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XingMing · 24/03/2021 15:59

Here, if one wants fresh pasta, one finds an egg and some 00 flour and rolls up one's sleeves for a lot of kneading.

2bazookas · 24/03/2021 15:59

@UnderHisAye

It's such a blatant humblebrag. My friend does it 'Oh, little Quinoa won't eat school dinners, she has to have hand-crimped gyoza for lunch, wrapped in bee-friendly linen.'

Meanwhile, Quinoa is licking the fucking dog bowl.

Just rolling (on the floor, not eyes)

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 24/03/2021 16:00

@Cattermolei now need to ask what is a reenactor, I mean I get the jist but really what’s involved?
Are you Roundhead now week, cave dwellers the next?do tell

Alonelonelyloner · 24/03/2021 16:01

I always laugh and laugh and then tell them to enjoy it while it lasts as soon enough little Tarquinius will be off to high school and drinking irn bru and eating McDonald's for lunch.

Gingernaut · 24/03/2021 16:01

BBC iPlayer link Jason Manford had a whole tour out of this phenomenon, where his kids are posher than him now.

HeronLanyon · 24/03/2021 16:01

I’ve always thought this mean they are striving possibly not middle class. Or a but shaky about quiet where they fit.

I only ever say this kind of thing with my dp when we catch ourselves saying things which suddenly strike us as the epitome of whatever it is - class/race/job etc. I usually say ‘what a tosser I sound’ or similar.

UnderHisAye · 24/03/2021 16:02

Special London ingredients include:

Oyster Card with Essence of Back Pocket Fluff
Black snot
The scent of a museum you last visited before you had kids

muckyhoover · 24/03/2021 16:02

I used to help out at a local kids activity club. One of the parents moved her son to private school and from that point became a ceaseless humblebragger. Taken at face value, it seems that since little Tarquin started at private school he just can't relate to or act like any other local child. The activities were all a bit too easy for him now he's being 'so stretched' at [school name] etc.

At the Christmas party Tarquin brought his own food because now he doesn't eat cheap food for school dinners he simply refuses to eat processed food. Apparently he would probably find all the games a bit babyish so he had brought a book to read. In reality Tarquin ate as many watsits and party rings as we would let him then cried when he didn't win pass the parcel!

We arranged a visit to a local petting farm once and when she dropped Tarquin off she told the owner that he would probably not be impressed because he's used to going on ACTUAL safari holidays! This one was more of a brag/brag than a humblebrag though!

Cowbells · 24/03/2021 16:03

@UnderHisAye

It's such a blatant humblebrag. My friend does it 'Oh, little Quinoa won't eat school dinners, she has to have hand-crimped gyoza for lunch, wrapped in bee-friendly linen.'

Meanwhile, Quinoa is licking the fucking dog bowl.

Lepetitpiggy · 24/03/2021 16:03

I actually genuinely hate saying that dd has cello lessons as I think people will think I'm being all aspirational, so I do apologise when I have to mention it, for example, sorry she cant do that because she has a cello lesson. In fact, I try to say she's busy if I can possibly not say what she's doing.
Then I get all cross with myself as I want to be proud of her and how well she's doing. It's daft really.

Lantanacamara · 24/03/2021 16:04

That reminds me of a family who considered themselves vair posh who moved to our school. She dropped a bag of used kids clothes off for the PTA sale announcing loudly that we wouldn't recognize any of the labels as they were all designer I was thoroughly intrigued and couldn't wait to have a rummage to enlighten myself on the world of designer children's clothing. Imagine my disappointment to discover they were a mix of Okaidi (which we had in the local shopping centre) and Primark 😂.

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 24/03/2021 16:04

Here, if one wants fresh pasta One goes to Waitrose or trots to the deli to regale the bored looking staff with tales of your authentic Ligurian pasta dish.

Xiaoxiong · 24/03/2021 16:05

@1forAll74 oh please please go back and find out the recipe....I would just love to see what she thought was so special and unusual. What a twit to post that on a village site.

I have a whole sheaf of recipes I only cook when we go see MIL in darkest Cornwall, because I can't get the right ingredients here in Berkshire. (I mean, I could, but only if I shelled out £££ probably...)

UnderHisAye · 24/03/2021 16:06

OMG I feel really sorry for little Tarquin

longwayoff · 24/03/2021 16:07

@1forAll74 please post your recipe to village FB for pigs trotters and tripe and onions, etc. Refer to it as authentic rustic food which WE LOCALS eat all the time.

