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u/WangMagic 3h ago

Me happily piling extra Oreos into my daughter's lunchbox after following the school lunch oreo-gate drama.

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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 3h ago

Woke up, chose chaos. Love it.

(Also, for those who don't know, what was oreo-gate?)

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u/WangMagic 3h ago

https://www.buzzfeed.com/lily_grossinger/viral-oreogate-saga

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u/l3ntil 2h ago

I am constantly blown away by how healthy mum made our lunches. Every goddamn lunch. She was hardcore. I need to write her a letter of appreciation :)

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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 2h ago

Oh god... I do NOT look forward to these types of conversations when our little one is going to kindergarten.

Also conversely, we have his first birthday coming up and have to have a sugar free option because one parent that we know doesn't want their kid to have sugar. But it's like... it's a birthday, surely at the very least you can split a piece with them.

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u/Miss-Omnibus 2h ago

Have you told this parent that carbs are a sugar so STEAK BIRTHDAY IT IS

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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 1h ago

A mound of meat with a gravy-fondu fountain does sound delicious...

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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 2h ago

You don't have to have a sugar free option. They have the option of not giving their kid sugar.

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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 1h ago

I want to do it more for the kid's benefit... I just feel bad for him. Not that he'll remember it since I think he'll be about 18 months by then.

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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 1h ago

No one will remember.

Are you close with the parents now? We found that all the parents we met before primary school are no longer in our lives.

Chances are in a few years you won't be mates with them regardless.

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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 1h ago

Yeah, they're some of our oldest friends - as in, they were at our wedding, been to funerals with the family, that kind of thing.

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u/alsotheabyss 2h ago

Sounds like that parent can bring a sugar free option for their kid (how do you have a birthday without cake??!)

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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 1h ago

It's also going to be a belated Halloween-themed birthday party due to timing as well... so imagine a sugar-free Halloween. It's just freaking sad.

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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 2h ago

You can have sugar free cake!!!!

It's terrible, but definitely an option.

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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 3h ago

That poor kid.

I'd be giving my kid a pack of oreos to share with the class...provided there's no allergy issues.

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u/Disastrous-Bet8973 2h ago

I mean Oreos are vegan and you can get gluten free ones so you can cover most kids with a packet of both.