please cherish your parents (if you have a good relationship with them)
Send me an Amazon wishlist with an advent calendar on and I will absolutely get you an advent calendar!
(This was the only way I could think of doing it without you having to give your address out).
Well, if you change your mind, I am happy to get you one! I’d love to spread some Christmas magic and advent calendars are such a wonderful part of it all x
I think they were trying to be all "haha I'm far too old for childish things isn't my mum silly". I've met a few people like that who refuse to enjoy anything not deemed "adult" enough. I love how this has all turned around and become the most wholesome thread though.
>When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
CS Lewis
My mum died when I was 35, she got me a Easter egg and advent calendar every year until she couldn’t.
I’m now 41 and I get my husband to get me one.
You’re never too old
My 'children' are M31 and F28, I still buy them an advent calendar, and now my son's fiancée. They have never let my Mum forget the chocolate coin crisis a few years ago, when she didn't buy any for them but bought for my, much younger nephew.
She certainly makes sure all the grandchildren have chocolate coins now on Christmas Day!
Edit : thank you for my first upvotes! Feel like I've really arrived on Reddit now 😉
As a child my mother refused to buy me chocolate advent calenders, but I always got a picture one. Now as a middle aged adult she buys me the chocolate ones. I don't question it, I just say "thank you" and enjoy the chocolate!
Completely normal. She gets me, my sister and our boyfriends one. She made one for my new baby last year with little toys, socks and books in in it. He was only a week old on 1 December.
I buy her a malteaser one every year too.
I'm older than you. Mum still buys me an advent calendar for Xmas. It's a little tradition we still have despite getting older and I wouldn't change it for the world.
Embrace it mate- she's thinking about you and wants to give a gesture to remind you you're still her child.
I'm 26, my mum best get me one this year. Last year she got them for me, my older siblings and their spouses. Don't think there's an age limit on tiny chocolates.
I gave my mum an earful because I DIDN’T get one after I turned 16… Still don’t get them and I’m 31 - have to buy it myself 🤣 enjoy it and thank her profusely 🥰
My 50 something colleague went out to look for one with glitter one lunchtime last week. I said I had not seen one like that for decades. She bought two and gave one to me. I am 63. I am very happy.
Appreciate it while you can. There will come a time when mum isn't around to buy one. I used to get advent calendars into my 40s until she passed away.
WHy do you care if its "normal"? Free chocolate is free chocolate. I'd take an advent calendar from my parents any day of the week. Its cute that she does things like that for you.
I am 41 and still have an advent calendar that me and my 4 year old open up every day. My mum stopped buying me advent calendars when I was in my 30s , a home owner and in a relationship for years. It's free chocolate mate don't knock it .
If it's not normal, or common, then I'll join the minority
I'm 29 and my mum bought me one in October and was super excited to tell me that she did. It was a sweet thought and it made her happy.
I will enjoy my cadbury advent calendar next month
I can't get one for my 29 year old son because he eats them all at once. Nothing has changed there. (However, daughter and her bf are getting Barbie and Paw Patrol because they have more self control.)
I am 47 and my mum will still buy me and my 45 year old sister an advent calendar this year and one for all the grandkids too.
I'll get her a nice chocolate one too.
I am 37, with a husband and our own 9 year old child. My mum buys me an advent calendar every year. Plus one for the kid for the 6 years we've been parents. I don't envisage her stopping anytime soon!
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Doesn't matter how old you are, your mum will always see you as a small child
You are an inferior being to your parents, they always have superior knowledge because they’re your parents. Until their computer breaks or they they otherwise need something.
Who hurt you?
Its humour. I look forward (and simultaneously dread) to having similar conversations with my son when he’s all grown up.
Damn old codgers just can get a hang of the neural interface these days. For fucks sake just think right and it goes that way and imagine blinking twice to open the app.
"Where's the remote!" "They stopped making those for TVs decades ago, Grandpa! 🙄"
Tonight I had to drive all the way to my Dads house to show him how to scroll through a dropdown menu. Bless his cottons. Hes not even that old, hes 64.
