Samantha Armytage says you know you love someone if you're packing their lunch for them and reveals she leaves love letters when she packs her boyfriend's food - after a tradie's wife was slammed for doing it
- A woman was ridiculed from packing her husband's work lunches on Tuesday
- Sunrise host Samantha Armytage said she often makes lunch for partner Richard
- The 43-year-old said she sometimes leaves notes to brighten his day
- Sam said it's 'what you do when you love someone', but opinion remains divided
- A Daily Mail Australia poll revealed 71 per cent pack their partner's lunch
Samantha Armytage says she often leaves love notes in the lunches she makes for her partner Richard Lavender, backing a wife who was ridiculed for packing lunch for her tradesman husband before he goes to work every morning.
The Sunrise presenter, 43, said she makes dinner 'half the time' and leaves leftovers in the fridge for the 60-year-old businessman to reheat whenever he needs after the subject was raised on the show on Thursday morning.
'That's what you do when you love someone, with a little note,' she said.
The lunchbox debate began when a woman shared a photo of the homemade spread she made for her husband in a budgeting group on Facebook.
The photo, which shows a stack of sandwiches, an assortment of cheese, crackers and cabanossi, a muesli bar, three pieces of fruit and a bottle of Gatorade, was captioned: 'The Tradie's Lunch.'
The woman said it's 'cheaper, fresher and healthier' than the takeaway fare typically available at construction sites and in the centre of cities where electricians, carpenters and plumbers most commonly work.
Samantha Armytage with partner Richard Lavender at Sydney's Royal Randwick racecourse on April 4, 2020, five months after confirming their romance with a spread in WHO magazine
The post initially received such a negative response that the group administrator was forced to remove comments slamming the woman for treating her husband like a child.
But the results of a poll published by Daily Mail Australia in response revealed an overwhelming majority of people – 71 percent – pack their partner's lunch for work on a regular basis.
Richard and Sam, who is notoriously private about her personal life, confirmed their romance in November 2019 by posing together for a spread in WHO magazine's 'Sexiest People' issue.
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The Channel Seven host said they were introduced by a mutual friend 'around Easter' and felt an instant connection.
Women showed support by sharing photos of the lunches they make for their partners, including one who writes affectionate messages on the lid of her husband's lunchbox every morning.
The photo shows plastic containers inscribed with the notes 'the good things in life are better with you' and 'a father holds his daughter's hand for a short while, but he holds her heart forever'.
Hundreds more weighed in on Facebook, with many saying people should focus on their own lives and respect how others run their households.
'You know what people should really do? Mind their own business. Stop being judgmental about everything you hear and see,' one woman said.
'It's their family and whatever works best for them they are doing it. Her husband might be cooking dinner or changing diapers for their kids...who knows, so just be kind.'
The lunchbox debate began when a woman shared a photo of the homemade spread she made for her husband in a budgeting group on Facebook (pictured)
One of the lunches shared in the budgeting group on Facebook, which shows affectionate messages written from a wife to her husband on the lids of his lunchboxes
'This woman is honouring her husband, nothing wrong with it. Marriage is a partnership, your partnership might look different but for them this works,' said another.
One woman pointed out that a husband would be hailed as a hero if he cooked for his wife and slammed critics for their hypocrisy.
'If he was the one packing her lunch everyone would be saying you 'go girl, you've bagged yourself a winner'. Such double standards!' she said.
'If she is happy to do this then who is anyone to judge.'
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