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The Guardian - UK
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Why should I have to buy my four-year-old daughter an Easter egg?

‘My wife says we have to buy our four-year-old daughter one.’
‘My wife says we have to buy our four-year-old daughter one.’ Illustration: Bill Brown

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.

This week’s question:

My parents never got us Easter eggs as kids and it didn’t harm us. Now my wife says we have to buy our four-year-old daughter one, but I resent having to take part in the annual sugar-fest that is Easter. Am I alone in feeling this way? Should I stick to my guns?

Do you have a problem readers could solve? Email your suggestions to money@theguardian.com or write to us at Money, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.

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