Old money yummy mummy

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'you look like an old money yummy mummy'...Is this an insult or compliment? Said by my bestie so it was light-hearted but I wasn't sure whether to say thank you or laugh along 🤣 what does this expression mean?

Joules + Hunters aren't old money. Hunters are shit.

Think quiet money. Old Barbour jackets, Hermes scarf that was grandmothers, wool, silk, cashmere. Groomed but no false lashes, fake tan. Any tan comes from ski holidays or autumn breaks abroad.

Harsh & uncalled for. Not the case at all. If I wanted an ego stroking I certainly wouldn't post on Mumsnet where getting ripped to pieces is part of the game 🤣 just curious to hear people's thoughts on these phrases.

I would say this to someone as an Australian and genuinely mean it as a compliment. I like British, country, traditional style and think of it as a type of style or aesthetic, the same way I would if I said someone was Parisian and stylish or Danish and minimal..

You don’t need to say the old money, in that case, just say O-levels. Old money O-levels would be whatever went before O-levels. People used to ask “what’s that in real money” meaning what’s that in £sd.

I’d see it as a compliment. Classy, elegant, but modern with understated sex appeal.

Probably!

This came from a kiwi, maybe cultural??

It's very amusing that people equate old money with being "well-groomed" and "polished". In my experience the more accurate terms would be "grubby", "agoraphobic" and "raging alcoholic".

The Royals aren't really a good indicator of your average old money type.

I would think maybe Marina Fogle type. Beautiful, wholesome but not showy follower of fashion?

Marina is firmly middle class.

Take it as a compliment, as the ‘old money’ look is currently doing the rounds on insta etc, as being seen as cool - it means stylish in a classic, elegant way, Sofia Richie’s style has been quoted as being old money. Though this is dependant on whether she keeps up with fashion thinking about it!! Can you describe your look?

Do you come from family money? On mumsnet people seem to think of "old money" as a compliment but the people I know use it as an insult. Snobby, entitled, never worked a day in their lives...

Yes, I am the daughter of a Kiwi and Australian born and raised.

I don’t think your friend meant it as an insult. It would just seem charming and whimsical to us to see someone with a basket picking strawberries or hanging up their coat with their umbrella or things that you think are normal.

A good example - my son is only 8 but all summer we run around at the beach and river barefoot and dog park barefoot or thongs and slip ons. We grab tshirts, shorts, rashes and hats and sunglasses and suncream.

All of a sudden winter rolls around and to be honest winter isn’t enough of a big deal that we wear more than a jumper. I said to my DS “put on your raincoat and your boots” just for the dog park. He turned around and said, “Mummy we aren’t posh English people, we are Aussies born with $20 in our pocket” 😂

Anyway my point is that we just aren’t a formal culture and little things are unique to us. If you were pouring tea from a floral tea pot, or washing vegetables in a country kitchen, in a floral dress - then yes, I would say this.

Quite honestly even seeing people in winter wearing gum boots and padded jackets is a big deal here. It’s usually in the posher suburbs that women wear quilted jackets.

She would have meant you looked gorgeous, slim, Kate Middleton-ish and very country English !

The term yummy mummy just means you’re hot basically. We aren’t nearly as picky about words and terms and how fashionable they are as the Brits or how we sound. Even the most educated among us just aren’t that sophisticated with our language. If you took offence to someone’s language or wording you’d be seen as very hard work and over thinking.

We aren’t a culture that analyses language. Remembering it’s fairly culturally disconnected and a smaller population. I would say this is why your friend is making you raise an eyebrow with her wording.

We don’t have class hang ups like the English who make a sport of it. Telling someone they’re old money just wouldn’t be anything other than a compliment.

People who are old money ‘ do not seem’ to put any effort in their appearance.
manage to wear old clothes with absolute class and Style the clothes are well cared for, clean and brushed and with an invisible repair or slightly worn. It seems like they have just thrown anything together without a moments thought. However their inbuilt sense of class makes everything work. This extends to their home and life style. They absolutely do not think about it.

Katherine and Sophie scream they are not old money because they have not inherited old clothes and they put too much effort into getting it right. Every thing is carefully thought out and put together.

it is a compliment.

Yummy money is a newer generation. Probably made their own wealth rather than relying on Daddy. They too have a natural way of doing things. It is learnt rather than inherited. Usually they work, but nobody knows what they do as it would be terribly vulgar to speak of it. They do not care what others think. You won’t find them on instagram, or following any one. Their children go to the right schools, not public though. They buy alll the right labels, but tend not to be at the cutting edge of fashion. Katherine, in my opinion, is yummy mummy personified.

better than slummy mummy !

@Superworm24 nope, don't come from a wealthy family. Opposite, really.

@Lotsofsnacks my signature summer looks is denim shorts and a t shirt 😅 I don't really have a specific winter look...only 'rules' I have are, the label should be on the inside of your clothes (noone needs to know what brand you're wearing) and wear clothes that fit. I wear mostly muted colours like navy, holly green, burgundy, mustard yellow, burnt orange. If I wear bright colours (think red scarf) I pair with more neutral colours. I like low key patterns. That day I had hair up in a messy bun (wet from shower) no make up, sports leggings (white and black in a kind of speckled pattern), oversized half zip chunky knitted jumper in autumnal colours, plain navy t-shirt. It was just random things...
I am definitely casual...Don't own a dress 😣 definitely not chic, glamorous or put together (sometimes I wish I was!). Oh and I'm definitely not trendy!! I have no idea what is fashionable or not. I just wear things I like the look of and feel comfortable in.

in real life, people use it. On MN, it never goes well, I wouldn't 😂

So it sounds like she thinks you’re posh and attractive, not much to get upset about.

I’d love it so much if keep plying her with Prosecco.

Protruding teeth, headscarf, pearl necklace?

It just means that you're elderly and are getting your tits out too much with a trinkly laugh

I'd say it is sort of a compliment, but also suggests that you look as if you are dressed up as someone else rather than wearing the look naturally.

Old money = scruffy in holes cashmere and inherited tweeds
Yummy mummy = dribble down front and more obsessed with children than anything else

Yummy mummy is an insult
Old money means that you are scruffy

I'd take any comment with "yummy mummy" in it quite happily.