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

[WrSad]

I would say

Having 3 bathrooms

@SlopesOff

*Cerealkillers

Smoked salmon

Smoked salmon is posh! Do an aibu poll. I'm very confident.*

Smoked salmon used to be thought of as posh many years ago, but now you can buy it anywhere, IKEA, Lidl, not just Harrods Food Hall so not posh at all.

Yes that's my benchmark, if Morrisons sell it it's no longer posh! They now have Fennteman's dandelion and burdock though it's dearer than at Waitrose.

Also my nan used to buy Sara Lee chocolate gateaux which I thought was the height of sophistication. I am now an adult and realise this is not the case haha

@coronafiona
Ours were metal trays with metal twisted 3 prong fork things to stick in the cob.
We had pastry forks
Silver cutlery, which included fish knives and forks, small knives and forks, big knives and forks, soup, dessert and tea spoons.
A whole dinner service that could be used for up to 10 people.
Grapefruit spoons.
Maroon bathroom suite and shower room.
And yet my mother rarely cooked from scratch.

Ribena. My mum would never buy it because it was expensive. We only ever had orange or lemon shop brand squash.

An automatic washing machine. My dad couldn’t face getting a plumber in to ‘mess up the kitchen’ so my poor mum had a twin tub long after everyone else.

A shower. See above re getting a plumber in... We had a bath and a plastic jug for washing your hair.

A dishwasher. I still think even after owning one for 25 years that it’s a bit posh.

So many of these have me nodding!

I second bidets and add skiing

@AgeLikeWine

Wine.

Growing up, we drank wine once a year, on Christmas Day. I thought wine was for posh people, and certainly not for people like me. Discovering wine, and meeting people who knew about it and enjoyed drinking it regularly, was one of the many ways in which going to university opened my eyes

In the very early 70s we bought our first house and one Saturday night one of the neighbours came to the door 'Do you have a corkscrew, we've bought a bottle of wine'. He apparently went to every house to make sure they knew he had a bottle of wine by asking for a corkscrew.

Using taxis.
Red shoes.

Milk Tray were seen as the top of the range chocolates (in our house) when you went to the newsagents they were the ones behind the til on a top shelf, I vaguely remember the 80s adverts “All because the lady loves Milk Tray” ! They’ve sort of lost their prestige now that you can get them in Poundland 🤣

Skiing definitely when I was younger (another 80s teen here) along with the aforementioned Vienetta!

I would agree three bathrooms is a sign of wealth not “poshness”. As an estate agent I have been to houses with three bathrooms that are the very epitome of “not posh”.

Branded cereal
Holidays that involved going on a aeroplane

@LadyCatStark

As a child: After Eight Mints, Vienetta, Viscount biscuits, Ferrero Rocher, Lambrusco (my Grandma drank it and it looked posh OK?), Baby Cham and Advocaat.

Now: Booths

Honestly, Lambrusco is making a comeback - you heard it here first

@username44416

One neighbour's child said I was posh because I wouldn't go and shop-lift sweets Now that is posh.

Yes, we were right classy!

Sara Lee gateau definitely ! Findus crispy pancakes; any branded chocolate bars in the house that weren’t blue riband or wagon wheels; Sainsbury’s, branded anything; center parcs, skiing, people who went to Florida; people who stayed in the Alton towers hotel; eating out

Matching carpet throughout.
One of those serving windows connecting the kitchen to the living room.
Electric windows in cars.
Themed kids rooms.
Jumbo packs of loo rolls - I couldn't believe it when I saw an airing cupboard full of them at a friends house.
Airing cupboards.

We was poor

Dipping bread in a mix of olive oil and balsamic

French set yoghurts.

Jumbo packs of loo rolls - I couldn't believe it when I saw an airing cupboard full of them at a friends house.

In the spring of 2020, that would have been the very definition of posh! Loo rolls were our chief currency then!

Being english

(I’m Scottish and back in the 70s/early 80s everything English was posh - the bbc, the queen, Enid blyton etc)

Love this thread, Some I had forgotten about have made it on the list. 1970s child 1980s teen.

Foreign holidays- only ever been abroad a couple of times so still a bit posh.
Staying in a hotel. I had to stay in a Travelodge for work only a couple of a few years ago and I had 'made it'
takeaways- only a rare fish and chips from the chippy
new clothes that fitted
Owning a house- everyone I knew well , rented their council house.
A shower that wasn't rubber attachment on the taps. I remember an aunt visiting from abroad who was horrified.

Real Parmesan (as opposed to the dry powdered stuff that smells of fungal feet)
Tuna steaks/salmon (ie not from a tin)
Prawn cocktail
Vienetta
McDonalds (had it once a year)
Babycham

Ferrero Rocher

Vimto and Ribena! So posh!

Cling film

on the basis that we were not allowed to use it to wrap our sandwiches because it was too expensive. We had to use waxed paper.

One morning, age 7, I snuck into the pantry and audaciously removed a square of clingfilm with which to encase my marmite sandwich. Got caught by my older sisters who breathlessly informed our mother who was a very scary person. I was terrified but amazingly she let it go and I left the house with sandwich poshly wrapped. My sisters berated me the entire way there.

We lived in an exclusive area but had very little money and never had nice things like the other kids. For some reason it was the waxed paper that left me feeling most ashamed.

@RhubarbTea

Having a car. When I was a kid and to an extent even now - anyone with a car is, in my view, a tiny bit posh. Even if it's an old banger. My single mum never had one and still can't drive, couldn't afford to run a car if she could drive. I can't drive but I want to overcome my fear (and weird vision/spacial issues) and learn.

Having a downstairs loo.

Having an open fire or wood burner.

Having a bowl with fruit in it that's just there all the time and there's loads of variety in terms of the fruit in there.

Sunday roasts.

Having wine in the house that you don't buy and immediately drink - in fact having any alcohol that is part of a sort of store, like a drinks cupboard or wine cellar/rack. It's all the same to me. Posh

One of my life hacks as an adult has been identifying all of these posh but not expensive things and just doing them. Having a drawer of different herbal teas, decanting dips/hummus into special small bowls to serve instead of eating from the pack, buying cheap wine rack and a mixed case of wine, so having a “store” of wine, getting a bottle of sparkling water when guests come around I can say “sparkling or still?” Like this is a normal option when they’re not over

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