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    > I don't think my kids have ever eaten a school lunch.

I am confused why it was important to include this sentence in your post. Overall: Excellent. This sentence: Not required. Is this a flex?

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It's just a way to indirectly say that the school food was not awesome.

funny thing, i actually thought about that sentence a lot. I added it in after writing the rest of the post because i felt bad implying I subject my kids to school food. I wasn't intending that as a "flex" but just that the food is really bad. On the other hand, i understand not all families have that option so maybe it is a flex in an unintended way.

You may not have intended it as a "flex", but you are teaching your children to be snooty. If they have "never" eaten a school lunch, they have judged the lunches based on appearance rather than substance/flavor. I wonder how you have judged the school lunches to be lesser than MREs, perhaps you tried the lunches before your children.

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