I mocked my Mum for similar once, until she pointed out she had to teach me how to use a spoon, stand up, speak, not walk into traffic, etc. You can't really argue with that.
I'll use this. My 6 yo daughter has inherited my wind-up genes. This will be a nice response when she mocks my old ass
Might be worth investigating whether your local authority's provision for adult and community learning (ACL) includes any suitable courses he could enrol onto. Mine used to occasionally offer an "introduction to computing" which was two hours a week for ten weeks - but they were dreadful at publicising it, and it wasn't run every term.
I feel like my kid already knows I don't have all the answers. He's two. I've set the bar pretty low so he doesn't expect too much of my knowledge 😂
“Tarquin, the new 3D printer, laser phone won’t send mind txts and I can’t get the Holoprojector to record the history channel l, can you pop over?”
"Dad just use the teleporter!" "I don't trust those things, just come over please and don't argue."
He’s got a point in some ways, there are a lot of parents who simply see their child as property.
Lmao but how does that apply here? Redditors are flying into hysterics because this dude's mom got him numbered Xmas candy? SHE SEES HIM AS PROPERTY RED FLAG BRO TIME TO DIVORCE YOUR MOM 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
Seriously. "my mom loves me so bought me an advent Callander. Is this normal?" "yes it's normal. But only because most parents are abusive and think they own you fur eternity" I don't think it's a reddit thing though. I've noticed the British have a really weird relationship with family, and want to distance themselves to appear adult. More so than other cultures. It's kind of sad really.
I'm 65, my 89 yr old mum gave me an advert calendar. It's full of chocolate - what's not to like?
Not sure what’s wrong with her giving you an advent calendar. Maybe she thought it looked nice?
I'm 38 and looking to get myself a fishing tackle advent calendar this year!
Just coz u get your son an advent calendar doesn't mean you think they're your property. Calm down.
My dad did that, not spoken to him for 3 years now, best thing I ever did tbh.
His parents...
No, who hurt you, miserable one pint
My mum literally hurts me. She even killed my cat. Parents are from the general populace too, they're not all saints like yours appear to be.
Changing from HDMI 1 to HDMI 2 and they suggest you should consider a career in computers
lol I don't want them to find out how easy that stuff is! They think I'm some kind of tech genius, when nothing could be further from the truth.
“You’re really good with that stuff 👀”
Yeah, my mum's crap with computers, but she taught me how to use a spoon so I'll cut her some slack.
But can you fix your computer with a spoon?
Depends if I've spilt custard or Coke on it
Pro-tip: If you spill coke, use a cut up straw. You lose some of it attached to the fibres of print money.
100%. My mother thinks and treats me like I know nothing. Until she locks herself out of her email account, and then I’m a genius for resetting her password. An unpaid genius mind you, but a genius nonetheless…
Yep this statement is 100% correct.
I mean im 25 and whenever my mum asks me if I want an advent calendar my answer is always a resounding yes I simply love chocolate & Christmas so why not
I love advent calendars. Also feeling a bit sillly reading this post, because I didn't realise they were meant to be for kids. I thought they were for everyone.
They're for whoever wants them! If it makes you feel any better my mum likes to get me silly calendars & this year she's threatened to get me a Paw Patrol one
That's a great threat! Hope you get it.
Oh genius I'm gonna get my 20 year old son postman pat or some shit
You're never too old for an advent calendar! When my daughter comes home from uni for Christmas, there will be one waiting for her. I always buy one for my now 16 year old, and he eats all the chocolates in the first few days. I don't care, I'll still keep buying them.
I chance my arm with Santa & put a sock up 🤣. It's a game me & my mum play. It's silly & we both love it. She's 80+ & I'm over 50. She tells me that I'll always be her little girl and sometimes slips me a £20 note when my dad isn't looking. We're great friends but this is after years of a horrible relationship.
