to think this is a perfectly good sized lunch?

[FenellaFellorick]

For my 15 and 16 year old sons?
(If not a very healthy one but that's not my question )

Ham and cheese salad sandwich, a frube and a wafer bar.

I am doing the next 2 weeks packed lunches for the freezer and this is being hotly contested in my house right now

I don't like to be rude

I think you've been polite enough - RTBFTT (I like it better that way) is an excellent response by now!

My son almost 9 takes 1 large bap with ham, cheese and salad. A pot of full fat natural yoghurt. A pot of mixed berries. A boiled egg. 1 treat thing - either homemade cake, malt loaf, packet of crisps etc.

Are your boys on meds Fenella? My Aspie son's appetite is affected by his. Hence he won't eat much at lunch time but has an enormous dinner once his meds have tunes out.

It is so difficult to know wether they're eating out of habit/ mood/ stimulus or because their body genuinely needs more when they don't have the self awareness. Due to their disability. Ok non-thread readers?

fenella, I love you a little bit. You're so calm and patient and my heart rate went through the the roof about a million posts ago

I'm just waiting for the hat trick

Why can't they make their own lunches, you're spoiling them - tick
I feel sorry for your kids - tick
Someone call social services

At least this has given us a chance to update our Mumsnetters Who Are Twats spreadsheets, and a nice new acronym when RTFT just isn't enough!

Seriously though I am astounded by people's sheer twattery, and as for the helpful school nurse patronisingly advising us what our DC get up to...

"I agree they should make it, not you!"

To be fair, that does scan quite well to On Ilkley Moor if you sing the last word as y-ou with two syllables.

I know the thread is long but really, you would think people would go "300+ posts on the size of a lunch, what are they talking about?" and at least skim read a few more posts before jumping in.

I now have an odd earworm:

Oh read the fucking thread
Oh read the fucking thread
Oh read the fucking thread

to the tune of On Ilkley Moor bar t'at, sung in a baritone. And on that note, I'm going to work.

Each to their own and all that, but I am horrified that you're making your children's lunch wear your glasses.

that's nothing.
Yesterday it had a false beard and a bow tie.

Rach, sorry - no, no meds. My youngest was (equasym) but he had to be weaned off due to a bad reaction.

There are 13 pages so I couldn't possibly be expected to RTFT and besides my words are important and yooooonique so you need to hear the precious gems that fall from my lips and be grateful.

i CANNOT Believe You Aren't Letting Them MAKE THEIR OWN LUNCHES. Nothing you say can possibly explain this terrible state of affairs.

You need to stop mollycoddling them and start being a PROPER MOTHER. By your terrible oversight you are actually responsible for well, everything. Including world hunger and global warming. Everything else you think you are doing well is negated by this terrible neglect. You do realise that you are neglecting them by spoiling them and it needs to stop now before you damage them for life. I hope a teacher or neighbour can intervene (sad face) (po face) (sanctimony face)...

Love and superiority,
The Oracle Of Delphi.

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Right, please stop it now, I have sore ribs and the fucking bastarding twatting laughing is hurting me

What is the Iilky moor thing of which you speak, btw? I've seen the user name but didn't know what it was...

woah!

Well that was a cheerful little ditty....

You have had me in tears this morning laughing at this thread. I've also found it extremely useful as my 3yo has just gone gluten free (yesterday was her first day!) and I will be trying out all the foods suggested. Mn at its best, hilarious, informative and my hat goes off to the op for keeping her cool, I'd have either blown a gasket or be sat in a corner rocking and sobbing 'i only wanted to know if it was enough'

FenellaF this is a hilarious thread and I have to commend on your brilliant replies. You are a top class mumnetter and you sound like a fabulous Mum too

Ps, I think the lunch is fine as is and I have plenty of experience of teen boys. Mine would have a post school snack quite often.

I've just seen the mn fb page.

Fuck em.

This is what I'm giving them tomorrow.

Lol, that would fall into the

'I don't want to be a good Mum, I want to be a cool Mum' school of thought.

Fenella I think I love you. Will you marry me? I promise to make you a lovingly prepared sandwich every day. Frozen or fresh? You can decide. :)

Aw, NoIs, try this version:

"I didn't offer you a frog's arse," would make a great lyric.

These posts are farce
I didn't offer you a frog's arse.
Along with the sandwiches
There's gotta be a little frube sometimes.

lionheart

"You don't bring me frog's arses annny morrrre...."