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leopardprintpants · 2021-07-22T18:48:04+00:00

Have recently bought my DC towelling shorts from Boden for our holiday.. I feel like a bit of a posho which is weird, I know 😂 So what I want to know is, what thing did you buy for your children that made you feel "posh" or even, what have you bought your DC that your parents would have never dreamed of buying for you? Lighthearted.

pinkfanman · 23/07/2021 08:04

@ScrollingLeaves

“ Lotusmonster

Sorry I’ve just looked up Bodensee towelling shorts and I’m perplexed as to why you reckon they’re posh 🤔 The fabric isn’t expensive and they’re sort of gapey….I think they’re naff and chavvy for day time wear. I can see if you wore these things as transition wear post beach, that would be posh…but as actual attire, not posh. Chino shorts are posh. Salmon coloured twill shorts are posh. A thing that ideally requires ironing is posh. Towelling shorts are not posh.“

Why would you try to burst the OP’s bubble of pleasure about the special shorts she bought her child?

Why would @Lotusmonster try to burst the Op's bubble? Because @Lotusmonster is clearly not posh also. Had they been posh, they would have demonstrated exemplary manners. Everyone knows posh people have the best manners (almostly saintly according to some MNers 😂) and would not seek to make the non-posh publicly aware of any faux pas they might make - at the very least they'd have pm'd the very humorless and unhelpful correction.

Knittingnanny · 23/07/2021 08:00

@MotherWol that would be me!

HerMammy · 23/07/2021 08:00

@Mansplainee
Mean spirited? you’re being generous, I thought @Lotusmonster was a nasty cunt 🤷🏼‍♀️

Knittingnanny · 23/07/2021 07:59

@LunaTheCat ah thank you, wish he was a bit nearer though! It’s flipping 14 hours on a plane!
One of my other sons lives in New York and a few years ago I went on my own to visit him. I was upgraded to business class and felt very posh eating my airline meal on China plates and proper lie down seat!

Mansplainee · 23/07/2021 07:42

“ Lotusmonster

Sorry I’ve just looked up Bodensee towelling shorts and I’m perplexed as to why you reckon they’re posh 🤔 The fabric isn’t expensive and they’re sort of gapey….I think they’re naff and chavvy for day time wear. I can see if you wore these things as transition wear post beach, that would be posh…but as actual attire, not posh. Chino shorts are posh. Salmon coloured twill shorts are posh. A thing that ideally requires ironing is posh. Towelling shorts are not posh.

Imagine being this mean spirited

MotherWol · 23/07/2021 07:30

@Knittingnanny that reminds me of another one - my mum grew up skint and we were pretty hard up for most of my childhood. When she came to visit recently I booked her an Uber to pick her up, and instead of the usual Prius the driver was in a Mercedes. It may have only been a £10 taxi ride but you’d have thought it was a limo from her reaction!

Whyemseeaye · 23/07/2021 07:02

I felt posh when we hired a cleaner, a gardener and a mother’s help. We are not posh…but it was nice to pretend 😂

Moonwatcher1234 · 23/07/2021 06:52

@rosalie11

I brought a £1500 Pravda bag and I buy Jimmy chops and Loubs

Not sure Pravda would approve of your Prada bag 😂

rosalie11 · 23/07/2021 04:44

Bloody auto correct Jimmy choos lol

rosalie11 · 23/07/2021 04:43

Prada

rosalie11 · 23/07/2021 04:43

I brought a £1500 Pravda bag and I buy Jimmy chops and Loubs

TeachesOfPeaches · 23/07/2021 02:40

I feel very posh when I go to the supermarket/shop and buy what I want rather than what's on sale or the cheapest

Maggiesfarm · 23/07/2021 02:09

@DeedledeDee

I feel posh when I buy proper orange juice in bottles instead of the cheap cartons made of concentrate.

You can buy 'non concentrate' fruit juice in cartons.

Yaya26 · 23/07/2021 01:54

@Knittingnanny

There is something very weird about experiencing “ posh” stuff when you are visiting your adult son! He’s very well off ( high earning job) and him and his family live a lifestyle ( overseas) that is so different from the one he had growing up! It’s really strange and hard to explain. We had smart price diluted squash and hand me down clothes til they were all teens when our finances improved somewhat. So seeing the food deliveries, the taxis, holidays, etc seems posh to me. If my dad was still alive he’d find it even posher!

