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

[ReadingWorm]

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

@EdithBond what?
Utter nonsense, none of your list is posh?!
Daily Mail?!?!?! 🤣
Oasis tickets?!?!
No, not posh not remotely so, overpriced? Yes posh ? No

It’s usually the realm of those butthurt at ‘new money’ getting above themselves and wanting to remind them of their true place - below them in social totem pole.

I’ve found a lot of people outraged at the injustice of the class system are suddenly quick to reinforce it when wanting to asset themselves as ‘classier’ in comparison to the flashy upstarts.

Money does what money wants to do. Old money is quite willing and able to be just as ‘flashy’ as new, but the stereotypes invariable prevail because people want to believe in them.

@OssieShowman we always have a laugh when I buy a vienetta too. It was rarely bought in my childhood home we got the 4ltr black & gold Neapolitan if we were lucky 🤣. We do have posh people in Australia, they all speak like Malcolm Turnbull and all went to one of 6 elite schools but we also have a shit tonne of cashed up bogans too who are entirely different - miners, tradies done good, those types. Not sure what the equivalent is in the UK. If I think of posh people they’re invariably English and have big country estates and dogs and shooting weekends. It’s all a bit like a Jilly Cooper novel in my mind 😄

UK wide.

Very perspicacious, @InterIgnis

Because it's generations of good breeding dahling. You can't just get it, it's exclusivity. Haven't you heard the saying, "money can't buy class".

Wearing Tommy Hilfiger or Ralph Loren clothing. It’s like a uniform that is supposed to make you look like you belong to the wealthy elite and a recent graduate of an expensive prep school.

We collected these had them all displayed on a dresser thing DH made 😂 who knew I was posh.

😂😂

What I dont understand is the shiny new, massive, specced up Range Rovers parked outside the grottiest houses or tiny little new builds. They must cost a fortune, why would you twat your money up the wall with a car and not put it on your mortgage repayments / kids savings instead ??

Pub chain - Fried salad and skin-on fries

Surely most of these things are just nouveau riche conspicuous overconsumption. Personally I think a big one is any kind of plastic surgery or cosmetic work involving needles (botox, fillers, etc).

Prosecco is never posh
Or palatable

I recall something about snails being used to create a beauty product and it was mega bucks.

As are blueberries
Like a disappointing lover

I beg to differ. Fashion and people's poshness/ "status" does indeed go hand in hand. Anyway the thread is called posh things that are now common - Louboutins definitely fit that, they are now ubiquitous and very much were seen as for the weathly but now every Joe public has them ... real or not!

As mentioned numerous times in the thread, big logos - red soles say look at me, I've spent X.

Louboutins don't do the job better, they are uncomfortable and you have to levitate to keep them looking decent.

What is a media wall?

Not one single person on earth thinks door bows are posh!

Airport lounges
Prosecco
Molton brown
Radley/L Viton (sp!)/chloe/gucci bags
Miller Carter
Cheap private number plates

Yes I bought my mum a bottle of the chilli oil type thing for Xmas when I was a teenager - maybe around 1997. I thought it was super posh at the time but I was only 15 so I forgive myself. I don't think my mum was very impressed

We had some but it was used, it was chilli oil. Like you described, I think it was a bit expensive but not quite as effective as chilli flakes in the end, think maybe they were harder to get hold of back in the day?

Don’t come for the Labradors 😭

How on earth is Charterhouse common?

I am really not posh then 😂😂😂😂

How is radley in the same category as the other bags listed 😂

@ThePrologue

Prosecco is never posh
Or palatable

Prosecco is simply Italian sparkling wine. Like any other wine, sparkling or not, there is good Prosecco and not so good Prosecco.

It certainly isn't categorically bad as you suggest.

Your comment is peak common trying to sound posh!