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

612 replies

WrSad · 03/02/2021 17:53

I would say

Having 3 bathrooms

OP posts:
Nicolanomore24 · 03/02/2021 22:53

Private school

Toorapid · 03/02/2021 22:55

I was going to Vienetta, but it's already there, second post Grin

Ethelfromnumber73 · 03/02/2021 22:56

Tinned salmon

Onesipmore · 03/02/2021 22:58

@hansgrueber what do you mean a very non U list? Don't understand?

Sassenach85 · 03/02/2021 23:02

Having two floors in your house (stairs inside)
Salmon
Gino Ginelli ice cream
Pan au chocolate
Utility rooms

Overseasmom100 · 03/02/2021 23:03

Tinned salmon the red one not pink
Calling a cob a bread roll
Tenerife
Turkey whole bird at Christmas
Marks and Spencers knickers
A floater coffee

Sassenach85 · 03/02/2021 23:04

Oh! Rolo flavoured pudding pots!

Fries to go

Capri sun 😂

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 03/02/2021 23:05

Don’t be sorry for the poor uns - we were just fine with out value labels and neon margarine

Sassenach85 · 03/02/2021 23:09

A lot of mine are food related lol.

We had one of those rubber hoses you stuck on your bath taps to wash your hair and I thought people with real showers were posh.

People who ate duck from the Chinese .... I’m back to food again though!

Overseasmom100 · 03/02/2021 23:10

Soda Stream never allowed one
Steak

JKRismyhero · 03/02/2021 23:12

@TiersForFears1 haha!! I was from SE London, Nan lived in Peckham Grin

Grapesoda7 · 03/02/2021 23:12

Cold chicken legs

Bidets

Staying in a chalet on holiday

Gingaaarghpussy · 03/02/2021 23:12

@MolyHolyGuacamole
Well thankyou for your insight. And your judgement. Pastry forks actually. Most of the posh stuff came out when we had visitors.
I wanted white bread, margarine, weekly fish and chips.
I wanted what my peers had, I wanted to fit in. But when your mother is a snob and looks down on anyone less money orientated it isolates you.
I had all the tinned salmon and vienetta and all that with my mil who was more of a mother than my own.

Grapesoda7 · 03/02/2021 23:12

And Flora sunflower spread

BendyLikeBeckham · 03/02/2021 23:14

When I was a child...

having a car
a colour telly
a house phone
branded anything
Central heating
not sharing bathwater with siblings
not having itchy old army blankets on the bed to keep warm in winter and a hot water bottle
having biscuits freely available and not rationed
having a whole chocolate bar to yourself rather than shared with the family
eating out
a takeaway that wasn't fish and chips
eating a meal called supper
eating soup or any other starter before a main
food shopping in M&S
being able to choose your own new clothes in shops instead of getting ill-fitting unchosen hand-me-downs
having any tradespeople in, instead of doing your own decorating, cleaning, renovating, etc.
a sodastream
having a tutor
having a cleaner, gardener, handyman

I realise now that even when I was a child, most of these things were just middle class, not posh. But at the time, middle class was posh to me.

MolyHolyGuacamole · 03/02/2021 23:20

[quote Gingaaarghpussy]@MolyHolyGuacamole
Well thankyou for your insight. And your judgement. Pastry forks actually. Most of the posh stuff came out when we had visitors.
I wanted white bread, margarine, weekly fish and chips.
I wanted what my peers had, I wanted to fit in. But when your mother is a snob and looks down on anyone less money orientated it isolates you.
I had all the tinned salmon and vienetta and all that with my mil who was more of a mother than my own.[/quote]
Misses point of thread entirely

FrameyMcFrame · 03/02/2021 23:20

Having a larder

Soap on a rope

SD1978 · 03/02/2021 23:21

Vienetta. Didn't realise until much older how cheap they were. They were o my pulled out at very. Very special occasions, and you only got a maximum of three 'ruffles' per person- at most.

CandyLeBonBon · 03/02/2021 23:24

Not being allowed to watch ITV!

GellerYeller · 03/02/2021 23:24

Cadburys. Chocolate. Fingers.
Unless you had a birthday forget it, they were viewed as the height of decadence.
See also Animal Biscuits. Same.

biddybird · 03/02/2021 23:27

Carpet in the kitchen and bathroom.
Reproduction antique telephones.
Cars with push-button operated windows.

biddybird · 03/02/2021 23:28

… oh, and matching flat and fitted sheets (that also matched the pillowcases).

grapewine · 03/02/2021 23:29

@SendMeHome

Having a dishwasher. I was convinced it was a marker of poshness until I was in my mid teens Blush
Same. We never had one growing up. I know there the norm now (where I am), but I've only had one in the latest flat I'm in. It's a whole new life 😅
cateycloggs · 03/02/2021 23:30

@Blondiney

I was always envious of my friend's Soda Stream for some reason Grin
I remember being amazed a friend had one at her birthday party and could make pop, also she was allowed to make chocolate Nesquick with cold milk from a fridge! When I first tasted real butter and real cream I found it too rich as used to have Stork margarine and evaporated milk on tinned fruit on special Sundays.
NotAnotherUserNumber · 03/02/2021 23:31

[quote Onesipmore]@hansgrueber what do you mean a very non U list? Don't understand?[/quote]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English

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