what’s something that absolutely ISN’T posh but you thought it was?

[WrSad]

I would say

Having 3 bathrooms

Showers (we had a bath)
Duvets (sheet and blankets)
Pasta (potatoes)
Scrambled egg (fried)
Coffee (tea)
Grew up in the North, went to University in the South. Mind blown. It was 1995 (not 1975, although it might just as well have been in our house.)

Mind you, I still think pizza express is posh. Can't afford it.

An exercise bike in the bedroom. My parents had friends who had an exercise bike in the bedroom. I always asked to use the bathroom so I could peek through the ajar door to see the exercise bike.

When I was 18 a friend said her house was very large, that they lived in a very leafy, sought-after area and that she had a conservatory. The only reference I had was the Cluedo Board so I imagined a dark, oak-panelled room with a creaky desk a big leather chair and floor to ceiling bookcases and a candlestick. I thought the ultimate in posh-ness.

Also, Sarah Lee Chocolate Gateau.

La piat d’or wine

@HugeBowlofChips

Also, Sarah Lee Chocolate Gateau.

Nah, common as muck that.

(My best job ever was temping at sarah lee in sloth. So. Much. Free. Cake.)

En suites - maybe they were once but now they're quite commonplace in new builds

SLOUGH. Sloth. Jesus fuck.

Hats! Only posh people wore any type of hat, so I thought. I imagined all “ladies” who lived in the countryside must wear long floaty, floral clothes topped with a nice hat, straw usually with ribbons on. All the time. Also, warm hats and wool coats with mittens on children. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Eating out anywhere (except picnics)
Staying in hotels
Colour television
Terry's Neapolitans
Drinking alcohol at home (rather than in the pub)

I am quite old!

Getting an offer from Oxford Uni.
My child just got one, the grades they want are not even that high

A personal bar in the living room. I remember telling my-basically tee total parents that my school friend had on and it was ‘really classy’.

@Fuckadoodledoooo

Sarah Lee Chocolate Gateau is definitely posh as it is called Gateau, not Cake, and also it comes from the freezer section in Asda. ;)

@SendMeHome

Having a dishwasher. I was convinced it was a marker of poshness until I was in my mid teens

Many many years ago my dear late OH was worried about getting a dishwasher as the plates and stuff would be damaged by the turning motion of the drum! He was a Science teacher too.

Agree Oxbridge is not posh. I’ve studied at both and while there are posh people they are mainly populated by normal people especially at the postgrad level.

Pesto

@Onesipmore

A bidet Gold Taps Rise and Shine, Vienetta and Angel delight A colour TV

I would say that that is a very non-U list!

Hostess trolleys.
Net curtains.
Brushed nylon sheets.
All things my would-be trendy Guardian reading seventies parents despised but which I thought were the height of sophistication

And Findus Crispy Pancakes.

Detached houses
Going abroad for a holiday
Eating out

Fish knives and gravy boats.
Serving dishes on the dining table. My mother thought it just made more washing up. I suppose she was right.

@louderthan

Having 'dessert' rather than pudding Going to private school Having bunk beds Voting Tory Having a dishwasher Being rich

Yet pudding is more correct than dessert if it's hot afters. Dessert is certainly a word to be avoided.

Salt and shake crisps! My mum shopped at Kwicksave no frills crisps 😂😂

[quote HugeBowlofChips]@Fuckadoodledoooo

Sarah Lee Chocolate Gateau is definitely posh as it is called Gateau, not Cake, and also it comes from the freezer section in Asda. ;)[/quote]
nope, its not. we used to buy one from Morrisons and eat it from the box with spoons after having Crispy Pancakes (the frozen ones). DEF not posh lol

Unlike Boots, where we used to put on our posh voices

@ElectraBlue

I think some people here are confusing being wealthy and being posh and using as examples material things (like having 3 bathrooms or designer clothes).

You can have made money and still be common as muck in your behaviour....in spite of your designer clothes and multiple bathrooms...

Thankfully you're here to show us the light