Page 18 | To feel "posh"

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.

applesandpears33 · 22/07/2021 22:36

Taxis - we always got the bus
Cafes - we would take packed lunches and coffee in a thermos flask when we went on day trips and never went into cafes.

moynomore · 22/07/2021 22:36

@MySecretHistory

Anyone who uses the word posh is not. You are safe. Enjoy your shorts (look at Vilebrequin or Orlebar Brown for posh)

Cringing at this comment

Bellend101 · 22/07/2021 22:34

Real Coke or Pepsi. We never had the real deal growing up, I only ever saw it at my fancy friends' houses.

Therunecaster · 22/07/2021 22:32

@VictoriaLudorum

This is the saddest post I have ever read here.

You've got some treats to look forward to then.

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leopardprintpants · 22/07/2021 22:32

[quote Zilla1]@Hamster33 just wait until someone says they don't consider private jets and Barbados to be 'posh' because they have more refined tastes, private island and trained dolphins with which to swim there.[/quote]
😂😂😂 Kris Jenner scrolling through mumsnet, finding this thread and calling us all sad fuckers

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Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 22/07/2021 22:31

@MySecretHistory

Anyone who uses the word posh is not. You are safe. Enjoy your shorts (look at Vilebrequin or Orlebar Brown for posh)

She might not be posh, but she appears to have more class than you have, if your post is anything to go by.

Moonwatcher1234 · 22/07/2021 22:31

@Etinox

We scrub up well. We rarely do, but on occasion, when we have to, we can look great. It’s a lovely feeling looking at my tribe and thinking, ‘what a smart family!’

Awww that’s lovely and I can definitely relate. However, the feeling lasts about 5 minutes because inevitably someone will spill or rip something.

BrieAndChilli · 22/07/2021 22:31

I felt posh when DS2 was about 2 or 3 and we had popped into Waitrose (at the time the only supermarket in our nearest village) and while pushing him around in the trolley he said ‘mummy can I have a brie sandwich for lunch’

FangsForTheMemory · 22/07/2021 22:30

The coffee, cake bookshop thing . . . my idea of heaven and I’m a grown up.

namechangeasembarassing · 22/07/2021 22:27

@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 would have loved this as a kid, so much.

I went into Waterstones a few months ago and bought myself about five new books in one go. I didn't realise that they were relatively cheap, I'd always bought books second hand before. It seemed so extravagant!

CorianderBee · 22/07/2021 22:27

@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 🤣🤣

My dad used to do this with me as a teen. One of the few things we bonded over. They're some of my favourite childhood memories with him. Never stop.

5128gap · 22/07/2021 22:27

A Gregg's vegan sausage roll.

WorraLiberty · 22/07/2021 22:25

@VictoriaLudorum

This is the saddest post I have ever read here.

I've quoted this just so you can read it back and add it to your 'sad' list...

Zilla1 · 22/07/2021 22:24

@Hamster33 just wait until someone says they don't consider private jets and Barbados to be 'posh' because they have more refined tastes, private island and trained dolphins with which to swim there.

FuckingHateRats · 22/07/2021 22:22

I actually have a mix of Habitat, Le Creuset and Percy Pig bags for life... Such poshness.

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 22/07/2021 22:22

There's some unpleasant, sneery posts on here.

Years ago, my now DH was working out in New York and I went out to visit him. I remember striding through Heathrow, straight from work in my suit with a little wheely suitcase, on my way to catch the red-eye to JFK, just thinking I was IT. 😆

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leopardprintpants · 22/07/2021 22:22

@SnoozyBoozy

I remember when DD was born mentioning to DH that I'd like her to learn the harp at some point (not sure why, but I thought it sounded lovely). He looked at me like I had 2 heads and said "don't be ridiculous, she'll learn the recorder like all the other kids!"

I also remember being on holiday and eating at a beach restaurant where they had a basic meal deal type thing for the kids where the dessert was ice cream. Kids were playing in the sand so shouted over to DD to ask what flavour of ice cream she'd like and she replied "hmm, either salted caramel or pistachio please!" at which point the guy say next to us was pissing himself (choices were vanilla or choc if I remember rightly).

I do however need to ask about towelling swimming shorts - they sound like a terrible idea.... would they not get wet and heavy and potentially fall down, whether they are Boden or not?!

No idea.. they're packed in a very un-posh Aldi bag for life ready for our week in a caravan 😂😂 they're not to get wet, just to go over a wet swimsuit (if they even go in the sea that is 😂)

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JudgeJ · 22/07/2021 22:21

@LoveSummerNotIcecream

I’ve just been to Waitrose at the end of the day to buy the yellow sticker items. I took a le cruset canvas bag that a friend gave me I felt very posh!

I was invited a few years back to a seaside picnic and for some reason one woman decided to judge people by their carrier bags!!! She considered herself top of the tree with Waitrose, among the Sainsburys, Tesco, Aldi etc. of the lesser families. When I turned up she was very sniffy, my bag was somewhere unknown to her thus inferior until someone else took great delight in explaining to her what Whole Foods was. It was simply something I'd picked up in the US.

FuckingHateRats · 22/07/2021 22:20

@LoveSummerNotIcecream

I’ve just been to Waitrose at the end of the day to buy the yellow sticker items. I took a le cruset canvas bag that a friend gave me I felt very posh!

I have three Le Creuset bags and I feel SO POSH when I use them. In Aldi, haha.

SnoozyBoozy · 22/07/2021 22:19

I remember when DD was born mentioning to DH that I'd like her to learn the harp at some point (not sure why, but I thought it sounded lovely). He looked at me like I had 2 heads and said "don't be ridiculous, she'll learn the recorder like all the other kids!"

I also remember being on holiday and eating at a beach restaurant where they had a basic meal deal type thing for the kids where the dessert was ice cream. Kids were playing in the sand so shouted over to DD to ask what flavour of ice cream she'd like and she replied "hmm, either salted caramel or pistachio please!" at which point the guy say next to us was pissing himself (choices were vanilla or choc if I remember rightly).

I do however need to ask about towelling swimming shorts - they sound like a terrible idea.... would they not get wet and heavy and potentially fall down, whether they are Boden or not?!

CovidCorvid · 22/07/2021 22:18

Definitely the david Lloyd membership.

Shopping at Booths.

Cosybelles · 22/07/2021 22:17

@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 🤣🤣

This sounds amazing! Thanks for the idea.

Maggiesfarm · 22/07/2021 22:17

@Waxonwaxoff0

DS has a Burberry shirt for when we go out somewhere nice. Perhaps a bit nouveau riche rather than posh though!

Definitely not posh! Chavvy. Burberry has never recovered from the plethora of scarves, caps and even jackets in their print, worn by young lads walking around in groups with pitbulls.

sar302 · 22/07/2021 22:17

We bought a family membership to David Lloyds last year. Whenever my 3 yr old asks "are we going to David Lloyds today mummy?" I feel incredibly posh.

Then we turn up to a carpark full of audis, BMWs, jags and Volvos in our 8 year old SEAT and I remember that in the grand scheme of things, we're really not 😂

LyndaSnellsSniff · 22/07/2021 22:16

I bought the Cath Kidston cowboy print baby change bag when DS was born. Came with a matching padded changing mat and bottle pouch. Happy, happy days...