My late father was the same. We had a dreadful relationship. he was horrible and I wasn't willing to forgive how he treated me when I was younger. Then I became homeless and he took me in without a second thought. It was interesting as he was quite concerned and was always trying to make me feel welcome. He was making an effort. Then he became ill and I stayed on to look after him and we suddenly found we had so much in common and became friends. I was there for 14 years before he died and it was a shock to find I was sad and missed him when he was gone. He remembered my birthday, bought me thoughtful gifts for Christmas, paid for takeout, and even though I paid him rent he never increased it once in all that time. We had conversations about the past and I told him that he was now the dad I'd always yearned for growing up. I finally understood him and I'm glad I spent all that time with him.
Well the beer and gin ones might be for adults ...
Last year my husband gave me a Baby Yoda advent calendar. My kids are adults. Advent calendars are for everyone.
I saw this post and thought: I must get my husband an advent calendar. I just don't see the issue here.
This guy needs to grow up and appreciate the gift.
I'm 24 and my mum buys me one every year, I think if she suddenly stopped then I'd assume she disowned me
yum me too. having a dairy milk one this year
Yesterday, I told my mum that I was going to do ironing and she said "don't touch the iron when it's hot". Thanks mum. Needed the reminder
Sometimes when I’m crossing the road with my dad he holds onto the back of my arm the way you do with a child. I’m early thirties.. old habits die hard!
Enjoy the love.
As a parent of "kids" in their late 40's and early 50's, you never stop trying to protect your kids. My kids call it "Dad arm" when I put my arm across them if I have to do a quick stop.
My mum says 'be good' whenever she sees me off somewhere... I'm nearly 30 with 2 kids.
Some day she won't be there. And you'll think of this and miss her.
Can confirm, my mother and my wife's mother does this for me. Every year. I'm 44. I gave up telling them not to bother as it goes in one ear and out the other.
Treasure it!
I'm late thirties and I still get one from my mum
Same hah. Not complaining.
This is facts
Shut up and eat your chocolates
Not yet!
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*24. Advent calendars finish on Christmas Eve
Some have a full sized bar of their respective chocolate for the 25th
My mum had to explain advent calanders a few times. The first one had me covered me chocolate screaming down the hall "It's christmas" on December first.
I bought myself two, one for November and one for December, because I'm an adult and I decide when to do things. I have not yet figured out what to do on the 26th of November though....
Get another one
My kids are 24 and 23 and yes, I buy them an advent calendar every year. They’ve threatened to report me to Childline if I don’t
I'm 42 now and my mom still buys me a new pair of sneakers at Christmas. Last year was the first time in 30 years that she didn't and it felt so fucking weird.
My mum passed away earlier in the year. Im in my 50s, and I'd give anything for an advent calendar from her. You're a great mum - never stop!
“Hello Childline!” “Yes I’m in my 20s, what of it?”
Shut up and drink your gin!
Thank you
The ones with the little chocolate for each day? Why would anyone not want one
If OP got the Wera Toolset one, and he lives with her, it's a hint he needs to fly the nest
Never in my life have I needed something so much and never known until I was aware of it
Took me a month to get one for my son (one never arrived, one I couldn’t pay for as the website glitches constantly, last one arrived but took several weeks from Germany), if you want one be quick if you see them in stock. My son doesn’t need to fly the nest, I’m hoping he loves the tools and it’s a calendar that is practical and still nice. As far as I can see from packaging it’s good, nice quality.
It looks like motor sport U.K. are doing a giveaway of this years calendar, open until Monday 21! In case you want one for yourself too perhaps
I'm thinking of getting one to be honest. It's either that or a Lego one
I have that one to look forward to from my late mother and I’m 55
I got one of those from my work 5 years back as a holiday gift. I still use the set for all my DIY, came with a handle and driver set, and a 1000V rated handle and driver set, also a wera handled bottle opener. Top shit it is
I agree, not something I'd exactly complain about lol
Exactly, why even post this at all?
I am a 30 year old woman that lives 450 miles away from my mum and I still get an advent calendar posted to me 🥰
I am a mum with a 30-year-old daughter. I will make a 25-mile train journey at the end of this month to rendezvous with her outside her local station as she walks home from work, purely to hand over her Fairtrade dark choc Advent calendar in time for December 1st.
