What have you thought was posh, only to find out its not?

[LivingDeadGirlUK]

I have never been to The Range, I always thought it was a posh garden center. My partner has laughed at me and said its basically a Wilkos with plants. I still think that sounds pretty cool though!

Has anyone else expected something to be posh, only to have their hopes and dreams dashed?

I see your Vienetta and raise you Romantica

Eating out only ever happened on occasions (religious)
God love us but we were very innocent.

Having a shower. We had a bath with a hose pipe connected to the taps. A purpose built shower? An ensuite? Fuck me.

A swing for the children in the garden.

@lovablequalities

Soda stream Caravanettes People who went on holiday to somewhere other than a relative's house Bidets (although are they maybe still posh?) People from further south Shops with an escalator

My parents have a hatch between the kitchen and the dining room and my cousins all thought we were posh because of it.

I desperately want a hatch between kitchen and dining room though I suspect it was probably common in its day, I want one

@Osirus I don’t eat the grapes!

Yankee Candles are rank!

@maggiethecat

Yankee Candles are rank!

The lavendar one makes you drowsy and sleepy.

Smoked salmon
Milk tray
Liquid soap
Napkins at the dinner table and it's not even Xmas day
Asparagus

@ismiseeire I remember continental quilts! Was quite the thing when they came in. Dead posh!

Padded bedhead
Having cushions on your bed
Soda stream
Velvety towels with pictures on (as opposed to just towelling ones)
Perrier
Quality Street

@AnaisNun

Oh oh! Hot tubs!

The HEIGHT of posh- and a bit sort of glam-(to my mind) when I was a teenager.
Now all I see is a virulent soup in which to dip a suburban paunch.

Lol!

Comment of the day!

white toweling bath robes and bath sheets rather than a towel which only just covered your modesty

@carnyvahr

Kitchen roll. It was seen as the greatest of extravagances by my frugal parents. I buy it now and I love it. Every time I use it I feel joyful at the convenience it offers.

I try to use it sparingly and agree it always feels so luxurious!

Viennetta
Part-baked bread rolls
Ice cream from an oval shaped tub instead of a rectangular tub

Oh, and Imperial Leather soap with the little sticker.

@user127819

Oh, and Imperial Leather soap with the little sticker.

We had Tesco own brand always. Surprised we all still have skin!

How could I forget Appletiser?

Reception aged me out for lunch with family. “Darling, tell the lady what you would like for lunch...”

“Would you like the children’s menu, I can get it for you, if you’d like? I bet you like Chicken Nuggets? Or Fish Fingers?”

“No, that’s ok, thank you. Please may I have a prawn mayonnaise sandwich and an appletiser? No, garnish for me, thank you.”

I thought I was ever so sophisticated. My parents thought I was ever so expensive!

I also used to think breadsticks were very fancy. At the end of the month, my parents used to allow me to choose where to go for a Friday evening meal from aged five or so.

“Somewhere with breadsticks, please Mummy.”

Same rigmarole with waiter as before.

“I would like Spaghetti Bolognese, please. That table over there has breadsticks. Please may we have some breadsticks too?”

Then I’d glare at my Mum and say “Mummy. Eat your breadsticks.” As if she was really letting the side down by not partaking.

On the plus side, I was never a fussy eater.

@GappyValley

Microwave ready meals

I had a a friend at school who’s parents used to keep a fridge stocked with ready meals, and at meal times, they chose one, pinged it and ate it
I asked my parents if we could do this, and they said it was a ridiculous waste of money, so I inferred from that it was decadently expensive and therefore posh

I absolutely longed for Findus Crispy Pancakes, as they seemed to child-me the sort of aspirational meal bought by someone who didn't have to make boring old pancakes with a flour and an egg.

I never got one! And I don't want one now, as I can't face the disappointment.

Renault Clios! I desperately wanted to be ‘Nicole’ when I grew up & would start calling my dad ‘Papa’ every time a new ad came out.

Me

Bottled water
Wine carafes
En suite bathrooms
Fitted carpets in bedrooms (Lino, anyone?)
Portable Tv in bedroom
Vidal Sassoon hairdressers
Having a pony
Having a gardener

Forgot to add ....Central Heating

..and Kenwood Chef stand mixers

Vienetta

Sun holidays
A Mum who went for a facial
A Mum who went to a hairdressers even
A Mum who wore makeup

Marks and Spencer

I literally thought you had to be mega rich and snobby to shop in there.

Ferero rochers also.
Thought only the Queen ate them.

Coke.
My parents never allowed us coke when we would go out for meals and crappy pub days. Uhh hated those weekends. We would have to put up with really weak squash while they got completely bladdered. Feel so sad writing that. I had such an awful childhood...