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

Definitely! Bring a snob ain’t classy unless you’re being snobby about snobs ofc 😉

Why do you need to replace duvets/pillows every six months? What on earth are you doing to them??

@FKAT

Being related to a Freud

But I think the real question is, what about having slept with a Freud?

You pitched it wrong—“antique”, rather than “second-hand”.

ooh, Bunny Lake I love that movie.

here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush

Or from the family jewels …

People think they’re our version of ‘Ivy League’ but apart from the obvious (Oxbridge etc) they’re not.

You're right, second hand was a bit ‘common’ of me 😁

Yeah I’d agree with this, except shopping in Knightsbridge.

Helena is posh but I don’t think she’s aiming to project posh ( though I quite like her style!)

Yeah me too, though I’m not sure they especially meet the “ trying but not” brief. Scotland is posh.
edited to add provided you are there to spend time in the middle of nowhere or be outdoorsy. Not sure going to Edinburgh counts as posh!

but 'shop bought'?

I can see a distinction if it's a hot water bottle cover (which I might have knitted) a bag of apples (which I might have grown), a bunch of heather (which I might have picked on the mountainside) or a jar of rowanberry jelly (which I might have made), but for an engagement ring - made from a precious metal and some sort of gemstone - to have NOT to have been paid for in a shop at some stage in its history seems most suspect.

Parkrun?!!! Parkrun is free, junior parkrun is free. How can it be seen as posh, literally anyone can go if there's one locally!

Someone hasn’t read the memo on ‘fast’ fashion (or fast bedding).

Dressing up for first class flights

That’s what I think. Or a bit SATC.

Nothing wrong with any of that, but just not posh.

Isn't it funny who well all see things differently, i see the things on your list as common and tacky. Maybe it is just my neck of the woods but it's the drug dealers and wannabes that drive Range rovers and holiday in Dubai. As for miller and carter, it's really just Nando's for beef.

No, they take the diamonds out of grandmother's teeth.

When I was 8 my family was dirt poor. No clean clothes, barely any food and newspapers for loo roll. I came back from my friend's house where I went for tea and I excitedly told my mum "She's so posh mum, she has kitchen roll!". My mother laughed her head off 🤣

already said that there is zero actual proof of this

Requesting that visitors remove shoes if they obviously look clean. A doormat should suffice. It's even worse if it's to a house party where people are expected to walk about in socks etc. NO THANK YOU.

Fitted kitchens.

Yes. Why are people so bothered about taking off their shoes? 😂 it’s not ‘posh’ (I hate that word!) to let guests leave them on.

I live in a major city where there is human and dog waste all over the pavements! There is no way anyone will wear shoes in my home.

I was brought up on a council estate and I thought anyone (classmates) who lived in a private house was posh. I remember once seeing a friend’s ‘private’ house and it was just a tiny, scruffy two up two down and that’s when I realised not every home owning family were posh or rich.

I’ve noticed nowadays visitors will always either take off their shoes automatically or ask what my preference is. I never have to request it first. I always say it’s up to them as my house isn’t pristine anyway.

I was a bit the same.

Anyone who had a ‘normal’ house, and anyone with a dishwasher!