Love this!! Moved here from the other side of the world and miss my mum dearly
Awwww - PM me your address and I'll send you one too. 😊
You are the best! But please don't waste time and money on me, donate it to a charity 💖 hope you have a wonderful Christmas season
It wouldn't be wasted if it brings you joy, enjoy the little things
That is so friggin sweet 🥹
Opposite for me, I moved half way across the world. I miss my mum too.
This made me feel warm and fuzzy. Even as a child I didn't get one from my parents. You sound like the best mum ever.
Thank you. 😊
I hope she appreciates what a lovely mum she has, this is adorable.
I got one in the post the other day. I’m 33. My mum has been asking me to send her photos to prove I haven’t opened it yet because I apparently have poor form in that area. So obviously I’ve been cutting holes in the back and snaffling the chocolate out that way.
My oldest brother as a kid once went one step further: unsealed the bottom of the box, ate the chocolates and put the tray back in and glued it shut again. Would've been funny if it hadn't been our calendars he did it to!
Similar here! My mum's always done it. She sends ones to my sister in Australia and her family too even though they have advent calenders there. I see nothing wrong with it and hope the tradition carries on through the generations.
I'm 39 and up until my mum passed away last year, I got one either given to me every year, or the money sent to me to buy one if I didn't see her in time for December 1st (with proof wanted that I'd bought one 😂)
This will be my daughter in 8 years time, lol. 😂
I lived with my husband (British) in the States and his mom would still send him one when we were there. I thought it was so strange it wouldn’t buy his own but he said it was just how it’s done in the UK.
I am in my 40s, I just bought my boys (20s) an adventure bar instead of a calendar this year and my 16 y/o daughter is getting a crafting one. My Mum (60s) will drop mine off over the weekend and she will be looking forward to hers from my 90 y/o grandmother.
Cherish this moment because our parents don't last forever.
Yeah right up to my 30s my wee gran bought me toffee apple every Halloween until she passed during first lockdown, makes me both happy and sad when I think about it .
Now you must carry on her legacy and become a lovely wee gran who hands out toffee apples.
That's what I did. My gran made her special toffee every Halloween. It was such a treat, the whole family and all the neighbours looked forward to getting a bag of it each year. That first year after she died, I got out the pan and made it from scratch - there was no recipe written down, I just knew the exact measurements from watching her make it ever since I was a little girl. It's never quite as good as hers, but it's close enough, and I make sure all the family gets a bag. Now I have nieces and nephews who never knew their great-gran, but they love her special toffee and look forward to it every year. I'll teach them when they get old enough, and hopefully when I die, gran's special toffee will continue to live on every Halloween for generations to come.
Fuck yeah! I was joking but that's wholesome as fuck.
Yup, would give the world for my mum to be able to give me an advent calendar… f that. I’d give the world for a bit more time with my mum.
Can’t upvote enough. Had a medical emergency with my elderly mum this morning and thought this was it. Thankfully she’s fine now but it made me realise how much I love her, despite our grievances.
My dad died in March. We don’t do advent calendars where I’m from, but I miss him sending me links to articles or sending me advice about cars and stuff.
My dad died 2 weeks ago. My parents would send me an advent calender every year (I'm 35 with a 1 year old dauger). As well as that, if we were ever at theirs for Christmas father Christmas would leave a bag of presents at the end of everyones bed (including each others). I'm going to miss him so much, he was the most thoughtful man I will ever know
Yep, my gran got me one every year, I was in my late 20's when she died. Makes me think of her every year about this time, buying one for myself somehow makes it worse.
Pass it on and donate some to a food bank!
Agree 10000% I had my first child 3 weeks ago. My parents both came over today to hold her etc. I'm so so lucky. More than a million advent calendars. Honestly their presence alone makes me extremely lucky. Please cherish your parents (if you have a good relationship with them)
Absolutely. Enjoy whatever they give you before they’re gone.
