Mom Tries To Police Kid Lunches And The Group Chat Goes Unhinged
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A group chat for kindergarten moms went sideways in a hurry after one of the moms involved tried to control what the others were sending in their kids’ lunchboxes.
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The moms all appeared to be getting along at first, until Michelle asked whether the group could “agree on some basic rules around lunchboxes.” The initial assumption was that her child suffered from food allergies.
“No nothing allergy related,” Michelle replied. “Ava came home really upset yesterday because one of the girls had Oreos in her lunch.”
Laura responded with an emoji (crying with laughter) and asked why Ava had been upset.
“We don’t allow that kind of thing at home, so obviously she wanted them when she saw someone else eating them,” Michelle replied and proceeded to ask the other moms if they could agree not to send Oreos or any of the other sweets she had banned in her home “so that the kids aren’t comparing lunches.”
Charlotte admitted to sending the Oreos, and Michelle asked her if she’d agree to stop.
“Why?” Charlotte asked.
“Just because Ava was really upset about it, and I think it would be easier if we’re all consistent,” Michelle replied.
One of the other moms pointed out that Michelle couldn’t expect to control what other parents fed their kids — whether at home or at school.
Michelle claimed she was not trying to control anything, but continued her pressure campaign to get the other moms to join her anti-Oreo crusade.
“With respect, I’m not changing my daughter’s lunch because your daughter wants an Oreo,” Charlotte replied.
It might have ended there, but someone packed Oreos again the next day.
“Well, I really didn’t want to bring this up again but Ava came home upset AGAIN today,” Michelle said.
“Please don’t say Oreos,” Charlotte replied.
“Yes, actually. Someone sent them again,” Michelle said, clearly shocked that anyone had dared to ignore her request.
“That would be me,” Charlotte said.
“Right. So after our conversation yesterday, you still chose to send them?” Michelle protested.
“They were already in her lunchbox, Michelle,” Charlotte responded.
Another mom piped up: “I’m sorry but this is getting ridiculous.”
Michelle complained that her daughter coming home crying two days in a row was not “ridiculous” – and then informed the group that she’d “emailed the teacher” and “suggested” that someone needed to send parents an “approved snack list.”
Casey: “You emailed the TEACHER because Charlotte’s daughter had Oreos?”
Michelle protested that she’d only resorted to emailing the teacher because it was clear they would never come to an agreement as a group.
“There’s nothing to agree on,” Charlotte shot back. “She’s my child. I’ll pack her lunch.”
Michelle then pointed out that if the school approved her list of acceptable snacks, everyone would have to comply. “I just don’t understand why everyone is so against making one tiny change so a five-year-old doesn’t feel left out.”
And then came the email from the school …
The email informed parents that while the school encouraged them to choose healthy food options for their children, ultimately it was the parents who controlled what was packed in students’ lunches.
Michelle, predictably, was “quite disappointed” and said that because the school “encouraged” healthy options, it was clear that the administrators agreed with what she had been saying.
“They’ve basically politely said I can pack the Oreos,” Charlotte pointed out, adding as an aside that she’d put three Oreos in her daughter’s lunch that day.
“Seriously?” Michelle asked.
“They’re for my daughter Michelle, it’s not a protest,” Charlotte replied.
The next day, things escalated even further because Ava <gasp> ate two Oreos at school.
As it turned out, Ava had negotiated a trade — offering her yogurt pouch for the two Oreos — all of which set Michelle off again, demanding that other parents and children respect her rules for her daughter.
“And I’d expect you to teach Ava not to trade her lunch for food she isn’t allowed,” Charlotte pointed out.
But still, it happened again:
This time, the Oreo came from another student — and Ava had asked her the day before if she could bring one for her.
“SHE PRE-ORDERED IT?” Laura asked.
Ava even told the other student not to give her the cookie in front of one particular student because she believed her mom would find out.
Michelle then complained that the other students were “encouraging” Ava to tell her lies.
The next day, Michelle resorted to inspecting a lunchbox that belonged to Charlotte’s daughter, looking for Oreos that might somehow find their way into her daughter’s hands.
“I was trying to prevent another situation before it happened,” Michelle tried to justify the move.
“By searching a FIVE-YEAR-OLD’s lunchbox?” Charlotte wanted to know.
Michelle explained that she’d only wanted to check for Oreos and had not taken anything out.
“Michelle if you ever open my daughter’s lunchbox again we’re going to have a very different conversation,” Charlotte warned.
And then came the side chat: The group chat without Michelle, where all the other moms agreed to send Oreos — in larger quantities than usual — on the same day.
Oreo Day came, and predictably, Michelle was upset. She informed the group that the teacher had caught Ava attempting to get an Oreo from one of the other girls — and that she’d stopped her just in time.
“I don’t understand why you can’t respect my decision not to give my daughter Oreos,” Michelle complained.
“We do?” Casey replied. “Nobody gave her one.”
“Apparently someone had DOUBLE STUFFED ones???” Michelle protested.
Charlotte admitted to sending those.
Someone finally asked the question they’d all been secretly wondering: “Why specifically Oreos?”
“There are reasons and I’m not getting into them here,” was all Michelle would say.
What will happen next? Who knows, but for now, Oreo-gate has officially entered its “Double-Stuffed Era.”
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