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To think this might be the worst packed lunch ever?

198 replies

AttackCat · 14/01/2022 20:06

I told DS he had pasta salad for lunch. This evening he asked why we’d given him “funny mashed potato” instead.

Turns out the pasta salad was still in the fridge and he’d been eating a tub full of fat I’d saved for the birds ShockBlush

Has anyone sent their child to school with anything worse or our we officially the worst parents on Mumsnet?

OP posts:
CatOfTheLand · 14/01/2022 20:52

My husband packed my lunch once. Three whole carrots and a punnet of plums 😵‍💫

Stormbraver99 · 14/01/2022 20:53

I remember when my son was about 5 or 6.
He was on school dinners, and decided he wanted a packed lunch - the reason being was that the kids on packed lunches finished quicker and got more time in the playground!
I wanted him to stick to dinners at the time.
Unknown to me, he took it upon himself to pack his own packed lunch, which consisted of a packet of crisps and a penguin biscuit!
I panicked when he came home and told me, and emailed the school explaining that I hadn't known about the "packed lunch" he had sneaked in his bag, and thought he was having a school dinner as usual.
I had it in my head that they were going to report me to SS.
It's something we look back on and laugh about now he's a teenager!

CustardGoodJamGoodMeatGood · 14/01/2022 20:53

Hahahah, thanks for the laughs OP.

Weredone · 14/01/2022 20:54

My dad put cat food in my lunch box!

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 14/01/2022 20:56

This could be SO outing, but Mummy once accidentally gave me half a raw onion wrapped in foil for a playtime snack instead of the foil-wrapped coconut mallow biscuit she'd intended... Grin

BrutusMcDogface · 14/01/2022 20:56

@AttackCat

He removed the label because he thought it would be embarrassing to send DS to school with pasta salad labelled “Fat for Birds” Hmm
OMG! This is even funnier than your son munching on a tub of fat! GrinGrin
SpookyScarySkeletons · 14/01/2022 20:56

Amazing 😂😂😂

I remember when I was about 12 making my own sandwich to take to school. When I got home my mum asked me what I had taken. I said a lettuce sandwich - there was nothing else in the fridge.

It wasn't lettuce. I had taken myself off to school with a cabbage sandwich. Tbf I thought it was a bit more crunchy than usual.

lifeohhifeee · 14/01/2022 20:57

Well Iv had a crappy day but this had just cheered me right up!!! 😂 i hope ur son ate all his tea 😆

ArabellaScott · 14/01/2022 20:57

@AttackCat

He removed the label because he thought it would be embarrassing to send DS to school with pasta salad labelled “Fat for Birds” Hmm
Grin
Newchallenge · 14/01/2022 20:58

Fantastic Grin

Bouncer500 · 14/01/2022 20:59

😂😂 I felt sure I would have packed a worse one before I opened the thread but nop, you win!

ArbleMarchTFruitbat · 14/01/2022 21:00

Is anyone reminded of Ramona getting a raw egg instead of a hard boiled egg for her school lunch? And then fashionably breaking the shell by whacking the egg against her forehead ...

getsanta · 14/01/2022 21:01

@shinynewapple22

That's funny though ! I was expecting to see you'd given your child jam sandwiches on white bread and a chocolate bar !!
The horror!!!
Exhausteddog · 14/01/2022 21:02

This really made me laugh. I got out some chicken stock from the freezer once and it turned out to be stewed apple.
I was expecting a judgy post critiquing another child's lunch box!Blush

Somuddled · 14/01/2022 21:05

@AttackCat

He removed the label because he thought it would be embarrassing to send DS to school with pasta salad labelled “Fat for Birds” Hmm
This is easily the funniest part of the whole story!
Bitterbean · 14/01/2022 21:05

@Toddlerteaplease

The fat ball thread is the funniest thread ever. This one is coming close!
What is this legendary fat ball thread?
Fizbosshoes · 14/01/2022 21:07

My DH complained that the mint choc chips I got from aldi tasted strange. They were catnip treats for the cats in their original packaging He needs to wear his glasses more frequently. The ungrateful gits cats didn't like them either!🤣

Clevs · 14/01/2022 21:08

I once went to school with a Tupperware tub full of peas. It was in the same coloured tub as the jelly I was supposed to have taken. What makes it worse it that I hate peas. They are the only vegetable I won't eat 🤮

ThirdElephant · 14/01/2022 21:10

@AttackCat

He removed the label because he thought it would be embarrassing to send DS to school with pasta salad labelled “Fat for Birds” Hmm
You couldn't make it up.

GrinGrinGrin

BlaBlaSmthSmth · 14/01/2022 21:10

@AttackCat

He removed the label because he thought it would be embarrassing to send DS to school with pasta salad labelled “Fat for Birds” Hmm
This part is my favourite 😂
ozymandiusking · 14/01/2022 21:10

Great thread everyone. How these children ever thrive is a miracle.
Mind you the birds do very well !

derxa · 14/01/2022 21:11

A funny thread for a change. Thanks OP

aweebitlost · 14/01/2022 21:14

The OP is amazing, the update is amazing, and I'm also loving the mince meat sandwiches - that's just the kind of thing my DH would do and the kids would be over the moon!

Not a packed lunch but I once made risotto for supper and left DH a portion on a plate on the side. Later that night I asked him if he'd enjoyed the risotto and he said yes but it was a bit watery. It turned out he'd 'eaten' the contents of the risotto pan that I had left soaking in the sink...

AliveAndSleeping · 14/01/2022 21:14

@AttackCat

He removed the label because he thought it would be embarrassing to send DS to school with pasta salad labelled “Fat for Birds” Hmm
Omg stop it. I'm trying to feed Ds without waking him but he keeps waking up and looking at me angrily because I can't stop laughing. Hmm
Fizbosshoes · 14/01/2022 21:19

My dad made me a marmite sandwich once. He didn't eat marmite so he wasn't sure how much to put on so he spread it really thickly like you would with jam or chocolate spread. It was just about inedible!