You should be proud of yourself. You must have given him a good start in life. X

Yaya26 · 23/07/2021 01:42

@FuckingHateRats

I regularly take my these kids into a bookshop, buy us all a new book and then decamp in the nearest coffee shop for hot drinks and cake, and to read our new books.

My mum thinks this is the epitome of extravagance 🤣🤣

I love this idea and would love to steal. Unfortunately my kids are reluctant readers and two of them are proper wierd as they dont like cake!🙄

maddening · 23/07/2021 01:38

A - there is nothing wrong with "posh"
B posh is not snobby
C snobby and reverse snobbery are the height of wankery, all designed to put people down.
D enjoy your purchases and your holiday x

ScrollingLeaves · 23/07/2021 01:33

“ Lotusmonster

Sorry I’ve just looked up Bodensee towelling shorts and I’m perplexed as to why you reckon they’re posh 🤔 The fabric isn’t expensive and they’re sort of gapey….I think they’re naff and chavvy for day time wear. I can see if you wore these things as transition wear post beach, that would be posh…but as actual attire, not posh. Chino shorts are posh. Salmon coloured twill shorts are posh. A thing that ideally requires ironing is posh. Towelling shorts are not posh.“

Why would you try to burst the OP’s bubble of pleasure about the special shorts she bought her child?

ScrollingLeaves · 23/07/2021 01:23

“FuckingHateRats

I regularly take my these kids into a bookshop, buy us all a new book and then decamp in the nearest coffee shop for hot drinks and cake, and to read our new books.”

That sounds a really lovely thing to do.

DeedledeDee · 23/07/2021 01:14

I feel posh when I buy proper orange juice in bottles instead of the cheap cartons made of concentrate.

saraclara · 23/07/2021 01:12

I had eggs Benedict sitting on a cafe terrace this morning. I couldn't have imagined having eggs Benedict at one time. That was a rich person's breakfast. You probably had to live in posh London to ever have that. Especially with a cafetiere of real coffee.

ImNotWhoYouThinkIam · 23/07/2021 01:03

The first thing my mum bought DS1 when he was born (we didn't know the sex until then so she'd only bought 'neutral' colours) was a pair of swimming trunks from Monsoon. I remember thinking he'd never be big enough to wear them (they were age 6-12 months.) Hes nearly 17 now and it's hard to imagine he was ever that small!

When he was a toddler I bought him a secondhand JoJoMamanBebe snowsuit. It's the only JoJo thing I've ever bought. I'm more of a primark person really

HelgaDownUnder · 23/07/2021 00:57

@BeepyBoo

We spend a lot on extra-curricular clubs for our kids - sports mainly. It's because my children love sports and have lists of extra ones they want to do (I drive them around to all of these clubs like a mad woman each week). I don't have the nerve to add up what we're spending on them, it's probably horrendous. I think doing that these days it's considered posh to be able to do that.

My Mum is really gutted that we send our kids to these clubs. In a recent argument she told us we shouldn't be able to afford it. Also said we shouldn't have any money left at the end of the month to be able to save...??? She was from a poorer background and resents it a bit. However, we actually live very frugally and spend very little in other areas so we can afford to do this.

This is worth a thread of its own. Very odd behaviour.

Mumtoone3 · 23/07/2021 00:57

Love this thread haha!

For me, it’s eating out for breakfast every morning from one of the lovely independent cafes where I live, and my dubarry wellies now that I live in the countryside.

Also whenever I buy things like expensive pasta or proper olive oil, things like that, that just feel like little luxuries compared to cheaper alternatives!

Stillfunny · 23/07/2021 00:28

I lived in UK in the 80s . Bought my kids stuff from wherever I saw something I liked as I had no concept of Posh shops. Apparently buying babygrows from Boots was fancy according to my in laws.

LunaTheCat · 23/07/2021 00:24

My bit of poshness was once flying business class - bloody luxury. It wasn’t the fancy wine or the food but just being able to lie down on a long haul flight.
When I am on my death bed I shall think of the luxury of walking through the air bridge and turning left.