SoWhyNot · 24/03/2021 16:07

@TangerineCandyfloss

Hi,

Just a light hearted one, but does anyone else get slightly irritated when people tell you how mortified they are at being/sounding middle class, but go into great detail as to why, leading you to believe they're probably not all that "mortified".

Example: "dd asked me today - mummy, can we have sea bass with capers tonight? It's my favourite fish" Oh, I was so embarrassed! How middle class do we sound?!lol"

Now, don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with a child liking sea bass...or quinoa...or kimchi or anything else "middle class" sounding, but why do some people pretend how embarrassed they are, only to tell you or everyone on social media?

It's just obvious that they're not embarrassed at all, so actually has the complete opposite effect.

Does anyone know what I mean?

By putting lol on the end, it immediately nullifies any chance of sounding middle class.

SwedishK · 24/03/2021 16:07

@GreyhoundG1rl

Well, there was an opportunity to complain every time we talked about what to eat. I didn't use every opportunity, but I guess it was there.

I have to say, I am a bit surprised to see that people judge others so harshly for being middle class and perhaps a little bit outside of the norm, whatever that is. I really don't see how having a child who eats food which is unusual amongst children is deserving of an eye roll. Since when is calling someone middle class an insult?

For the record, I do have another child who loved all the typical kids menu items and wasn't as adventurous when it came to trying new foods. That was fine too.

LaMarschallin · 24/03/2021 16:09

I've been reading too much Jilly Cooper.
Can't get the bit from "Rivals" out of my head where the aspirational Valerie waves a basket, shrilling "Crusty bread anyone? Ay won't have sliced bread in the house".

SoupDragon · 24/03/2021 16:09

Is it national Sneer at the Middle Classes Week again?

Peterpainter · 24/03/2021 16:10

Is it just me or are people missing the point of the thread?

SwedishK · 24/03/2021 16:10

@Lepetitpiggy

I actually genuinely hate saying that dd has cello lessons as I think people will think I'm being all aspirational, so I do apologise when I have to mention it, for example, sorry she cant do that because she has a cello lesson. In fact, I try to say she's busy if I can possibly not say what she's doing. Then I get all cross with myself as I want to be proud of her and how well she's doing. It's daft really.

You see, I don't like that you feel that way at all. You shouldn't be embarrassed about what your kids like to do. I hate how people look down on middle class people and think it's OK because they are privileged. It's not anymore OK to do that than there is to look down on working class people or upper class people. We need a variety of people in our society, not just one type.

UnderHisAye · 24/03/2021 16:11

[quote SwedishK]@GreyhoundG1rl

Well, there was an opportunity to complain every time we talked about what to eat. I didn't use every opportunity, but I guess it was there.

I have to say, I am a bit surprised to see that people judge others so harshly for being middle class and perhaps a little bit outside of the norm, whatever that is. I really don't see how having a child who eats food which is unusual amongst children is deserving of an eye roll. Since when is calling someone middle class an insult?

For the record, I do have another child who loved all the typical kids menu items and wasn't as adventurous when it came to trying new foods. That was fine too.[/quote]
You've missed the point entirely.

We're not sneering at the middle class, we're laughing at people who loudly claim middle class status while pretending not to.

Your standard show off basically.

MoreWater · 24/03/2021 16:12

Relative of mine was desperate to buy a second hand Bugaboo for her DTwins. Despite the fact that for various reasons she would be reliant on her pram. She and her DH both hadgood city jobs.

I said - why not get new? Then if it breaks it's under warranty? And you know it's not been slung in the back of someone else's car time and again or on a plane.

But NO - they had to spend hours trawling eBay and then drive 4 hours to go and pick up the second-hand one. Absolutely would NOT have a new one.

HeronLanyon · 24/03/2021 16:13

I slightly think so too peterpainter bit it’s hard to say why and how without sounding like the biggest tosser ever I think.

NotGenerationAlpha · 24/03/2021 16:13

I’m intrigued what her special London ingredients were!

The first thing that pops into my head is pandan leaves. Can't get them here in the Chinese supermarkets. We can only get the essence.

There's also a Sichuan chilli that I used to be able to get here but the Chinese supermarket no longer stocks it. (This one www.souschef.co.uk/products/sichuan-dried-long-chillies).

You can obviously order online. But they cost a lot more ££££ with shipping.

I'm sure they can come up with a lot of things difficult to get outside of London, except for buying online.