To think the fawning over “old money” is just ridiculous

Surely those threads are about taste and what people choose to spend money rather than old/new specifically. It is hard to square some of the instagram flash with the British polite reluctance to show off wealth. That is why it is considered odd when someone comes in with excess bling/fancy cars costing more than a house etc and push it in everyone's faces, like the instagrammers do. It really is about priorities and what image you want others to have of you and your family.

Old money,plantations,highland clearances,slavery perhaps?
So much more refined than a ghastly lottery win.

It’s probably your biased cookies showing you articles on it.

Whilst I applaud those who work hard and make their own money, I think there are plenty more dubious ways of making money these days which wouldn’t be something I’d be proud of doing.

I don’t mind people born into money who appreciate it but most of the historically extremely wealthy people I know, tend to have crumbling homes and not much in terms of actual cash.

It’s the endless nepo children in the media who are completely ignorant of their privilege that make me roll my eyes.

Lol- good one-

The royal family behave in the gauche, bourgeois way that they do because they are just lower middle class recent German immigrants. To find old money, we need to look to people like the Saye and Seles of Broughton castle and their ilk.

It doesn't trouble one here.
One knows quite a lot of people with 'old money' and they seem quite good eggs - but then one does have considerably more 'old money' than they do! Gaffaw, gaffaw.

Hmm, sorry- you don't fit into the MN class Venn diagram. Are you sure you exist? 😂

Honestly, I do think class as a concept still exists in the UK but it has evolved and I'm not sure aristocracy are still top dog because most of them are skint and that's never fun. I don't think a magic circle partner is sitting there going "man I wish I had a title" as his multi million dollar bonus rolls in.

Also, where to put tech bro's? It's a dilemma.

It's the example of good breeding and understated class that the Royal Family has shown us that's behind this. Anything other than their type of wealth is vulgar.

I’ve been on MN for years and honestly, the “old money” worship is practically a sport. It usually pops up when someone wants to take a swipe at anyone they’ve decided is “flashy", a cute little dig. “flashy” is wildly subjective. For one person, it’s having two cars, for another it’s the sheer audacity of building a conservatory (I’ve genuinely seen neighbours go to war over that), and for someone else it’s driving a Range Rover or brace yourself.. going on holiday every yr (or if you're a 'Dubai' type...). The horror! People really need to mind their own business and let others spend their money however they damn well please.

I’ve not seen people fawning. I’ve seen it used to explain that having money doesn’t mean you’re middle class. Wayne Rooney being the often quoted example.

Are you a character in a nineteenth-century novel, OP?

Definitely!! Can't beat a good old sixpence and a thruppenny bit 🤩🤩

Where ?

I'm on MN far to much quite regularly, and have not seen any of these threads. Perhaps someone could link to a few to show us which threads you are talking about?

Oh god. I grew up very much lower working class (free school meals, council flat etc) but worked fucking hard and reached the top of a very lucrative middle class profession. I’ve just realised that I have both a tweed jacket and a smelly, but very much loved, Labrador. 🤣

No chance. It’s part of the beating heart of MN now..

I don't remember seeing posts fawning over old money. I have seen many posts pointing out that class and money aren't the same thing, which is true.

To be fair I have seen it on MN and it tends to be based on v weird stereotypes around "old money" and how these people live - there are a lot of younger aristos who work, live in cities and dress normally (not a tweed jacket or smelly Labrador in sight). It's also ignores the upper middle classes who I suppose are a hybrid of old and new money and who have the best deal.

😆😆😆 I thought the derailing of threads with PE arguments had ceased!

Old money or new money, we saw from the numerous private school VAT threads, that many people on MN are very bitter they don’t have as much money as either of those groups.

I’ve literally never seen this on Mumsnet even once and I’ve been here a long time. I think you are mistaken

Haven’t you? Seriously, read some threads about “dukes with 8 labradors who drive battered Volvos and prefer hanging out with the homeless alcoholic outside Asda than the dreaded middle classes”. Often with a side order of pro-hunting nonsense. Forelock tugging at its finest.

Totally agree with this. A tosser is a tosser, whether they have 1b or 1p in the bank. I take people as I find them, rather than what they have.

you mean they can't have a show of wealth that us peasants understand - but they really do show off with their mansions, art, holiday homes and staff eh?

I know precisely what you mean!

Someone will start a thread about something they consider ‘posh’ or upper class and without fail a poster pops up to make it clear the op is not au fait with what is truly upper crust, and all the old money stereotypes (old bangers, dog hair, trudging about in wellies) are trotted out. The point of this is to make clear that the poster correcting the error has greater proximity to said old money than the op who is in fact talking about new money vulgarians.

There is always a sense of fawning over it. Awful.

Can you post quotes from this week where a poster has fawned over old money ? … I can’t find any

as a teacher I’d say older kids value a self made person over someone born with privilege

personally I feel the same as the kids but not judge anyone harshly for having family money as long as they acknowledged their privilege and do not pretend they had “worked hard to buy their first home “ or “ built a business up from scratch “ when it was achieved via family wealth

I think we should go back to old money, it was much better (and distinctive) to have pounds shillings and pence instead of the modern metric system.