What wanky things do you actually quite like?

[Somebodystired]

I often see threads about popular things people don't like, and since it sometimes seems a bit trendy to NOT like popular things I wondered what slightly wanky things you DO like?

This thought popped into my head whilst eating duck pate on one of the three "artisan breads" I picked up from the bakery this morning. My DH always takes the piss out of my love for a posh bread but I care not a jot

This thread has surprised me by how many wanky things I like. .

Can you be suitably wanky and still be the sort of person happier in a muddy field with your dogs than eating expensive olives or chocolates though? This thread is an enjoy existential crisis

Waitrose, although its actually a bit shit, you can park underground so dont get wet and it's never that busy.
I live in a 'wanky' area so have stopped nothing most wanky things.

Cooking gadgets: thermamix, sous vide, kenwood etc.

Avocados though I loved those fat before they were considered wanky.

Twiggy shit. All those lovely wreaths with fir cones on rather than flowers, and all the Hygge gear, big fluffy cashmere blankets and socks, huge logburners...but mostly Twiggy Shit.

Yep, I do cross-county galloping from trains/passenger seat in car. Jumping over the hedges and trees as I go, of course.

Imagine my horror as I recently observed myself asking to taste the wine in a pub before ordering a glass. What a tosser.

Thinking I'm "quite the thing" and actually bring "quite the knob" are perfect for almost any occasion I can conceive myself in.

Flat whites in independents
Oat milk
Space nk - expensive skincare and makeup
JoJo Maman Bebe (the name is so wanky!)
Waitrose
Niche perfumes and candles

I once took some aioli camping.

I could see that as a tshirt slogan. Ethical cotton, beautifully-finished, locally made, hand-dyed, natch.

Actually there's nothing 'wanky' about any of these things. I like opera for the same reason I like Bananarama. Not only do I taste wine, but I have had such in-depth conversations with sommeliers that in one case we became and remain friends. This does not prevent me also appreciating chips out of a newspaper. Possibly with homemade aioli.

I am eating alioli right now

I only listen to radio 4 and radio 3. Occasionally classic fm but the adverts annoy me. I hate pop music and inane banter on other radio stations. I'm old and grumpy!

But strangely I love a good package holiday.

because we keep quail in the garden in an aviary we built

I think this has to be my favourite.

Well, my wanky friends, I hate to burst your bubbles but I was in Wetherspoons (I know! I'm sorry. I have older DCs who like to take me for lunch and this is their choice, I quite like my DCs so I go ) and their breakfast menu has smashed avocado on toast listed.

Wetherspoons.

Sorry about that.

Ooh DD has just said it was on a muffin, not toast. What does this mean, do we think? Can we ignore it as therefore not wanky and still feel quite the thing as we spread our avocado on our artisan sourdough? (Poilâne preferably)

(Why does "spread our avocado" sound like an innuendo? I'm really lowering the tone of this thread with this and Wetherspoons, aren't I? )

Don't try and wriggle your way out of wankery with a spurious muffin.

Wanky classical posh dressage riders doing horse less dressage. Proper wankery!

Have they any idea how daft they look?! What's next - dry side syncronised swimming?!

^ ok I was joking about dry side synchronised swimming but:

It’s the children and the dog who really make me realise how wanky I am...

‘Oh mummy please not the jarred olives again this week, can we not go back to the Spanish?’

I also work at a very unwanky working men’s club and have been on the receiving end of a fair few looks! Particularly when discussing the dogs food ‘she’d run out of pate so I knocked her up a quick risotto with the left over roast chicken’ ‘oooh isn’t that way too salty for dogs with all the stock?’ ‘Oh don’t worry, I make the stock for her meals!’

Farrow and Ball paint

Decent bed linen

Decent coffee

Literary Novels

The thing is, though, wtf do I actually use smoked/garlic infused/mushroom flavoured salt for??

On Artisan hand crafted fresh pasta, it's lovely.

Foccacia
Waitrose (except the Woke element they've adopted)
Non-artificial fabrics - not keen on the feel of acrylic etc.
Folk music.
Champagne except the headaches
Vegan food, especially Booja Booja chocs and icecream
BBC four documentaries

Oh yes and only ever naturally scented candles. None of your airwick borderline toxicity for my nostrils

Going to the local greengrocers and butchers (fine) with a French style 'market' shopping wicker bag that I bought expressly for the purpose (wanky)

I love Halen Mon perfect salt- it has spices in it.

There’s a little blues cafe that I visit for a turmeric latte, and I love it!

Also I don't tend to buy perfume available in any high street shops anymore and instead buy from boutique perfumiers (uber wanky)