Pringles in the packed lunch

[Pennecrayon]

This feels like an odd question but I wanted to ask here in case I am missing something. We have a few tubes of Pringles left over from Christmas and I've been putting a few in a Tupperware for DS's packed lunch. He's 7.

Last night, I got a WhatsApp from a parent who I don't know very well to ask me if I would stop putting Pringles in DS's packed lunch because it's making her son jealous. I was a bit taken aback and I didn't respond.

I think I'm entitled to put whatever I want in my DS's lunchbox (within the rules) and that's what I want to tell her. We're new to the school this year though so I don't want to upset anyone and cause dramas.

AIBU?

Reply with a link to this thread, surely? 😂

Just don't respond a d carry on as normal

Although I don’t agree with the message, it’s sad to see all these ‘she’s mad’ ‘batshit’ ‘nutter’ type responses. With the current economic crisis we really don’t know how much stress others could be under, and maybe struggling to find food, let alone branded or goodies. I’d opt for a be kind approach if you can. Compassion comes to mind…we never know the pressure others are under…. I’m not for one minute suggesting that you should stop sending whatever you like in your son’s packed lunch, but maybe to approach any response from a place of kindness rather than combativeness.

YANBU.

you are right to ignore her OP but I’d be furious and I’d probably have to reply.

Who is she to dictate what goes in your son’s lunch box ??

I ate all the Pringles from Christmas then bought some more and ate them too.

On that basis Im probably not your target audience.

Not so polite reply - give your kid some Pringles you tight cow

polite reply: everything I put in my child’s lunch box is within the schools lunch policy, therefore I won’t be changing what I provide them with.

I'd just say 'Hi we're using up the left over Pringles from Christmas, sorry if that is causing problems for you'.

You crazy, crazy woman.

YANBU. I don't often give my children crisps in their pack lunches, but we have several bags left over from a recent birthday party and so my son got one in his lunch today. If any parent criticised me for this I would think that they had lost the plot! (And would take no notice).

Oh my god!!! That is a brilliant idea…

She’s mad😂😂

I also agree with just responding with ‘lol.’ What a nutcase

Blimey , she's nuts. Where does she draw the line .... her kid is going to be jealous of all sorts over the next 11 years at school .... trainers/coats/haircuts/holidays. She's in for a miserable time!

I really want some pringles now.

I can't believe she did this!

If she has an issue with the school's food policy then she should take it up with the school, not other parents.

With the current economic crisis we really don’t know how much stress others could be under, and maybe struggling to find food, let alone branded or goodies.
That doesn’t give people the right to dictate what other people do with the money they do have. What next “I can’t afford a holiday so can please not go on your holiday this year as Jonny will be jealous?” “I can’t afford a brand new coat or shoes for my child so please stop sending them into school in new clothes too please”. It’s entitled as fuck.

I’m on the absolute bones of my arse but I wouldn’t dare try to dictate what someone else does with money they have just because I don’t have any. Be kind my fucking arse. How about don’t be a fucking martyr.

The best reply would be no reply at all. And YY to get one of those Pringles holders. DS is in his twenties and still has his from school-it has Scooby Doo on the front.

Tell her to send you a list of what food she deems acceptable and the money to buy it, then you'll consider her request.

I would assume the message was sent in jest and perhaps an attempt to be friendly if you are new to the school.

Id reply with something light heated like ‘sorry it’s the only way I can ensure I don’t eat them all’

Just say perhaps this is a good opportunity for her to teach her son that he can’t always have everything he wants and that being jealous of others is a waste of time.
She is deranged. I’m embarrassed for her.

It's possibly an attempt at humour, if your sons sit together, she could be trying to connect?

She's going to have a hard time throughout her child's school years if this is how she responds to her child being jealous of other kids' stuff. I'm just waiting for the thread in a few years' time about her telling the group WhatsApp that nobody is allowed to get North Face coats for Christmas.

With the current economic crisis we really don’t know how much stress others could be under, and maybe struggling to find food, let alone branded or goodies.

don't be soft. I went to a flipping expensive boarding school where they all holidayed in Barbados, went skiing at Klosters, had all the branded goods and so on and so forth.
I learned to live with it because that is normal. A bit of jealousy is normal. And i suppose in very young kids a whinge to mum is also ok. At which point mums say "sorry, you can't have them" or find some other way of handling it.

But it doesn't include asking someone not to do something.

I think no reply is the best answer but i really really love the idea of changing the profile pic. Maybe just to a picture of a pringle.

This is actually a fair point. If you re-read the text it could be inferred that way.

It almost certainly isn't. But it could be.

Are you sure your dc is not ostentatiously flaunting his Pringles? The lip-smacking superiority of the lunchbox elite can sharpen the misery of the floppy-cheese-sandwich-and-an-apple underclass.

i wouldn’t stop sending dc with Pringles though, just ask him to be a little more sensitive to the sad sacks sitting nearby.

Tell her it’s character forming 😂

my mum used to give me fruit and soggy humous and salad sandwiches for my school packed lunches (on brown bread with bits in) 😒. I was constantly jealous of other kids choc pots, space invaders etc etc. Didn’t do me any harm to be a bit envious and if anything I’m a pretty healthy eater now. I can’t begin to imagine why she thinks you are the one to solve her kid wanting crisps when they’re in every shop and advertised on telly 😂 but no op it’s all your fault haha 😂

I would not bother replying to her. It’s not worth it x

Baffled by 1- other people, 2- left over Pringles. Once I pop, I can't stop!