'Busybody mum complained about what I put in my daughter's lunchbox - I swore at her'

Making lunch for your child to take to school is a surefire way to ensure that your little one is well-fed and nourished throughout their day of learning. You'll pack tasty foods that you know are good for them, and they'll look forward to sitting with their pals and devouring it each day.

But when one woman was confronted by another mother about the food she was putting in her daughter's lunchbox as it "bothered" her son, she was enraged, and was so frustrated by her comments that she swore at her. But after the event, she wanted to know whether she'd reacted in the wrong way.

She wrote on Reddit: "For some context before the story, I (38f) cook Asian foods regularly for dinner and for my daughter, Lily's (7f) lunches at school. This is because my family enjoys these foods, I like to cook these foods, and my mum cooked a bunch of these foods growing up since she's half Japanese.

"Often times I'll either give my daughter some leftovers from last night's dinner, plus a fruit/veggie and a snack, or I'll make her a quick little bento box or some other thing really quick."

And she didn't think there was any issue with this as her daughter is happy, healthy, and thriving. But when her daughter was playing on the playground, another parent, who she named 'Debra' approached her and told her that the lunches she was making were "bothering" her son because the food "smelled terrible" and he thought it was "disgusting." Debra also said her son "didn't eat most of his lunch because he was so grossed out."

The woman was curious as to why Debra's son couldn't "just sit somewhere else", and Debra rudely replied "My son shouldn't have to put up with whatever c**p you make your daughter bring to this school. It's disgusting!" The original poster was so furious at this point that she told her to "f**k off" and highlighted that she wouldn't be changing her daughter's lunch.

She continued: "She angrily stomped off with her kid then, and my daughter finished playing soon after, so we went home. I talked to my husband about it, and he said that maybe I shouldn't have told her to f**k off, to avoid her bothering us in the future. Am I the a**hole?"

In the comments, people reassured the woman that she'd done nothing wrong, and given the circumstances, was rather polite. "F**k off was the nicest thing you could have said to her", someone fumed. Another added: "It's rude as HELL to assert that the food that someone else is enjoying is 'disgusting'." Another Redditor wrote: "If you run into her again, be sure to tell her to f**k off for me as well."

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