To have my judgey pants on.

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DD went to a friends house for tea today (DD and friend are both 6 years old)and has just been brought home by friends mum who said 'DD didn't really eat a lot so might still be hungry later'.

Not like DD at all as she is not fussy in the slightest and will generally eat anything put in front of her. Thanked the mum anyway, offered to have her DD for tea the next day and they went on their way.

Anyway asked DD if she was ok as she didn't eat a lot, was she feeling a bit ill etc. and she explained that she didn't like it so tried a bit and left the rest.

What did she have?

A pot noodle!

Aparantly DD was offered a choice of 2 flavours of pot noodle but there was nothing else when she said she didn't like pot noodles so she chose one to try.

Now nothing wrong with pot noodles but do people really invite children's friends over and give them a pot noodle as a meal? Bearing in mind this invite came from the mum on Monday afternoon so had time to go shopping etc.

To me it's more of a snack food and not a meal and I would be mortified to offer that to someone as a meal. I know i'm being judgey but seriously

AIBU to think it wouldn't have killed the mum to at least make a sandwich?

Nothing beats Gramercy's onion!

Oh god i'd never say anything, just thought it was really funny.

I am not so PFB that I think my child will die from eating one crappy meal just found it hillarious that a pot noodle was food of choice when inviting someone over.

Don't worry chipping fairly sure the other mum is not a mnetter, lets face it otherwise she would have known the pot noodle shame she would face next day at school

Glad you said that op. I would find commenting on what food your child was offered at someone elses house really rude and far more inappropriate than the giving of the Pot Noodle in the first place.
Interesting that there is such outrage though and it is totally a modern thing imo. I had many a Pot Noodle for tea in my youth. I also had lots of homecooked meals but giving kids junk or not was never the issue it is today.
Every day for school for my packed lunch I used to take 2 small cans of pop, 2 white rolls with cheese, 2 bags of crisps a banana and some sweets and it was a totally normal packed lunch. If you had a hot dinner you had to bring a letter from your parents if you didn't want your pudding drowned in custard and you were known as a 'no custard'. Everyone would go to the sweetshop on the way to and from school and have biscuits and juice at the tuck shop at breaktime (for 5p! I'm an old gimmer!). It was pretty rare to see an overweight kid back then too. I blame games consoles.

We used to be able to buy a 5p pack of Burton's beef puffs at morning playtime, or salt and vinegar. I agree it was rare to see an overweight kid back then. Anyone remember those fish and chip crisps?

OP like you've said I wouldn't ever mention it to the other mum either. It is strange that it was an invite for tea and then not provide a proper tea. I could understand if she was caught off gaurd by your daughter asking her for something when she wasn't prepared to be feeding children, but it was an invite over for tea.
If I were you, make a nice meal for them both tonight with not a pot noodle in sight. Your DD's friend would probably really appreciate a proper tea if that's what she's used to. I remember as a child, my mum gave us all shit to eat and I would LOVE going round to a friends and getting to eat 'normal' food.

Neither of my children would even know what to do with a Pot Noodle and they're similar age to your DD. So I'm not surprised she didn't eat it.