A mum was "taken aback" after being asked her to stop putting Pringles in her son's packed lunch because it was making another child "jealous". The mum claimed another parent had sent her a message about the seven-year-old's snack - leaving her unsure how to respond.
The audacious approach left other parents stunned, after the anonymous mum sought advice about the situation on social media. She took to popular parenting website Mumsnet, where she questioned whether she was "being unreasonable".
In the post, she wrote: "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 my son's packed lunch. He's 7.
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"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 his 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."
In a follow up comment replying to someone else, the mum clarified: "She sent me a direct WhatsApp (she must have my number from the group chat) but I haven't responded. I don't want it to be weird but I think she's being ridiculous. My husband says I should just save the Pringles for home but I am a bit more confident (willing to fight people) than him."
And it seems many parents agreed with her, with one commenting: "She's being ridiculous. There must be lots of other packed lunches that would make him jealous too." Another wrote: "Why doesn't she just give her DC Pringles too? Other people baffle me."
Someone else advised: "Just ignore. School WhatsApp groups although very useful also seem to open the door to weirdness - there are sometimes some very weird / unreasonable/ slightly hysterical messages on ours - I tend to ignore them & find they die out on their own accord."
Another added: "Hilarious. Ignore. Carry on with the Pringles as you see fit (assuming they're not prohibited by school policy)." One amused parent simply responded with three crying laughing emojis followed by: "I’m actually mortified for her."
Some gave examples of polite messages she could send back. Others queried whether it was against school rules: "Does the school have a packed lunch policy? Are crisps allowed?"
One commenter posited: "I imagine she's on a budget and Pringles are expensive so they don't buy them in her house and her child is jealous because they get own-brand crisps. But messaging you like that is very weird behaviour."
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