Supposedly ’posh’ things you think are common *trigger warning this is light hearted*

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Obviously lighthearted and no need to explain your rational. But what are things that some people consider high end/ posh/ classy/ aspirational (I know they are not necessarily the same thing) that you don’t like/ think are tacky/ common / etc.

Again this is light hearted. We can complain but we must never explain!!!!!!

Here is my list.

Molton Brown hand wash
M&S food shop
American Style Fridges
Having a tan
Talking about exercising
Beauty Advent Calendars
Designer toasters and kettles
House of Fraser department stores
Posting photos from 1st class travel on instagram
Referring to your car by its brand name
Talking about your ‘forever home’
Shopping in Space NK
Visiting Disney World
Listening to Classic FM

Can someone explain the fascination with “old money” to me? Why is wealth you inherited from ancestors (who may have made it from exploiting serfs, slaves, colonies) seen as superior to wealth you earned yourself through business or a profession or a trade?

And isn’t his name Haslam?

Yes. It’s an odd thread.

Anyway they often snowboard.

It's now known as stunt oil and its my mission to get one 😂

Funniest post of the thread

Um, yes? That was my point that seems to have whooshed over your head. But thanks anyway.

Thus the point about the 2014. Which is very good indeed.

My mum used to make her own - I think she used to put garlic cloves, chilli and rosemary or something in it. Normal shaped bottle though - but with a drizzle thing on it 😂

I think it depends. The all-glass/ all crystal ones look off. But a proper eighteenth century chandelier with a good balance of bronze and crystal and a bit of patina can be just right provided the ceiling height is sufficient.

Buy to Lets
Daily Mail
Oasis tickets
Labradoodles
Plantation shutters

This ^

@EdithBond none of those are considered "posh"

Ok so here we get quite close to the heart of the issue and of where this thread is veering off piste: high fashion and posh aren’t the same thing . Nor is expensive and posh. Posh people sometimes have expensive stuff but only because it genuinely does the job better . Fashion doesn’t come into it … and is normally kept out of it.

I know not a single genuinely posh person who would have no greenery along their driveway.

But at least outside there is wind and rain to ameliorate this and also more air to dilute the effect.

Yes that had me a bit 🤨.

Their fruit and veg is the best of any supermarket chain by a long way. Second only to proper greengrocers.

Let’s see who’s at the Oasis gigs - I’d wager the Glastonbury winnebago mob, who’re back working at Deloitte on the Tuesday

@Gloriiaa posh people do refer to other people as posh - they never think they themselves are though, no matter what their lineage or how big their family estate is! And the never heard anyone refer to people as 'smart' unless they were talking about clothing ('that's a smart outfit').

Paying more than a couple if quid on handwash.

Hugely expensive mostly adult advent calendars containing perfumes, other beauty products, booze and god knows what else.

A girlfriend of my son’s once described us as posh because we sometimes had wine with our meal and owned a teapot.

The ideas about what "posh" people care and don't care about on threads like these are always hilarious.

These are not "posh" things. They are boring, performative middle class, "attitude" things.

fishknives
the internet
addressing/referring to people by their profession/role as if it were their name
using non-family surnames as first or middle names
putting the milk in first
mocktails
being "kind"
overpriced anything
politicans (yes, even Conservatives)
life peerages
Brexit

I always think this too.

We have this ice cream in Australia, called VIENETTA
Its log shaped, really really soft vanilla ice cream, with a base of crisp chocolate, layers of chocolate through it, then crisp chocolate drizzled over the top.
I grew up thinking it was very Posh. Special occasions only.
then, same when my children were young.
I have now introduced it to my grand children, and they are in awe.
It only costs about $8 a box. But I’m so happy it continues the tradition of being Posh.