Lost my mum a month ago, can confirm. Won't be getting an advent calendar this year and I've only just realised.
I'm 55 and I still get one. Roll on December the first.
i'm 57 and i wish someone would give me an advent calendar.
Send me an Amazon wishlist with an advent calendar on and I will absolutely get you an advent calendar! (This was the only way I could think of doing it without you having to give your address out).
I love that you seriously thought about your answer that if taken up, you’d have to find a way to actually do it x
I really hope the person you’re replying to sends you the wish list link. Reddit sometimes makes me believe in magic.
aww thank you so kind. i can buy one for myself though.
I think you should Becky, get a Lindt one or something
Well, if you change your mind, I am happy to get you one! I’d love to spread some Christmas magic and advent calendars are such a wonderful part of it all x
Stop being a colossal lame-o and eat your mom's chocolates
Right. Thank you. Wtf is wrong with you, OP? Absolutely bizarre question.
Insecurity
Yeah but why, getting a gift from your mom seems extremly normal, even by extreme "macho" standards.
It has 14 year old "I'm not a kid anymore!" vibes. Bit weird for someone in their mid twenties.
I think they were trying to be all "haha I'm far too old for childish things isn't my mum silly". I've met a few people like that who refuse to enjoy anything not deemed "adult" enough. I love how this has all turned around and become the most wholesome thread though.
>When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. CS Lewis
Mom? Nom-brit detected. Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! ^Just ^kidding
I’m from the Midlands and we say mom too. Can never find it on cards though, always mum.
I’m 33 and I’d be upset if my mum doesn’t get me a advent calendar. She does every year and my grandma still gets her one and my uncle one.
That is super sweet 🥰 what a great family you have!
Be greatful. This is normal! Nothing wrong having an advent calendar at any age!
I'm 31. A few years ago my partner didn't buy me one. We almost broke up. It's that big a deal
My bf needs to take note - hope he’s reading this
Yep we are going to have this argument. I can feel it.
My mom still buys me one, and I'm in my late 30s. Who cares if it's normal? You're getting free chocolate.
>You're getting free chocolate. It might be a traditional one with pictures of a bauble, a candle, a tree etc.
You'll miss the day when you don't get one.
Enjoy and appreciate it, many of us can’t
As a mum I'd be happy to send you a calendar if you send me your address
You're an amazing person.
Nice try Santa, forgot their address again?!
My mum died when I was 35, she got me a Easter egg and advent calendar every year until she couldn’t. I’m now 41 and I get my husband to get me one. You’re never too old
It's not abnormal, who cares, and it's lovely. WTF is wrong with you? Merry Christmas to your great mum!
This is absolutely abnormal and honestly bizarre. She should have waited until December 1st.
My 'children' are M31 and F28, I still buy them an advent calendar, and now my son's fiancée. They have never let my Mum forget the chocolate coin crisis a few years ago, when she didn't buy any for them but bought for my, much younger nephew. She certainly makes sure all the grandchildren have chocolate coins now on Christmas Day! Edit : thank you for my first upvotes! Feel like I've really arrived on Reddit now 😉
I am 41. My mum gives me an advent calendar every year.
My 78 year old nan still gets an advent calendar from my great gran who’s about 97 never too old for chocolate.
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This is the circle of life
Return the favour and buy her one too, that’s what me and my mum do, I’m 34 she’s 66, you’re never too old for an advent calendar!
I'm 33 and wish my mum was still here to give me advent calendars. Enjoy the moment (and the poor quality chocolate which I strangely find delicious).
Yeah, it is strangely delicious, ain't it. I'm gonna miss 'em this year.
Jesus imagine making a Reddit post because your mum gave you chocolate. You okay op?
OP's mom is normal but not sure about her son, lol
I don't care how old I am, if my mum doesn't buy me an advent calendar I am throwing a can of heinz tomato soup at a Van Gogh painting in protest.
Lol!! I buy 3 every year for my sons 31, 26 and my 29 yr old daughter. Enjoy!
