Rita in Utah was on the phone when her daughter handed her this note (less than a month into the school year). Says Rita: “I love how she tries to ‘soften the blow!’”
![Dear Mommy, I Love You...but I want to buy school lunch tomoroe [sic]. thank you!](http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7107/7796025670_0e9bc590c6_o.jpg "Dear Mommy, I Love You...but I want to buy school lunch tomoroe [sic]. thank you!")
Gold star, kiddo. There are some adults who could take some note-writing pointers from you.
related: When kids “punish” their parents with the silent treatment
36 responses so far ↓
#1
Ren
I get this…my mom made me delicious lunches, but I was one of the few kids in my entire school with a lunchbox. School lunches are horrible but way more mainstream.
Aug 16, 2012 at 11:03 pm rating: 8
#2
meri
a born diplomat, that child!
Aug 16, 2012 at 11:59 pm rating: 8
#3
Silence
Dear Mommy,
Lunchables taste like ass. I would rather have spaghetti that comes in a 5 gallon bucket.
Love,
The Kid.
Aug 17, 2012 at 12:10 am rating: 11
#4
Meg
I got this from my daughter during her kindergarten year. Turns out that she liked what I packed just fine, she just felt more comfortable getting a school lunch like her classmates. I was fine with that, since around here the school gets their veggies and fruit from a farmers market and the rest of the food is quite healthy. Guess it’s about fitting in, that’s all.
Aug 17, 2012 at 12:21 am rating: 34
#5
kermit
This is cute when you’re in kindergarten so long as it doesn’t become a habit.
I was friends in college with a guy who still lived at home. His mom still made him lunch and he used to complain if she put avocado in it. Never have I wanted to bludgeon a person with their own sandwich so badly.
Aug 17, 2012 at 12:54 am rating: 52
#6
Adriana
I never wanted to buy school lunches. I was such a neurotic kid that I’d get anxiety about getting to the cafeteria late and waiting in line, missing most of my lunch hour or not getting any food at all. It helped that my mom made bangin’ lunches.
Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 am rating: 9
#7
KJS
Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to directly criticize my mother’s less-than-stellar cooking. “Interesting” became the byword amongst my siblings for meals we didn’t especially enjoy.
I guess we hit our quota on interestings because I started packing my own lunch in grade 2 . . .
Maybe I should have tried this kid’s approach.
Aug 17, 2012 at 2:05 am rating: 6
#8
SeeYouInTea
My mother never made me lunches. I feel unloved.
Aug 17, 2012 at 2:58 am rating: 8
#9
Clumber
My Dad would make awesome lunches for me – cutting my sandwich in bizarre ways and best of all : He’d include a note with an installment of some awesome but odd story he made up. I recall one involved a detective leaping out of a plane and parachuting into Montevideo in search of Big Mean Green… He started also incorporating characters from people at school, so even though most of the kids ate school lunches, I didn’t lose any small amount of “cool” I had hoarded. Everyone wanted to sit where I did and listen to the story.
These days if I am really lucky, my beloved ♥spouse♥ will make me a lunch for work. I know, I don’t deserve her!
Aug 17, 2012 at 5:07 am rating: 38
#10
Smokey
My school’s lunches look like prison food. Tiny foil containers, barely heated. Don’t forget ketchup is a vegetable. I feel bad for the kids that eat them.
Aug 17, 2012 at 8:01 am rating: 9
#11
havingfitz
This is cute until you realize that Rita’s daughter is 28 and a 3rd grade teacher…
Aug 17, 2012 at 9:27 am rating: 25
#12
QBall
My mom made our lunch everyday, pbj monday, bologne tuesday, pbj wed, bologne thurs and on friday i got to buy school lunch, would rather have had a pbj and bologne sammy
Aug 17, 2012 at 9:32 am rating: 2
#13
Chalie
In grade school, I walked home every day for lunch. I suppose that’s an unthinkable practice these days. But my friend Bob, who loved one block north of me, and my friend Jim who lived one block south all walked together. Bob and I envied Jim because he was allowed to stop at Ray’s grocery on the corner and pick out a treat to go along with his lunch every day. A Twinkie or such thing.
Aug 17, 2012 at 11:51 am rating: 6
#14
Louisvillain
I’m going to let you finish… but Beyonce makes one of the best sandwiches of all time!
Aug 17, 2012 at 12:58 pm rating: 7
#15
Lita
I never minded school lunches, but if I did take a packed lunch, I’d pack it myself. My mum worked in a school kitchen and her packed lunches were…well. School lunch in a bag.
Besides, my lunch ladies always gave me extra food because I was so wee.
Aug 17, 2012 at 1:02 pm rating: 3
#16
We Shall Speak Anon
Over 20 comments, and not one about school lunch being f*cking delicious?
I call that progress!
Aug 17, 2012 at 5:32 pm rating: 5
#17
OHSue
My son is a food snob and never bought a lunch after first grade, the lunches provided at school were just reheated frozen foods. He ate much healthier with my lunches which had fresh veggies, yogurt and ww bread. Even as an older teen he is a much healthier eater than his friends (and me).
Aug 17, 2012 at 9:56 pm rating: 4
#18
redheadwglasses
“children shouldn’t eat wholegrains,”
Prove it.
That’s what I thought.
Aug 27, 2012 at 11:48 am rating: 2
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