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

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I would say

Having 3 bathrooms

Elmlea. I was convinced it was posh cream because my quite posh gran used it. I now know it’s just whipped vegetable fat 🤢

2nd 3 bathrooms! Its just a bollock ache to keep clean 🙄

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

Nibbles...SUCH FUN!!!

carrots cut into sticks - my mum cut ours into slices
serving dishes on the table and serve yourself - we had all our food handed to us on plates.
lamps - we only ever had the central pendant light so lamps seemed decadent to me.

Vienetta, romantica and ferrero rocher were the height of sophistication to me when I was young. Only ever seen at Christmas and my mother always commented on how expensive they were

Having a doorbell!

Vol-au-vents and pot pourri (had to goggle spelling)

Shopping at Sainsbury’s (or anywhere that wasnt Netto 🤣) I was Beyond mortified that we had Netto bags and food with the sign on the back!
At school we all used to sing a song about tramps shopping at Netto - all our parents did but you couldn’t admit it...so funny now that the same stigma doesn’t apply to Aldi/Lidl.

Oh yes, mushroom vol au vents
We had them every Boxing Day at my aunty’s.

Going to the King's Road area of London... turns out most creatures there aren't aliens they are JUST people (and tourists).

Lasagne.

When we did cooking at school, we were asked what our favourite meal was. I said Sunday roast (bernard Matthew's meat roll) and another said lasagne. I'd never heard of it, thought it sounded very exotic and I didnt even know how to pronounce it.

Pizza Hut. My DF took my DM there for their 25th wedding anniversary (amazingly they're still together)

When I was younger (mid 80s), for a birthday we always used to go to the beefeater for a special meal, starter of pâté, followed by steak and then profiteroles. 8yo me in shoes with a heel and best dress used to think that was the height of poshness!

Colour telly

@hangaround

Having a packed lunch at school. All my friends had packed lunches, whereas I got free school meals so always had school dinners.

Also eating at a restaurant that wasn't McDonalds (or equivalent)
I was always flabbergasted when school friends said they had been out for a sit down meal with their family. That was SO posh to me.
My immediate family never went out for a sit down meal together until I graduated from University.

I remember feeling very posh going to Harvester with friends for my 15th Birthday

Packed lunch definitely posh especially if in a box with matching thermos

@frumpety yes! Especially aged 16 when pretending to be someone in a Duran Duran video 🤣

When I was about 10 I was at a friend’s house and when she offered me a drink, she handed over a full can of branded Coke. I was blown away!

My parents were skint and we only had sugar free squash or 2L bottles of Aldi sugar free pop.

Now I always have cans of Fanta Zero in the house (72 cans for £20, thank you Farmfoods ) and it still feels luxurious!

When I was young, my brother claimed that some particular friends of my parents were really posh. We asked "why?"
"They have fancy nutcrackers" was his reason.

Having a house with a name, not just a number.

Having a dad growing up.

Sparkling water. Pesto. And Mr Kipling’s French Fancies - I used to beg my mum to get them but she said they were too expensive for what they were. She was right too but now I can buy them myself

En suites......till I got a house with two and a family bathroom and I'm definitely NOT posh!