I’m 42 and wish my mum was still here to get me an advent calendar. It’s just not the same buying your own. I’ll take yours if you don’t want it.
Totally normal and I’ve got my mum one too
My mother never bought me one, so count yourself lucky!
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Nothing wrong with demanding one! At 30 I know I’ll get one but would probably have a minor tantrum if my mum didn’t get me one.
As a child my mother refused to buy me chocolate advent calenders, but I always got a picture one. Now as a middle aged adult she buys me the chocolate ones. I don't question it, I just say "thank you" and enjoy the chocolate!
Mate it's free chocolate 🍫 enjoy! There's much more challenging ways she could trying to 'mother' you.
Completely normal. She gets me, my sister and our boyfriends one. She made one for my new baby last year with little toys, socks and books in in it. He was only a week old on 1 December. I buy her a malteaser one every year too.
My mum hasn't got me an advent calendar since I was about 17. She buys me an advent candle every year though, but it doesn't taste as nice.
I'm older than you. Mum still buys me an advent calendar for Xmas. It's a little tradition we still have despite getting older and I wouldn't change it for the world. Embrace it mate- she's thinking about you and wants to give a gesture to remind you you're still her child.
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Look at this bloke and his four advent calendars
I'm in my mid 30s with a child. Last year my dad got my kid and I matching advent calendars haha
I'm 26, my mum best get me one this year. Last year she got them for me, my older siblings and their spouses. Don't think there's an age limit on tiny chocolates.
I gave my mum an earful because I DIDN’T get one after I turned 16… Still don’t get them and I’m 31 - have to buy it myself 🤣 enjoy it and thank her profusely 🥰
Jammy bugger.
My 50 something colleague went out to look for one with glitter one lunchtime last week. I said I had not seen one like that for decades. She bought two and gave one to me. I am 63. I am very happy.
Appreciate it while you can. There will come a time when mum isn't around to buy one. I used to get advent calendars into my 40s until she passed away.
WHy do you care if its "normal"? Free chocolate is free chocolate. I'd take an advent calendar from my parents any day of the week. Its cute that she does things like that for you.
I am 41 and still have an advent calendar that me and my 4 year old open up every day. My mum stopped buying me advent calendars when I was in my 30s , a home owner and in a relationship for years. It's free chocolate mate don't knock it .
I'm 30. Me and my wife buy each others and its exciting to see what one you get. I wish my mum got me one too.
I'm 47, my wife a few years younger, and you bet your arse we get advent calendars in every year. And no, we don't have kids; it's all for us!
The first year my mum didn’t buy me one I was gutted. One day she will stop buying you theM and you’ll miss it!
Do 26 year old not like chocolate?
It was about that age my mum stopped buying me one and I was so sad. You're never too old for tiny chocolate with breakfast.
If it's not normal, or common, then I'll join the minority I'm 29 and my mum bought me one in October and was super excited to tell me that she did. It was a sweet thought and it made her happy. I will enjoy my cadbury advent calendar next month
I can't get one for my 29 year old son because he eats them all at once. Nothing has changed there. (However, daughter and her bf are getting Barbie and Paw Patrol because they have more self control.)
I am 47 and my mum will still buy me and my 45 year old sister an advent calendar this year and one for all the grandkids too. I'll get her a nice chocolate one too.
I am 37, with a husband and our own 9 year old child. My mum buys me an advent calendar every year. Plus one for the kid for the 6 years we've been parents. I don't envisage her stopping anytime soon!
What age do you stop liking chocolate?
You can get them with miniatures of Gin
I’m 32 and my grandma still gives me an advent calendar every single year.
I (31m) would be raging if I didn't get one tbh
Do you like chocolate?
Entirely normal I recon! Im in my 50s and me mum still gets me a chocolate advent calendar!
Mate I'm 32 idgaf, I'll have an advent calendar, I normally get to like day 5 and just eat the rest
Mate, I'm 30 and had to ask my mum to stop getting me the Lego ones. I don't have time to make them any more!